THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



n operation this year, and the estimated 

 product of sugar is 180,000,000, or an increase 

 of 100 % over 1897. 



In respect to physical conditions affecting 

 the growth of the sugar beet in this country, 

 the Secretary says that the best results were 

 reported from New York and Michigan. 



This official statement justifies my asser- 

 tion, that the sugar beet can be successfully 

 produced in Ontario, for conversion into 

 sugar. 



The manufactory at Rome, New York, pro- 

 duced first-class granulated sugar, and an- 

 other manufactory will be in operation in the 

 State this fall. The season is later at Rome 



this spring'than at London or Goderich, and 

 closes earlier in the autumn. 



Favorable reports have been received from 

 Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota. 

 It is found that the belt of territory included 

 between the limits of the isotherms of 71 and 

 69 degrees may be regarded as the basis belt 

 of the beet sugar industry. The best results 

 are obtained within, or north of this belt, 

 other climatic conditions being favorable. 

 The extreme northern limits of beet sugar 

 culture are determined only by the advent of 

 freezing weather. This is important infor- 

 mation for Canadian agriculturists. 



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Brunton's Hardy Plant Club and In- 

 ternational Exchange, under the special 

 care of Mr. Frank Brunton, importer and 

 exporter of Nursery and Florist's stock, 

 member Boston Horticultural Society, 1.36 

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Year Book of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, for the United States, 1897. 



Report of the Experimental Farms of 

 Canada, 1897. Wni. Saunders, LL. D., 

 Ottawa, director. 



Greenhouse Management.— A manual 

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