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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1912 



The ONTARIO FRUIT SPRAYER 



BUILT FOR BUSINESS 



Fig. 73 No. 1 A, 1912 .VIodel ~ 



This cut illustrates our 1912 MODEL FRUIT SPRAYER, a marvel of simplicity, 

 strength and durability, 2j^ H. P. engine, water cooled and always ready; can be quickly 

 cut off from pump jack and used for other purposes. This outfit represents all that first-class 

 machinery, material and skill can produce at a moderate price. Write for detailed description 

 and price. We manufacture a full line of Apple Evaporating: Machinery. 

 Installing Power Evaporators a Specialty 



FRUIT MACHINERY CO. 



Ingersoll, Ont. 



WIRE FENCING BARGAINS 



We have just purchased from one of the largest makers, their .surplus stock of about 25,000 

 Rods Wire Fencing at a reduction of 25°/ to 53°/ ofT regular prices. 



This Fencing is all made of the best quality, extra heavy No. 9 gauge galvanized steel wire, 

 with standard lock, and is guaranteed to unroll and hang perfectly. 



NOTE THESE CUT PRICES 



All delivered free to the care here. Also a number of rolls of other sizes. Please note this 

 stock being limited, send your order with amount enclosed at once, giving shipping instructions 

 plainly; orders tilled as received. Also Galvanized Staples, SJ-ic per lb 



First class Fence Stretchers, Heavy Chains and Clamps, $6.50 each. Special Offer— One 

 stretcher free with every order of $100.00 or over. Also enormous stock of Belting, Pipes, Rails, 

 Pulleys, etc., at bargain prices. 



THE IMPERIAL WASTE AND METAL CO. - 65 Queen Street, MONTREAL 



Get double speed at single cost 



with 



Planet Jr 2-row Cultivator 



*'It*s the greates t general purpose impiement on the farm", writes an Ohio 

 farmer of | No. 72 [ Two-Row Pivot Wheel Cultivator, Plow, Fur- 

 rower, and Ridger. No other implement in large crops saves as much 



time, labor, and money. 



ThinK of the savinfi in cultivating perfectly at one time 

 2 rows of potatoes, corn, beans, etc. in rows 28 to 44 inches apart 

 Simple and works like a charm in check and crooked rows, and 

 in rows of irregular width. Never leaves open furrows next tc 

 plants. Cultivates crops up to 5 feet high and covers 2 furrows 

 of manure, potatoes or seed at one passage. Designed by a 

 practical farmer; fully guaranteed. 



" A 64=page illustrated 



farm and garden booK! 



It's full of valuable information for every 

 farmer and gardener and includes a description of 35 

 latest-improved tools for all crops. 



Send postal for it today! 



H S L Allen & Co 



^ Box 1106G Philade'ohla F« 



Write for name of nearest agency 



FREE! 



It is understood that a new canning fac- 

 tory will be erected this season by the Do- 

 minion Canners, Limited, at Jordan Sta- 

 tion. 



While the unusually severe weather this 

 winter is believed to have done some damape 

 to fruit buds, still it is not believed to have 

 been serious. In the St. Catharines district 

 no damage is reported. Reports from Nor- 

 folk county show that some damage has been 

 done there. 



British Columbia 



The trial shipment of apples from Sum- 

 merland, shinned to the firm of Messrs 

 Garcia, Jacobs and Co., London, hux Leen 

 reported on very much to the satisfaction 

 of the shipper. Mr. C. J. Thomson. So de- 

 lighted were the brokers that they imme- 

 diately stated that they could handle ten 

 thousand boxes of such apples each day of 

 the fruit soa.son and could do this without 

 spending a penny in advertising, depending 

 wholly on the apples themselves to win 

 their way in the London market. Messrs 

 Garcia, Jacobs and Co. report that they 

 would rather handle British Columbia fruit 

 than any other apples, and that we can 

 easily capture that market. In packing our 

 apples for that particular market this firm 

 states that better restilts would be obtained 

 by lining the boxes with corrugated paper 

 and placing cardboard between each layer 

 of apples. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the Christ- 

 mas trade had been supplied before the ar- 

 rival of this shipment, the prices realized 

 were very satisfactory. Had the shipment 

 arrived three weeks earlier even better 

 prices would have been paid. The following 

 is a list of the varieties shipped and the 

 prices realized by each : Spitzenberg, 14s to 

 14s 6d; Newtown Pippin. 14s to 14s 6d ; 

 Winter Banana, 15s; Wagener, 10s to 14s; 

 Northern Spy, 9s to 9s 6d. These prices 

 show the varieties most desired. 



One of the first cherry fairs ever held in 

 Canada is to be conducted at Kaslo the lat- 

 ter part of next July. The competition will 

 be open to all fruit districts, and it is ex- 

 pected that thousands of boxes and bottles 

 of cherries will be shown. It will be held 

 under the auspices of the Kaslo Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association. 



Our British Columbia fruit growers^ ex- 

 nect to meet with even keener competition 

 in the \irairie markets during the coming 

 season than hitherto as the result of the 

 formation of an exchange for the handling 

 and marketing of the fruit of all the affiliat- 

 ed associations of the Pacific North-We.st 

 States, including the Hood River, Rogue 

 River and Yakama sections, the exchange 

 being based on the California plan. It is 

 expected that this exchange will handle 

 soinething over eight thousand cars of fruit 

 during the season, or more than half of the 

 cron of the Pacific north-west. In due time 

 n similar exchange will have to be formed in 

 British Columbia. 



Mr. Mitchell's Spy Tree 



So manv readers of Tttb C\y\m\s Horti- 

 CTJLTTTRTST havo asked Mr. George Mitchell 

 of Clarksburg for further information about 

 the twelve-year-old spy tree of his that was 

 illustrated in the Januarv number of The 

 Can.*dt.\n HoRTicuLTtTRiST and which last 

 fall produced five barrels and one bu.shel 

 of annles. ninetv to ninety-five per cent, 

 of which were number one and all highlv 

 colored, Mr. Mitchell has written us eiyinc: 

 further information about it. Mr. Mitch- 

 ell writes as follows : 



