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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 





Successful '^^ the -ult 



OrchardinGi tillage, cui- 



tivate your 

 trees as you -would your corn— use an 

 "Acme" Orcbard Harrow 



It gets in close under the branches. Cuts, 

 slices, turns the soil twice. levels and 

 compacts— all at one operation. Many 

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 weeds, cultivates deep, mulches thor- 

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Give Your Horses 



and 



Fiir 



for the warm weather 



J When the heavy coat that holds the wet sweat 

 I and dirt 13 removed they git more koo<] from 

 J their feed, are healtliier and work better, 

 I They are more easily kept clean, and their im* 

 I proved appearance t^eatly adds to 

 Ithoir sailing price. It also 

 1 pnys to clip the flanks and 



uddsrs of your cows— you ct 

 I oloan milk. Clip them with the 



Stewart 



Bali-Bearing 



Machine 



It turns easier, clips faster and 

 closer and stays sharp longer 

 than any other. Gears are cut 

 from solid steel bar. They are 

 enclosed, protected and run in 

 oil; little friction, little wear. 

 Has six feet of new style, easy 

 runniuK flexible shaft and the 

 celebrated Stewart single ten- 

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 grade. Price complete $9.25. 

 CHICAGOFLEXIBLE SHAFT CO. 

 £ 61^ N, USalle, Chicago, HI- 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 

 GOOSEBERRIES — Josselyn, Red Jacket, Down- 

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

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 RASPBERRIES— Herbert, Plum Farmer, St. Regli, 

 Cuthbert, Marlboro. Golden Queen, Brinckle's 

 Orange, etc. etc. vGARDEN ROOTS, Strawberry 

 Plants, Rhubarb. Write for Catalogue. 

 WM. FLEMING, Nurseryman, 496-4th Ave. W., 

 OWEN SOUND, ONT. 



Fire Blight Destroys 

 Thousands of Trees 



FIRE BLIGHT OF THE APPLE 



IS SPREAD BY APHIS 



APHIS CHECKS GROWTH OF TREES 



APHIS CAUSES LEAVES TO CURL 



APHIS DEFORMS FRUIT 



DESTROY APHiS WITH 



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^effective insecticide in concentrated t 



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^the 2-lb. can costs $2.50 — 1,000^ 



^gallons from the 10-Ib. canj 



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Shipping Immature Fruit* 



F. Carpenter 



With the result.? of immature fruit reach 

 Ing the con.sumer apparent. Is It not a fact 

 that it Is difficult to appreciate the amount 

 of damage done to our market by shipping 

 It? Jellot Colt, of California, states that 

 for every dollar made on green fruit by the 

 extra early shipper, perhaps ten are lost 

 later by conservative shippers through gen- 

 eral depreciation of the market. Low price? 

 are caused directly through a few sales of 

 Immature fruit. 



Who is at fault? Is the grower only to 

 be censored for the shipping of this class of 

 fruit? Or Is It the dealer, or both? Doe? 

 the climate govern the time of picking and 

 maturity? Or does the price? As an example 

 in the- past fruit season: — The season waf 

 late, the consumers, especially In the west, 

 were asking for grapes, or. In other words, 

 the demand was good. The wholesale 

 houses there wired back to their dealers In 

 the Niagara district offering or guarantee- 

 ing a good price. The dealer went to the 

 grower and possibly spurred on by the fact 

 that he could make a good profit for him- 

 self before the rush of fruit started, advised 

 him that his fruit was ready for picking 

 and offered him from two to three cents a 

 basket more than he would be likely to ob- 

 tain when the main crop was moving. Do 

 you blame the grower for taking the offer, 

 and rushing his picking, though he knew 

 himself that the fruit was not in the best 

 condition for consumption? Do you blame 

 the dealer for shipping? There is no law 

 against it, so he possibly concluded that the 

 law favored It. 



During the shipping season the average 

 grower or shipper Is so busy that In some 

 cases the dictates of his own conscience are 

 apparently overlooked. What Is the re 

 suit? Some consumers will possibly get 

 enough fruit In one basket to do for the 

 whole season; and the whole industry suf- 

 fers as a consequence. It seems that the 

 righteous have to answer for the sins of the 

 wicked, and that something Is wrong when 

 practically worthless fruit brings high 

 prices and good fruit goes begging a few 

 weeks later. Some might claim that the 

 Boards of Health have jurisdiction over 

 such packages on the grounds that they are 

 unfit for human consumption. If the fruit 

 Is mildewed, or otherwise diseased or over- 

 ripe, or covered with scale or fly specks, 

 they might take action; but in so far as 

 the average officer of a Board of Health Is 

 competent to judge of maturity In fruit he 

 would be little, if any, better than the aver- 

 age consumer. 



Practically all kinds of fruit are more or 

 less affected, some more than others, de- 

 pending on several factors such as supply 

 and demand, season and ignorance and In- 

 difference on the part of grower or shipper 

 An example of the working of the factor 

 supply and demand could be cited In the 

 case of the sale of Riene Claude plums for 

 green gauees, some two to four weeks be- 

 fore the Riene Claudes are matured. The 

 later the season, the more there Is of Im- 

 mature fruit shipped. There are some 

 places In Ontario where they are trying 

 to grow commercially certain kinds of ten- 

 der fruits where they can be brought to 

 maturity only In favorable seasons. In 

 these places the growth should be discour- 

 aged. 



The Remedy. 



FYom observations here and In other 

 fruit districts the question appears serious 

 enough to demand a remedy. Co-operation 

 is and will no doubt in the future play an 

 important part in the solution of the prob- 



•(Oontdnued from March issue.) 



