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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 1912. 



STRATFORD 



EXTENSION 

 LADDER 



It i* the t&fest and best on the 

 market. Fitted with automatic 

 hooks that lock at every runs 

 and unlock between the rungs 



LIGHT, STRONG 



EASILY OPERATED 

 AND DURABLE 



IF Interested write for CataloKue F 

 THE 



Stratford Mfg. Co. 



Limited 



STRATFORD, CANADA 



Makers of Ladders for every con- 

 ceivable purpose 



increased. An increase in the powers of 

 the Railway Commission in order that they 

 may settle the vexed question of claims, 

 which must now be settled by costly court 

 procedure, was another important recom- 

 mendation by this speaker. 



8\N J08B SCALE IN NOVA SCOTIA 



Dr. G. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Ento- 

 mologist, traced the recemt outbreak of 

 San Jose Scale in Nov.t Scotia to Ontario 

 nursery stock. Living scale was found on 

 one hundred and twenty-seven properties 

 on the 1912 stock alone. In every case the 

 stock had been purchased from Ontario 

 nurserymen. Stock imported from United 

 States and fumigated by the Dominion 

 authorities was all free from the disease. 

 As a result of the outbreak the provincial 

 government of that province has passed an 

 order that all imported stock be accompan- 

 ied by a certificate of inspection and that 

 stock imiMrted from any other part of 

 Canada must be fumigated after it reached 

 Nova Scotia at two points named. 



Mr. Morris, representing the nurserymen, 

 .asked if the Dominion Govecnment could 

 not prevail upon the Nova Scotia people to 

 accept fumigation by Dominion officials at 

 Ontario nurseries, thus doing away with 

 the necessity of a second fumigation in 

 Nova Scotia. He also pointed out that of 



one hundred and fifty-seven thousand trees 

 shipped to Nova Scotia only six hundred 

 and ninety-three had been infested. Mr. 

 P. \V. Hodgetts intimated that a result of 

 the Nova Scotia, disclosures would be a 

 closer supervision of the nursery stock sold 

 in Ontario. 



The Thursday morning session was con- 

 ducted in the Horticultural Building at the 

 Fair. Mr. P. J. Carey, Dominion Fruit 

 Instructor, defined a number one apple 

 and by means of specimens told the growers 

 how to select the different grades. Prof. 

 J. W. Crow gave an address on "What 

 Fruit Shall the Ontario Shipper Put Into 

 Boxes?" As the market is at present this 

 package is only adaptable to number one 

 fruit, and that of the best varieties. If 

 lower grades are boxed the reputation of 

 the box as a container of first-class apples 

 suffers. He recommended Kings, Spies, . 

 Spitzenburgs, Snows, and Mcintosh for 

 box packing. 



8PLEN3ID RBTtTRNS FROM FERTILIZER 



"-Fertilizers for the Orchard" was dealt 

 with authoritatively by J. P. Stewart, Ex- 

 perimental Pomologist, at the Pennsyl- 

 vania State College. His deductions were 

 based on six years of work in ten experi- 

 ments located in the leading apple sections 

 of Pennsylvania and involving ten different 



Built For 

 Business 



Note the compact sim- 

 plicity of this successful 

 SPRAYER. 



It is powerful with 

 large capacity and easy 

 to operate. 



Engine has friction 

 clutch and fills tank. 



Some open Territory 

 Still for reliable agents. 



We manufacture a full 

 and up-to-date line of 

 Apple Evaporating Ma- 

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Complete Power Sys- 

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Full information on 

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INGERSOLL, ONT. 



