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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 1912. 





The Canadian Horticulturist 



Pnbliahad by TIi* Horticultural 

 Publishing Company, Lioiited 



PKTKRBORO, ONX.A.ItIO 



The Only Horticultural Masrazine 

 in the Dominion 



OrrioiAL Oroan or the Oktabio, QaiBBC, Niw 



Brunswick and Prince Edward Island 



Fruit Growers' Associations 



1 EDITORIAL 1 



H. BnoNSON Cowan, ManatrinR Dlraotor 



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CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



The following is a sworn statement of the net 

 naid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 for the year ending with December, 1911. The 

 figures given are exclusive of samples and spoiled 

 copies. Most months, including the sample cop- 

 ies, from 11 000 to 12.000 copies of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist are mailed to people known to 

 be interested in the growing of fruits, flowers 

 f^r vegetables. 



January, 1911 .8,082 



February. 1911 8260 



March, 1911 8.523 



April, 1911 9,469 



May, 19tl 9,783 



June. 1911 10,178 



July, 1911 10,062 



*ugust. 1911 10,043 



September. 1911 9.973 



October. 1911 9.991 



November, 1911 9,988 



December, 1911 10,137 



Total 114,489 



Average each issue in 1907, 6.627 



" 1908, 8,695 



" " " " 1909, 8.970 



" " " 1910, 9 067 



" 191) O.MI 



October, (9(2 (1,327 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed 

 upon application. 



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 THE CANADIAN HORTICUiyrUKIST. 



PET^RBOEO, ONT. 



SAN JOSE SCALE IN NOVA SCOTIA 



The discovery in a small way of San Jose 

 Scale in Nova Scotia has placed the fruit 

 growers and Government officials of that 

 province in a difficult position. The recent 

 advent of the Brown Tail Moth, with the 

 heavy expense that has been involved by 

 the fight to secure its control, has revealed 

 to the people of Nova Scotia the importance 

 of adopting- extreme measures where neces- 

 sary to prevent the further spread of such 

 pests and if possible to secure their eradi- 

 cation. It is gratifying: to note that the 

 fruit growers of Nova Scotia are awake to 

 the seriousness of the situation, and that 

 thev are prepared to deal with it in a thor- 

 ouGfh manner. 



Fortunately, owing to the severe climate 

 of Nova Scotia, the San Jose Scale is not 

 likely to prove as disastrous in that pro- 

 vince as it otherwise might. When San 

 Jose Scale first anpeared in Ontario some 

 fifteen years ago it caused a panic. Many 

 alarming predictions were made. Few of 

 these have come true. It is now known 

 that the scale can be controlled by thorough 

 spraying, and except in the tender fruit 

 districts it has made little or no headway. 

 Even in the tender fruit areas its spread 

 might have been prevented had the Pro- 

 vincial Government dealt with the situa- 

 tion at the outset with coura.ge. It should 

 have appointed provincial inspectors and 

 given them power to destroy infested trees. 

 Instead, it made the mistake of leaving the 

 enforcement of the law in the hands of 

 local officials that township councils were 

 given power to appoint. Some councils 

 appointed inspectors. Others did not. A 

 large proportion of the inspectors thus ap- 

 pointed were not competent. The result, as 

 might be expected, was that the scale 

 spread. The fact, however, that the area 

 in which it is nrevnlent is confined to por- 

 tions of the Niagara peninsula and the 

 southern counties of the province shows 

 that it is not as dangerous in the colder 

 districts, including those where apples are 

 grown, as was at first feared. 



Most of the nursery stock used in Nova 

 Scotia is grown in Ontario. This, of neces- 

 sity, must continue to be the case for 

 years to come We understand that one of 

 the mppsures for preventing the further in- 

 troduction of the scale in Nova Scotia that 

 is under consideration is the establishment 

 bv the Provincial Gov»rnment of inspection 

 ^nd fumio^ation stations at Digby and 

 Truro and of Tenuriing all nurserv stock 

 from the western n'-ovinces to pass through 

 these stations. This su<rge<:tion has much 

 to commend it arid vet it should be given 

 very careful considf-ration before it is adopt- 

 ed if such action becomes likely. In spite 

 of the testimonv to the contrary bv certain 

 Government officials in British Columbia, 

 the inspection of nursery stock in that pro- 

 vince has not proved entirely satisfactorv. 

