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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1912 



(3la6ioli 



GLADIOLI are now the 

 most popular of summer 

 flowers, nothing' beinjf equal to 

 them for table decoration. We 

 have a large stock of the best 

 varieties and most valuable 

 mixtures. 



Groff Hybrids are still the 

 best we can find and they are 

 making their way all over the 

 worhl, leven or eight acres bow 

 being grown at Simcoe, largely for 

 export. Also Cannas, Dahlias, 

 Paeonies and General Nursery Stock. 



CA TALOGUE on application to 



Campbell Bros. Stmcoe, ®nt. 



I 



Strawberry Plants 



FOR SALE 



Choice Plants at reasonable orices. We 

 have Early Ozark, Fendall, Barrymore, 

 Silver Coin, Pocomoke, Aroma, etc., of 



newer varieties. 



We also have Dunlop, Williams, War- 

 field, Brandy Wine, Bederwood, William 

 Belt, Glen Mary, etc., of the old favorites. 



Our free list telTs all about them. 



Order early as plants aj*e scarce. 



Ontario Nursery Co. 



Wellington, Ont. 



Try the BI8SKL in your 



orchard and ace what a 



real orchard disc harrow 



will do. Stays right down 



to its work. Has a lever 



tor each gang, so that one 



gang can be adjusted to cultivate more 



than the other when required!. Atta«h 



wings and it extends over 12 feet wide 



Keversible— In-throw to Out-throw. Call 



on local dealer or write Department N for 



Catalogue. 



TPU ^ T. E. BISSEU CO. 



I rifcS UMITED 



•"^^ ELOHA - - ONT. 



BisscU •'"SS^"'* 



1STRAWBERRIE#- 



I*l«ntB by the dozen or by the mllll 

 120 «creB planted In I03 vaiit;tieH. ai 

 the •tftudara* au-i the most proml Jlng «.! 

 the new ones. Largest grower li. 

 America. Every plant true to name. 

 A lao Baspberry, Blackberry, GooBeben v 

 and Currant Plants, Grape Vliies, Calf- 

 fornla Privet and other Shnibberv. 

 iCuUural directions with each Bhlp- 

 ment. Beautiful CaUlogueFRKEI. Sen.i 

 a poBtal today. My personal smmraiite« 

 pack ol every Mle. . 



"W. F.ALLEN 



lit Marfcct Street. Salisbury, Md 



;€ 



gates who were in attendance. They were 

 as follows : 



Ontario. — Representing the Fruit Grow- 

 ers' .As.so<'intion : Harold Jonos, Maitland ; 

 Walter Dempsoy, Trenton : R. W. Grier- 

 son, Oshawa; L. A. Hamilton, Lome Park; 

 k. Onslow. Niagara-on-the-Lake : W. H. 

 Bunting, St. Catharines; A. W. Peart, 

 Burlington; D. Johnson, Forest, and Rnbt. 

 Thompson of St. Catharines. P. W. Hodg- 

 etts represented the Department of Agri- 

 culture, and Prof. J. W. Crow the Guelph 

 Agricultural College. The Ontario Apple 

 Shinners' Association was represented hy 

 L. K. Shroud, "Wellington, and M. O. 

 Smith, Burlington, and the Cooperative 

 Associations by Elmer Lick. Oshawa. 



Quebec. — The Quebec Pomological Soci- 

 ety was represented bv Robt. Brodie. West- 

 mount; R. W. Shepherd, Como; W. E. 

 Jack. Cbateauguay Basin : J. C. Chapais, 

 St. Denis, and Charles T. Byers, Abbots- 

 ford. Mr. G. A. Gigault repr&sented the 

 Department of Agriculture ; Prof. Saxby 

 Blair, Macdonald College, and Father Leo- 

 pold of La Trappe, the Oka Agricultural 

 College. 



Nova Scotia. — Nova Scotia Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association was represented by K. J. 

 Messenger of Bridgetown. A. C. Starr. Fort 

 Williams; J. N. Chute, Berwick, and F. A. 

 Chipman, Nictaux West. The United Fruit 

 Companies were represented by C. O. Al- 

 len of Kentville. the Department of Agri- 

 culture by Prof. M. Cummings and the 

 Truro Agricultural College by Prof. P. J. 

 Shaw, 



British Columbia. — The British Colum- 

 bia Fruit Growers' Association was repre- 

 sented by W. F. Summers of Victoria ; n. 

 C Abbot, Mission ; R. H. Agur, Summer- 

 land ; James Rooke, Grand Forks; W. A. 

 Pitcairn, Kelowna, and Thos. Abriel, Nak- 

 sup. The Department of Agriculture was 

 represented by R. M. Winslow. 



New Brunswick. — The Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation was represented by C. M. Vrooni, 

 St. Stephen, and A. C. Parker, Burton; 

 and the Department of Agriculture by A. 

 G. Turney. 



Prince Edward Island. — The Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association was represented by J. A. 

 Annear, Lower Montague, and by E. A. 

 Dewar of Charlottetown ; and the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture by Theodore Ross. 



Manitoba. — Prof. F. W. Broderick. 



