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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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FREE LAND 



For the SETTLER in 



Northern Ontario 



Millions of acres of virgin soil obtain- 

 able free and at a nominal cost are call- 

 ing for cultivation. 



Thousands of farmers have responded 

 to the call of this fertile country and are 

 being made comfortable and rich. Here, 

 right at the door of Old Ontario, a home 

 awaits you. 



For full Information as to terras, regu 

 latlons, and settlers rates, write to 



H. A. Macdonell 



Director of Colonization 

 Parliament Buildings, TORONTO 



HON. Q. HOWARD FERGUSON, 

 Minister of Uindt, Forests and Mines. 



PRODUCTIVE VEGETABLE GROWING 



By John W. Lloyd 

 Professor of Olericulture, Univ. ot Ills. 



320 pag-es. 192 illustrations. Octavo. 

 Handsome cloth. 



Secure this Money Maker at Once 

 Price $1.50 



Send for Free Circular of farm Books to 

 the Book Department 



The Horticultural Publishing Co. , Ltd. 



Peterboro, Ontario 



Messrs. Kelway & Son 



Wholesale Seed Growers 

 and Merchants 



Langport, England 



have pleasure in announcing that 

 their 



MR. H. A. NALDRETT 



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 and Canada. Mr. Naldrett's ad- 

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where please write him. 



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it refused by the express compaoies was a 

 serious matter to the growers, although it 

 was hardly reasonable to expect them to 

 carry such baskets in L.C.L. lots without 

 some kind of protection. This method, 

 however, will assure equal delivery with 

 the patent covered baskets, and the cost is 

 not very great. 



Sugarless Canning Methods 



R. C. Abbott, Coast Market Commissioner, 

 Vancouver, B.C. 



Many persons continue to seek informa- 

 tion from this office as to the "sugarless 

 method" of canning fruits, and no pains are 

 spared In impressing on these people the 

 great necessity of canning fruits this sea- 

 son, even with the high price of .sugar, as 

 in all likelihood canned goods will be just 

 as high proportionately, owing to the in- 

 creased demand, coupled with the high cosi 

 of sugar. 



Plums and prunes can be put up very suc- 

 cessfully without sugar, and we would sug- 

 gest to growers that they place in each 

 crate of plums shipped the short recipe for 

 "canning without sugar," and also a few re- 

 marks encouraging housewives to put up 

 more British Columbia fruit. The price of 

 sugar should not interfere with the 

 home canning of fruit, as fruit can either 

 be put up "sugarless," or the amount of 

 sugar used may be cut down from the usual 

 32 per cent, syrup to 25 per cent., or even 

 as low as 16 per cent. We are sure that the 

 amount spent by the grower would be many 

 times repaid, and would assist in accom- 

 plishing the increased use of fruit, which is 

 so essential. Any growers wishing further 

 information may apply to this office for our 

 Can. Cir. "B" 8-8-16, which gives consider- 

 ahle information as to the "sugarless" 

 method and also the table of syrups. 



A New Book on Shrubs 



The Williams Book Stores Co., of Boston, 

 Mass., are distributing a book entitled 

 "Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Herbaceous 

 Perennials," by John Kirkegaard, Dr. H. T. 

 Fernald and Prof. E. A. White. This book 

 contains over 400 pages, 2,096 descriptive 

 classifications and 59 full page photographs. 

 In it will be found general cultural infor- 

 mation, and directions sufficient for all ord- 

 inary requirements. When and how io 

 plant, pruning, spraying and cultivation are 

 each treated comprehensively. 



The. authors have classified trees, shrubs 

 and plants according to their suitability for 

 certain purposes. The book contains lists 

 of a few good hedge plants, some of the 

 best vines and climbers, trees and shrubs 

 with ornamental fruit, trees and shrubs 

 with distinct colored leaves other than 

 green, and a tew of the best hardy ferns. 

 This book can be purchased through The 

 Canadian Horticulturist at $1.50 postpaid. 



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Recent bulletins and reports which hav 

 reached The Canadian Horticulturist '- 

 elude the following: Bulletin No. 185, "T _ 

 False Cabbage Aphis," issued by the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station of the Purdue 

 University, Lafayette, Ind.: Bulletin No. 141, 

 entitled "Cultural Methods in Bearing 

 Orchards," from the Pennsylvania State 

 College Experiment Station, State College, 

 Pa., and Bulletin No. 293, from the Ohio 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, 

 Ohio, entitled "The Grape Berry Worm." 

 These three bulletins are all well illustrated. 

 The last one contains several spray tables, 

 which fruit growers will find of consider- 

 able value. 



