March. 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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esting lecture, illustrated by lantern slideB, 

 on "Spore Production in Plant Diseases." 

 Mr. E. H. Strickland, officer in charge o£ the 

 Entomological Laboratory at Lethbridge, Al- 

 berta, gave a full account of the work which 

 he has been doing on "Cutworms and Their 

 Conitrol." Mr. Strickland presented some 

 interesting matter on the life history of 

 some of the injurious species of cutworms. 

 In his experiments he found the poisoned 

 bran mash a failure. He secured very good 

 results by using the following preparation: 

 i50 pounds shorts, 1 pound paris green, 1 

 gallon molasses and 2% gallons water. Mix 

 the shorts and the paris green together dry. 

 Dissolve the molasses in the water and add 

 it slowly to the shorts and paris green. 

 Thoroughly mix, and when completed the 

 material should be dry enough to crumble 

 finely. Apply at the rate oif 35 pounds to 

 the acre. If the land is dry and the cut- 

 worms do not come to the surface, harrow 

 the bait in. In control experiments this mix- 

 ture has destroyed 75 per cent, to 80 per 

 cent, of the cutworms. 



iMr. Norman Ross, Superintendent of the 

 Dominion Forestry Station at Indian Head, 

 gave an interesting review of the work of 

 the past year, and hriefly outlined some of 

 the work lor the present year. Mr. Ross 

 reported an increasing interest in the work 

 of tree planting on the Prairies. School- 

 ground planting was being taken up by the 

 Saskatchewan Government, and it is expect- 

 ed that a great increase in this work will 

 follow as a result of careful supervision and 

 up-to-date methods. Coniferous trees have 

 proved to be better able to stand drouth 

 than deciduous trees. 



The United States Forestry Department 

 had, during the past two years, made a 

 careful study of the 'Canadian methods of 

 forestration for a prairie country. It is an 

 interesting tribute to the Canadian Forestry 

 Department to notice that the American 

 authorities have practically adopted in full 

 the Canadian methods. 



S. A. BJornason gave an outline of the 

 horticultural work at the Brandon Experi- 

 mental Farm in 1915. 



iMr. A. P. Stevenson, one of the successful 

 pioneer horticulturists of Manitoba, gave an 

 interesting paper on "Experiences in Horti- 

 culture in 1915." Mr. Stevenson has the 

 largest and one of the best fruit plantations 

 In Manitoba. In the face of unfavorable 

 climatic conditions he was able to produce 

 150 barrels of standard and crab apples. 

 The best bearing standard varieties of 

 apples proved to be the Ositrekoff, Sim- 

 brisk and Hibernal, in the order named. 

 Several varieties of the Russian Bush Mo- 

 rello Cherries came into bearing during the 

 past season. Of there the Vladimir and the 

 Shubianca proved to be the best. The Com- 

 pass Cherry is one of the best hybrids test- 

 ed. Sansota and Kaga were found fairly 

 satisfactory. The Carrie Gooseberry, a 

 seedling of the Houghton, produced a heavy 

 crop of large-sized fruit which was superior 

 to the mother plant. The Everbearing 

 Strawberry was found to be quite satisfac- 

 tory. A good yield of line quality fruit was 

 secured. The Agwam, a variety of Black- 

 berry, has been round hardy enough to 

 stamd the winter in Manitoba. Two crops 

 of this fine fruit have been produced. A 

 variety of Red Raspberry Seedling No. 4, 

 was secured from the Fruit-fBreeding Station 

 at (Excelsior, Minn. This variety is one of 

 the besit of the seedling raspberries so far 

 tested. The Herbert, a seedling variety, 

 originated at Ottawa, was /found quite satis- 

 factory. 



The convention was brought to a close on 

 Friday evening by an illustrated lecture on 

 •The Piieht to Save the Forests," by (Mr. 



'Mt is such a 

 saving in labor I 

 must have a power 

 outfit." 



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