THE SESSIONS 



The conference was opened Wednesday 

 afternoon by Dairy and Fruit Commissioner 

 .J. A. Ruddick. who drew attention to the 

 fact that the first Dominion Fruit Confer- 

 ence was held in Montreal in 1890 and the 

 second one in Ottawa in 1906. Only two dele- 

 gates who were present at the first confer- 

 ence, were present at the last two also, 

 Messrs. Robt. Brodie and R. W. Shepherd 

 of Montreal. 



A cordial welcome was extended to the 

 delegates by Honorable Martin Burrell, the 

 Dominion Minister of Agriculture, who 

 styled himself a fellow fruit grower. Re- 

 sponses were made on behalf of the differ- 

 ent provinces by Messrs. Hamilton for On- 

 tario, Messenger for Nova Scotia, Agar for 

 British Columbia, Turney for New Bruns- 

 wick, Dewar for Prince Edward Island, 

 Shepherd for Quebec and Broderick for 

 Manitoba. 



OBJECTS OP THE CONFERENCE 



Hon. Sydney Fisher, former Dominion 



Minister of Agriculture, being present, was 



invited to take a seat on the platform and 



incidentally was twitted over a statement 



(Continued on Pag-e 78.) 



nELLO\ 

 BILL' 



Say, Isn't it fine to have an 

 Independent Telephone in the House? 



■■W.-ll. I -),.,ul,] -■xs'i... Why, -,i.ly >-.-t.-T.l;iy. it s^ivM 

 nift ii l^u— - .il-l tiriv.- t., t.,Hi,, I Just piiyiit.l tn«i ittorr, 

 uid they Mbt my stuff alun^ >»y Sam Thompson." 



■'Wd ynu know e^gs **(rR up JUiftln r" "Yea. Ike 

 pholifd in*-, ami saiil pork wax going bi>;lier. too. Gue« 

 we onyhtto Htil|> .-iirs," 



"Hay. M;iry w;iiitM Uj talk ^> your wifu." "All rixht— 

 ftnd I'.IU, wriii't tlirt worot?ii folk* enjoy thc»« teltrpbooMr' 



"Ves, il'.s worth thB money, jimt to help them from 

 Iwiiiy «o loiieHMiiiM. They wty tln-y ^.-.rt ni'-r*' newa u\.'r 

 the pltoiit; tiiiiii they did at a c-liunh H.>i'ia]." 



STROM BERQ-CARL80N 

 Independent Telephone 



SATISFACTION GUARAMTUO OR MONET NtFUNOCO 



ia a tlmt;-ri;iv, rand money-maker. It keeps you In touch 

 with the market— briogi 

 h»-lpin caae ti-'Ulm^f-sor ar- 

 i-idt!nt— makes fann life 

 easier, hrliiht^r. happier. 

 Wtd more profluhle. 



You. arut nine more men, 

 can liave your own tele- 

 phoue 8ybt«m— and operate 

 and rotitrol lines and 

 ph'iQes. 



Our Frpft B<KJklet "How 

 Ttie Telephone Helpi Tlia 

 Farmer," Mition No. 58 

 t«;llii all aVjut thin. Write 

 for a coi.y. read it — then 

 get your frleuds together 

 and talk "Ver tlip proposi- 

 tion. i;ut write I.T.,iay. 



STROMBERG-CARLSON 



TEUPHOME MFC. COHPANT. 

 72 Vwlcria Strttl. TORONTt 



South 

 Sir! 



Farm Land 

 ^10 an acre 



Dp CAD be pnrdias- 

 ed io the Soutbeait 

 aionff the 



Scathe rn Railway, 

 Mobile & Ohio R.R. 

 ^^^^^^ Ga. So. & Fla. Ry. 



12 '^^^^^^^ iup porting good 



chorches, schools, stores and improved highways. 



LIVE STOCK, POULTRY AND DAIRYING busi- 

 ness pays big, and is conducted at smaller cost 

 than in other sections of the country. Luxuriant 

 pasturage and green Eelds the whole year 'rouod 

 ■lalce this posable. 



ALFALFA GROWS abundantly in nearly all parts 

 trf the Southeast. Many acres produce 4 to 6 

 tons, selling locally from $ 1 4 per ton up. 



APPLES, FRUIT, TRUCK AND COHON are 



other big paying crops. Apple orchards net $100 

 to $300 an acre, and truck gardening $200 up. 



CUMATE UNSURPASSED— E«ry day in the 

 year one can work in his fields. These long 

 seasons allow raising two and three crops frcmi the 

 same seal each year. ^^^^^^^ 



Subscription to *'South- 

 em Field" and book 

 lets on States of Va., 

 N.&S. Car..Ga.. 

 Ra., Ala., Mis;.. 

 Tenn. and Ky. 

 sent FREEl. ^ 



M. V. RICHARDS, 



L. and 1. Agent, 

 Soathern Railway, 

 Room 18 .WashingtoD.D. 



and 



Grow 



Rich 



^ 125Egglncubator$ 

 ■"' and Brooder "p^y* 



ordered together 



lit p.Til f1 = t tf 



Kock 



Copper lank' 



^ ivalll, doM). 



doors. Free cntal g 



' describes H them. Send f r it t-tlay. 



Wisconsin Incubator Co., 



Box 100 Reclne, WIe, 



