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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral l-^ilioii. 



Spraying Pays 



BECAUSE it saves your original investment so 

 that it can produce at a profit each year. 

 BECAUSE it keeps trees and plants healthy so 

 that they not only produce regularly but you get a larger, 

 more uniform and better quality crop. 



BECAUSE only sprayed trees, for instance, produce uni- 

 formly good fruit, and good fruit brings 

 a fair price at any time. 

 BECAUSE it keeps stock quarters 

 healthful and prevents infection and 

 spread of disease. An ounce of pre- 

 vention beats a pound of cure any day. 



It not only pays to spray, but it pays to do it thor- 

 oughly, with first class machinery and with the right 

 machine for each purpose. 



ISONASE Sprayers 



For u»e 

 in any 

 W«gon 

 Ctl. elc 



20 gallon Sprayer. 



50 gallon capacity. 



are built with that choice in view^ — a large number (70) 

 of styles and combinations, most of which can grow to 

 more convenient and more efficient uses, and greater 

 power, for future growth in your spraying operations. 



There are in this line Power Sprayers (50, 100, 150 and 

 250 gallons), Horizontal Barrel Sprayers (20, 50 and 100 

 gallons), vertical Barrel Sprayers (50 gallon, mounted or 

 otherwise). Bucket, Knapsack and Hand Sprayers, and 

 Traction Sprayers for field use in row crops. 



Outside Pumps, high pressure, bronze ball 

 valves, hemp packing, all parts easily got at, 

 solutions touch brass parts only, thorough 

 mixing, a fine system of straining sediment, 

 nozzles that put the spray on as it should be, 

 and nozzle strainers for further protection — 

 these things characterize Iron Age Spray- 

 ers throughout. 



We have agencies in all parts of the coun- 

 try with the most intelligent dealers. See the 

 nearest one and in the meantime write us 

 for "Spray" booklet and a spraying guide. 



1 00 gallon PowcT Sprayci 



'200 pounds prefs'ire with 



6 to 8 n' zzUi 



The Bateman- Wilkinson Co., Limited 



466 Symington Ave., West Toronto, Ont. 



P*wei Sprayer 



Traction Sprayer 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 

 GOOSEBERRIES — Josselyn, Red Jacket, Down- 

 ing. Pearl, Houghton. CURRANTS — Perfection, 

 Ruby, Cherry, White Grape, Lee's Profile, Cham- 

 pion, Black Naples, Black Victoria, Boskoop Giani. 

 RASPBERRIES — Herbert, Plum Farmer, St. Regis, 

 Cuthbert, Marlboro, Golden Queen, Brenekles 

 Orange. GARDEN ROOTS, Strawberry Plants, 

 Rhubarb. Write for Catalogue. 

 WIV}. FLEMING, Nurseryman, 496-4th Ave. W., 

 OWEN SOUND, ONT. 



STRAWBERRY «•«» all other small fruit plants SEED POTATOES 



Our great now Strarwiberry "Grand Prize," the best FaJI-Bearlng kinds, and 50 others. 

 Herbert, Eaton. St. Regis Everbearing and other best Raspberries, also Blackberry, 

 Currant, Gooseberry and Grapes. 



Splendid stock of Cobbler and Green Mountain Potatoes. 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE FREE 



H. L. McCONNELL & SON 



Port Burwell, Ont, 



mash when the wet mash is preferred. 



Green food must be supplied for poultry 

 when they cannot obtain it themselves." 

 This can be given in the shape of roots. 

 such as mangels, beets, turnips, or vege- 

 tables, such as cabbage, or if none of these 

 are available, nicely cured clover leaves or 

 sprouted oats answer, but green food of 

 some kind should be available. If roots 

 are fed it is a good plan to split the root 

 down the centre and allow the hens to pick 

 out the pulp. 



Niagara District Notes 



F. G. H. Paltison, Winona, Ont. 



The winter has been favorable to pruning 

 operations, and a great deal has been done 

 iu the Winona and Grimsiby seoUoos. In a 

 numtjer of vineyards the work has l>een fin- 

 ished, and in some of them the brusii has 

 been removed. A lot of tree pruning has 

 alPo l>een accomplished. On large fruit 

 farms, teaming has been suspended and the 

 permanent staff has been employed in prun- 

 ing a.lmost exclusively. 



On January 7th a number of the heads of 

 co-operative fruiit companies m the Niagara 

 Peninsula, with some of the dealers and 

 growers, met in conference with Messrs. K. 

 C. Hart and J. B. Falrbairn, of the Markets 

 Branch of the Ontario Department of Agri- 

 culture, in an endeavor to map out a com- 

 prehensiive and satisfactory scheme for a 

 central organization to control at least 60 

 per cent, of the fruit output of the Niagara 

 district. Two different schemes were dis- 

 cussed, but no decision was reached. The 

 standardization of baskets was also con- 

 sidered. Most of those present were in 

 favor of a pint berry box and a four-fifth 

 quart box. Climax baskets were generally 

 favored. The present 6-quart basket and a 

 deeper 11-quart basket were also in general 

 favor. A niimber fancied the 9-quart, and 

 others wished the retention of the present 

 11-quart basket for plums and cherries. 



On January 8th a well-atteaded meeting 

 of the Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation was held in the Court House, St. 

 Catharines. The meeting opened with a 

 short address on "The Standardization of 

 Fruit Baskets," by F. M. Clement, of Vine- 

 land, in which he pointed out the great need 

 of standard baskets for the packing and 

 shipping of fruit. A general discussion 

 showed that most of the members were in 

 favor of the following packages : The bushel 

 basket, the climax basket, the four-fifth 

 quart and two-fifth quart berry boxes, and 

 the standard apple, plum, and peach long 

 distance shipping crate. A strong com- 

 mittee was named to investigate and de- 

 termine the sizes of climax baskets best 

 adapted to fruit shipping and to report at 

 the annual meeting. Mr. Haycock, of Winni- 

 peg, spoke in the interesits of the Winnipeg 

 retail dealers, ufgiitg a standard 6-quart 

 climax basket. 



A meeting of the Lincoln and Welland 

 Vegetable ajid Fruit Growers' Association 

 was held in St. Catharines on January &th. 

 It was decided that there should be no more 

 tomatoes raised and sold at 35 cents per 

 bushel, and that the canning factories must 

 not regulate the grower's sale price on that 

 product in future. An adoress on combina- 

 tion and co-operation was delivered by Thos. 

 Delworth, of Weston, who attached a great 

 deal of importance to the need of growers 

 being able to determine the cost of produc- 

 tion. He advocated the establishment of a 

 central headquarters, where informatlooi 

 could 'be procured by the growers with a 



