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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTU RJ^^l 



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Yes, with the Bordeaux mix- 

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" What strength do you use ?" 

 " Four of coperas and six of 

 Hme to five gahons of water." 



Question : " What time of the year are 

 you past danger from frost?" 



Answer: "It varies considerably; we 

 usually start moving our tomatoes out in the 

 field about the third or fourth of May, and 

 we have never had a plant frozen after mov- 

 ing them outside." 



Question: "What about cucumbers ? 

 Do you grow any outside frum transplant- 

 ing?" 



Answer : " Yes. We start these about 

 the first or tenth of April and transplant 

 them the same as the others. \\'e try to 

 keep them as much out of the wind as 

 possible. Above all things get your cucum- 

 bers where there is not much wind, if you 

 can." 



Question : " Do you train up those that 

 you grow under glass?" 



Answer: " You can grow twice as much 

 in the house by training." 



Question : " What is the best method of 

 pruning?" 



Answer : " I do not profess to be an ex- 

 pert; we prune very little. If we find the 

 laterals are getting too numerous we prune 

 some of them. We allow them to run and 

 branch as they like till they reach the glass, 

 and then nip them. We use poles to run 

 them, sloping a little, and then we run twine 

 along to hold them." 



Question : " In the house I am building 

 I intend to try poultry netting." 



Answer : " I have only one fault to find 

 with that, and that is to get the cucumbers 

 to come down through it." 



\'oice: "I use three-inch mesh." 

 Mr. Hilborn : " I want a coarser mesh." 

 Mr. Dilhvorth: "What ])rovisions do 

 you make for pullcnising the blossom?" 



Answer : " We use a camel's hair brush 

 on the first that conu'. but we endeavor to 

 encourage the bees to come in. If we can 

 get an old bumble bee to conie in he will do 

 niorc than a lionex' bee." 



Mr. Joseph Rush, Humber Bay, Ont. 



Mr. Rush is first vice-president of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' 

 Association and an officer of the Toronto Branch of the Association. 

 He is one of the best known vegetable growers in the Dominion. 



Member: " I keep a hive of bees in the 

 house." 



Mr. Hilborn : " I intend to do that next 

 spring. 



Question : " Do you use raised benches 

 or solid benches?" 



Answer : " These are raised benches. In 

 some houses we have solid ueds and. I like 

 them best." 



Question : " How close together do you 

 plant in the house?" 



Answer : "' We put the plants about 



