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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Exhibitions of Work Enjoyed 



Many visitors at the Ontario Horticultural 

 Exhibition were pleased to find the Air Pres- 

 sure Water Systems and Wallace Power 

 Sprayers on hand in the display of Mr. W. H. 

 Brand, of Grimsby, Ont. Regret was ex- 

 pressed that the absence of power shafting 

 prevented Mr. Brand from giving a full demon- 

 stration of the capabilities of the " Junior " 

 machine he managed to get into the basement 

 of Massey Hall. As it was, he explained the 

 system employed and gave as much of a practi- 

 cal exhibition of it as was possible when 

 operating by hand, rolling in 15 to 20 pounds 

 pressure in a very short time. This, of course, 

 was purely air. It is a free agent and indeed 

 a powerful one. 



Mr. Brand's company have a variety of out- 

 fits of all sizes and capacities and for every 

 purpose for which a power sprayer can be 

 used, and they are well spoken of by Messrs. 

 E. D. and J. W. Smith, Alex. Glover «5: Sons, of 

 Winona; Wm. Orr. R. H. Dewar and C. C. 

 Pettit, of Fruitland; Capt. Roberts, of Grims- 

 by; Col. Ptolemy, Stoney Creek; E. G. Beckett 

 and R. H. Lewis, of Hamilton; W. H. Demp- 

 sey. Fruit Experiment Station at Trenton ; 

 Mr. Macoun. of the Central Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa, Ont.; R. Jack & Sons, at Chateauguay 

 Basin. Quebec, and others in Canada. 



Over 3,000 of his Pneumatic Water Systems 

 are in use throughout the world, some of them 

 being in Canada. They are used by farmers 

 of all descriptions, town residents who have no 

 other pressure service to draw from, and by 

 owners of high buildings wherein it is desired 

 to further augment the fire protection by add- 

 ing to the city service a private tank. Write 

 Mr. Brand for information regarding either of 

 these necessities. Their cost is quite com- 

 mensurate with the articles. Address him at 

 Jordan Station, Ont. 



Proper Packing Important 



Many fruit growers and shippers admit that 

 before Canadian fruit can demand the best 

 prices in Great Britain it must be properly 

 packed. Many of the leading growers have 

 adopted the Biggs system of packing that was 

 shown at the recent Ontario Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition in Toronto. The Biggs Fruit and 

 Produce Co., of Burlington. Ont., make a spec- 

 ialty of supplying fruit growers with the very 

 best appliances for the packing of fruit, in- 

 cluding their press and packing table. The 

 Biggs Co. also makes a specialty of shipping 

 select fruit direct to any address in Great 

 Britain without any extra cost. 



A Capable Man Advanced 



The Allan Steamship Company has secured 

 the services of Mr. D. O. Wood, late with the 

 Robt. Reford Steamship Company, as their 

 western freight representative. Mr. Wood will 

 be located in Toronto, and will have charge of 

 the freight business for The Allan Company in 

 western Ontario. A better man for this work 

 than Mr. Wood would be hard to find. He has 



been with the Grand Trunk Railway over 20 

 years and a number of years with the Robt. 

 Reford Co. The long experience gained by 

 Mr. Wood when with these companies makes 

 him well qualified to oversee the large ship- 

 ments of apples, cheese, butter, etc., handled 

 by this firm. The Allan line has completed a 

 chain between the fruit growers in Ontario and 

 the consumers in Great Britain and a better 

 man to extend the business of the company 

 would be hard to find. This firm purposes 

 placing several new boats on their line and will 

 devote special attention to the export fruit 

 trade. 



A Correction 



In the article Spraying Competition Chal- 

 lenge that appeared in the November issue of 

 The Horticulturist, the omission of " as is " 

 made Mr. Brand say blue vitriol and white 

 arsenic were not soluble in water. The sen- 

 tence should have read " In doing this it car- 

 ries with it such components as Paris green, 

 which is not perfectly soluble in water, as is 

 blue vitriol, white arsenic, etc., but remains In 

 a very fine but heavy powder." 



Again, in the paragraph regarding how to 

 judge as to which machine produced a proper 

 spray the addition of the words " those who " 

 slightly changed the meaning. This sentence 

 should have read " The way to judge which of 

 these machines will best perform the work is 

 to be governed by verdicts of users of them, or 

 see both makes in actual operation." 



Fruits, Vegetables and Tuters 



Great caution should be exercised in the se- 

 lection of varieties, and as a rule it is not wise 

 to purchase novelties. However, Canadian 

 growers know that new specimens introduced 

 by Stone & Wellington are worth having be- 

 cause they have been thoroughly tested before 

 being offered to the public. 



Three recent introductions have proven to 

 be adapted to Canadian conditions. The 

 Maynard plum. Burbank's greatest introduc- 

 tion, has "withstood the hardships of our win- 

 ters ; the Ideal asparagus, a French variety, is 

 far ahead of other varieties, producing large 

 crisp stalks, and the Gold Coin potato, a Ver- 

 mont variety, was the best yielder tested at the 

 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, averaging 

 554 bushels per acre. 



Steel Grape and Fence Posts 



An attractive exhibit at the recent Ontario 

 Horticultural Exhibition was a display of steel 

 grape posts and fence posts, by The Canadian 

 Portable Fence Co.. Limited, of Toronto. There 

 is a growing demand for a steel post, and this 

 enterprising company did not hesitate, but im- 

 mediately set to work to design their steel 

 grape posts according to the ideas of the best 

 known grape growers of Canada. 



The grape posts are made on much the same 

 lines as the well-known steel fence posts, that 

 have made for the company an enviable repu- 



