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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral EJdltlon. 



Bruised Apples are Culls 



W'htrii .sliipijiiiK ai-»pk-a the prices you re- 

 ceive depend on the quality of Bhe fruit and 

 tlie condition In which the shipment is re- 

 ceived. Bruised apples are refi:arded as lit- 

 tle better than culls and depreciate their 

 value materially. It means loss of prestige 

 too for the shipper, for the cu.stomer won't 

 come back. 



A few cents spent at your end may mean 

 dollar.s trained at the other. 



WARNER'S APPLE BARREL PADS 



placed in each end of the barrel hold the 

 apples firm and albsolutely prevents them 

 from being: 'bruJsed 'VN'fhen heading in and 

 shipping. It co.s't.s little and pays big. Send 

 youi- name and address for .sample and 



l>nee.s. 



R. B. WARNER 



Inwood 



Ontario 



/^KINNER 

 System of irrigation 



^^^ Control complete. Prevents dronght loes- 

 ^^ ^ es. Kediices labor bills. Increases profit. 

 ^^ I Special Portable Line for $11.75. Send for 

 ■ ^ M new Bulletin. 

 ^^r The Skinner Irrigation Co. 



£17 Water Street Troy, Ohio 



NEW AND RARE SEEDS 



Unique collection. Hundreds of vari- 

 eties adapted for the Canadian cli- 

 mate. Perennial and perfectly hardy. 

 Own saving. Catalogue free. 



Perry's Hardy Plant Farm 



ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX, ENQ. 



LOADING OUR LOGS 



One c f Our Specialties is 



THAT GOOD APPLE BARREL 



Not made from cull staves the rejections from flour and other stock of various bilges, Iwit 

 cut from absolutely mill run timber with exactly the correct bilge and thickness. Heading 

 mostly basswood which takes a nice brand, is kiln dried and does not warp. Hoops stand- 

 ard. The barrels are all 



MADE BY MACHINERY 



which insures an even croze and every head fitting. Why be worried with poor barrels 

 causing loss of time? We make slxhoop eight hoop, also six wood and two wire, which 

 Is the favorite. If these barrels get wet hoops cannot break. We can ship car loads con- 

 taining about 330 



DELIVERED AT YOUR STATION 



We ship thousands of barrels yearly to many large growers, dealers and fruit associa- 

 tions in Western Ontario, besides supplying 80% of the cooperage stock and barrels used 

 in the great Eastern Ontario Apple Belt. Therefore we must give the best value obtain- 

 able. Our main plant Is one of the 



FINEST ON THIS CONTINENT 



Write lis for prices on cooperage or barrels delivered your station. 



"Owing to the uncertainty of labor, we cannot guarantee present prices or prompt 

 delivery except on early business." 



TRENTON COOPERAGE MILLS, Limited 



TRENTON, ONTARIO. 



year to market inferior fruit or fruit in- 

 fected with fungus or worms. 



Last year much inferior fruit was stored 

 and offered for sale, with the result that 

 the market was over-supplied and very poor 

 prices were received for both good and in- 

 ferior fruit, whereas if only the superior 

 grade and varieties had been put on the 

 market the price might have been much 

 higher. Many dealers lo«t a great deal of 

 money, which they invested in Inferior 

 grades of fruif last year, and It is probable 

 they will be exceedingly cautious this 

 season. 



Little Potato Disease 



The Little Potato disease cause little 

 potatoes the size of a pea or a little larger 

 to form on the potato stems, and no pota- 

 toes form on the roots. The reason is that 

 this disease closes up the pores In the stem 

 so the starch made in the leaves cannot 

 go back to the roots to form potatoes. 



Potatoes affected with this disease have 

 small spots on the surface made up of germ 

 masses that look like a little soil stuck on 

 the surface. The difference comes out when 

 one tries to remove the spots. They do not 

 come off, while soil will. This disease Is 

 also called russet scab and Rhizoctonia. It 

 I? best not to save affected potatoes for 

 seed. 



Basket Standards 



The necessity for greater uniformity in 

 the size of fruit baskets continues to be a 

 prominent issue in the Nlagaju District. 

 Speaking on this subject at the la&t annual 

 convention of the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association, Mr. Sheppard, Manager of the 

 St. Cathiarines Cold Storage Company, said 

 that the growers should try to have this 

 matter settled as qiilcldy as possible. "We 

 have," he said, "six different sizes of 6 qt. 

 baskets. This makes it almost impossible 

 to I6ad a car to advantage. 



"Competition has been leading the manu- 

 facturers of fruit baskets to try to make a 

 cheaper and cheaper basket until the veneer 

 used in many is now too thin for .strength. 

 Some growers help this tendency towards 

 greater confusion by asking for a smaller 

 and smaller basket. The confusion in sizes 

 leads to trouble over the covers, as some- 

 times we get wide covers for narrow bas- 

 kets or narrow covers for wide baskets.' 

 A committee from the Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation is working on the problem. 



Bulletins and Reports 



Recent bulletins and reports which have 

 reached The Canadian Horticulturist include 

 the following: "Late Blight and Rot of Po- 

 tatoes," bulletin No. 10, issued by the Do- 

 minion Experimental Farm and prepared by 

 Paul A. Murphy, B.A. The Ontario Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture has also issued two bul- 

 letins: No. 240, "Some Bacterial Diseases of 

 Vegetables Found in Ontario," by Dan H. 

 Jones, B.S.A., Bacteriologist; and Bulletin 

 No. 239 on "Potatoes," by C. A. Zavitz, B.S. 

 A., Prof, of Field Husbandry, Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College. The latter gives a report 

 of a large number of experiments with po- 

 tato growing at the Ontario Agriculturalj 

 College. 



The University of Illinois Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station is distributing bulletins 

 No. 188 on "Methods of Fertilizing Sweet 

 Potatoes," by C. E. Durst, and Bulletin No. 

 190 on "Soli Bacteria and Phosphates," by 

 Cyril G. Hopkins and Albert L. WTiiting of 

 the Chemistry and Biological Departments. 



The Ontario Beekeepers' Association has 

 just issued its 36th Annual Report for 191.5, 