 For various reasons not connected with th'^ 

 character of the stock it has driven all 

 eastern nursery stock out of that province 

 and forced the local growers to depend 

 largely on the less hardy stock grown in 

 the Pacific coast states, although many of 

 them, especially those living in the more 

 eastern part of the province, would like to 

 be able to obtain the Ontario erown stock. 



Three laro^e nurseries in Ontario furnish 

 apnroximately ninety-eight per cent, of the 

 nurserv stock shipped from that province 

 to Nova Scotia. Under more favorable con- 



ditions they might also furnish a large pro- 

 portion of the stock imported by the fruit 

 growers of British Columbia. We are in- 

 (lined to think that the Dominion Govern- 

 ment might well be asked to assume re- 

 sjwnsibility for the thorough inspection and 

 fumigation of all this stock at the nurser- 

 ies. The officials appointed to look after 

 the work might be subject to approval by 

 the Provincial Governments interested, and 

 the expense be shared between the Domin- 

 ion and the provinces. This would avoid 

 double fumigation and handling of the 

 stock which always proves expensive and 

 disastrous to the quality of the stock. 



The situation is full of difficulties. This 

 makes it all the more important that it shall 

 not be dealt with finally in undue haste. 

 We would like to see arranged a conference 

 between the various Provincial and Domin- 

 ion Government officials interested as well 

 as by representatives of the other interests 

 affected. 



SEND DELEGATES 



During the next few days the horticul- 

 tural societies of Ontario will hold their 

 annual meetings. Shortly afterwards will 

 take place the annual convention of the 

 Ontario Horticultural Association. Every 

 horticultural society in Ontario should ar- 

 range to send one or more delegates to this 

 convention. 



Most horticultural societies are short of 

 funds. Sometimes this leads them, while 

 considering their own needs, to forget their 

 duty to the central organization. This is 

 unfortunate. Twice now the provincial as- 

 socation has succeeded in securing material 

 increases in the Government grant to the 

 local societies as well as important amend- 

 ments to the act under which they operate, 

 which have enabled them to prosecute their 

 work to better advantage. The reports of 

 the discussions at the annual conventions, 

 which are distributed by the Government, 

 are full of interest and value. The local 

 societies will promote their own best in- 

 terests if they make it a point to be repre- 

 sented at the approaching convention of 

 the provincial association. 



A VALUABLE REPORT 



As we anticipated that it would, the re- 

 port on fruit conditions in Canada, by Mr. 

 W. H. Bunting, of St. Catharines, copies 

 of which are now being distributed, proves 

 to be a document that has been needed for 

 some years. At the request of the Dominion 

 Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Bunting re- 

 cently made a thorough inspection of fruit 

 growing conditions in all our provinces. 

 He has summed up conditions as he found 

 them in a thorough yet impartial manner. 

 The report is lengthy, well illustrated, and 

 full of interest. 



While the report contains little that was 

 not well known to many yet it is the first 

 time that the information it contains has 

 been gathered together under one cover. 

 Its greatest value will be for distribution 

 among those people, largely in Great Bri- 

 tain, who think of coming to Canada to 

 take up fruit growing. Hitherto these 

 people have had to rely on such reports as 

 they have been able to obtain from provin- 

 cial sources or through local land agents. 

 This information often has been colored and 

 misleading and in no case has it been com- 

 plete. Hereafter, these people will be able 

 to learn through this report just what ad- 

 vantages each province has to offer and to 

 profit by some of the warnings it contains. 

 Both the Dominion Government and Mr. 

 Bunting are to be congratulated upon the 



