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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



(Floral Edition. 





Don't Limit the 

 Beauties of Your 

 Flow^cr Garden 



by thoughtless seed buying! 

 Choose the varieties with an 

 eye to the possibiHties of 

 your own particular space 

 and location — but be even 

 more careful to get 



Ewings 



Reliable Seeds 



Then you can be quite sure 

 that the seeds will germinate 

 and grow — that the plants 

 will be strong and healthy — 

 and that the bloom will be 

 abundant and beautiful. 



Write for our new 1916 

 Illustrated Catalogue — the 

 biggest and finest yet! It 

 will help you to plan — and 

 realize — a garden that will 

 be a delishL If your dealer 

 has not Ewing's order direct 

 from us. 



The William Ewing Go. Limited 



SEED MERCHANTS i^ 



McGIII Street - - Montreal 



The Georgian Bay Tree Pruner 



Saves in ManyWays 

 Every Orchard 

 Needs One 



The Price is 12.50 



Write to G. W.BULL, Mfr.,Wi.rJoB, Oit. 



west nearly as well as Montmorencies, 

 standing a shipping test of ten days, and 

 that sweet cherries may also be precooled 

 and shipped west. 



To demonstrate how precooled cherries 

 stand up after withdrawal from the re- 

 frigerator car a part of the experimental 

 shipment was re-shipped by ordinary ex- 

 press to Brandon, and arrived there in good 

 condition, selling for a higher figure than 

 these in Winnipeg. 



Cherries that have been picked for ten 

 days even though they have been under 

 refrigeration will not stand up as well as 

 freshly picked fruit. Ripening t)rocesses 

 take place slowly under refrigeration and 

 thus lower the vitality of the fruit. How- 

 ever, cherries will not perish immediately 

 upon withdrawal from refrigeration and if 

 they have not been under refrigeration for 

 more than eight or ten days most varieties 

 will stand up long enough for marketing. 

 Upon first withdrawal from the refriger- 

 ator car there is a rapid condensation of 

 moisture upon the surface of the fruit (not 

 so heavy on the prairies as in the east on 

 account of the low relative humidity of the 

 air in the west). This gradually disappears, 

 but the moisture has helped to germinate 

 mold spores. During the day of unloading 

 and distribution the cherries remain in good 

 condition, without much sign of change. 

 After twenty-four hours from the car, or on 

 the following morning, the fruit will appear 

 in as good condition, but upon careful ex- 

 amination will show discolored spots, 

 especially where it has been bruised. After 

 thirty-six hours the discolored spots begin 

 to show decay, which begins to be serious 

 after two days from the car, unless kept 

 in cold storage. 



Plum Precooling. 



The precooling of plums has been very 

 successful from the first. Shipments in 

 1915 were more active and gave more satis- 

 faction than in 1914, since better care was 

 given by the growers to the maturity and 

 condition of the fruit. The greatest dis- 

 tances that precooled plums were shipped 

 were to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and 

 Glasgow, Scotland. 



Plums retain their flavor and texture 

 under refrigeration better than any of our 

 tender fruits, and during the past year 

 fears of shippers and the trade relative to 

 the keeping quality of precooled plums 

 have been alleged. Our experimental tests 

 with plum varieties have been made to de- 

 termine which varieties are suitable for 

 long distance shipments after precooling. 

 The following have proven most satis- 

 factory: Bradshaw, Monarch, Grand Duke, 

 Reine Claude, Damson, Abundance and 

 Burbank. 



Much difficulty has been experienced in 

 shipping tomatoes to the Western Prov- 

 inces, due largely to a lack of tomato ship- 

 ping information and standards. Thus far 

 precooling has not helped to any extent, 

 since when picked firm enough for ordin- 

 ary shipments the tomatoes would not have 

 color enough for a precooled shipment. 

 During 1914 one shipment of over-ripe 

 stock was precooled and met -with bad re- 

 sults. The cause of the loss was attributed 

 to precooling. Demonstrations in 1915 have 

 shown that it was not a question of pre- 

 cooling so much as one of maturity. For a 

 precooled shipment the tomato must have 

 color, but must still be firm enough to 

 stand the necessary "package pressure; the 

 tomato must be free from cracks for best 

 results. 



Few Peach Shipments.- 



During 1915 peach shipments from On- 

 tario to the western Provinces were Tery 

 light. A greater tonnage of cherries was 



Merryweather's 

 Roses 



Norttrirt : 



SOUIhWELL 



ENGLA»D 



Send for list of col- 

 lections to be delivered 

 after April 15th, 1916, In 

 time for Spring plant- 

 ing. 



15 Best Hybrid Perpet- 

 uals for $3.00. 18 Best 

 Hybrid Teas for »5.50. 

 12 Best Ted and N..-- 

 sette Scented for $3.75. 



12 Best Decoration Hybrid Tea for »3.75. 

 12 Best Roses for Table Decoration, »3.75. 



M. A. BRUSH 



SOLE AGENT Ff)K DOMINION OF CANADA 



20 Wtl INGTON ST. WEST 



TORONTO, ONT. 



Guaranteed 



to 

 " MAKE 

 GOOD" 



That means a lot to every buyer — guar- 

 anteed Sturdy, Healthy and true to name 

 by a firm that has been growing trees 

 right for 32 years — Apple, Pear, Peach. 

 Plum. Cherry and Quince Trees, also 

 Small Fruits and Ornamental Stocii. 

 Direct to You at Grower's Prices 



Quality before price is our motto, but 

 our personal supervision of all trees from 

 our nurseries to you, together with up- 

 to-date facilities, enables us to sell Kelly 

 Trees at low prices. 



Our catalog tells all about our trees 

 and prices. It Is our only salesman, and 

 you can order from the catalog Just aa 

 well as if you visited us here in Dans- 

 ville — Why not do both? 



Write for catalog to-day — It's worth 

 while. 



KELLY BROS., Wholesale Narteriet 



14S Main Street, Oansvllle, N. Y. 

 You'll never regret planting Kelly Tre«s. 





Too Much Mustard 



It costs but 80c an acre to kill wild mus- 

 tard when you use a Spramotor. If you 

 spray for four years you will be able to 

 pull all that comes up the fifth year. Tlie 

 mustard plants will be killed without in 

 any way injuring the grain. 



SPRAMOTCR 



is made in many styles and sizes, from the 

 largest horse and wagon outfit to the small 

 portable Knapsack Sprayer, at prices from 

 $6 up to $400. Over 20 valuable patented 

 features obtainable in no other machine 

 are embodied in the Spramotor. Made in 

 Canada. No duty to pay. 

 Write for booklet of crop diseases — free. 



Spramotor Works, 2709Kio(St.,Toi onto. Can. 



