September, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Annapolis Valley Notes 



Eunice Buchanan, Berwick, N.S. 



PLBASANiT summer weather with occa- 

 sional showers has succeeded the wet 

 period, the foliage is luxuriant and 

 clean. Cherry trees, which were so full of 

 blossom in June, failed to set more than a 

 scattering crop of fruit. Pears also dropped 

 off. Strawberries made good prices; 

 iowards the last prices dropped to 6c. to 

 7c. The scheme for shipping strawberries 

 10 the United States fell through, as report 

 says that berries were selling for 3c. a 

 quart in Boston. Lombard plums sell well, 

 but many other varieties are scarce. Many 

 of the first flowers fell from the tomato 

 plants. 



Aphids made a renewed attack on young 

 apple shoots in July. The tent caterpillar 

 also appeared on different trees. Onion 

 maggots have been troublesome and peas 

 have been badly attacked by worms and 

 mildew. During the wet weather disease 

 attacked beans, but they are now recover- 

 ing. In July the leaves on several large 

 maple trees died and still adhere to the 

 branches. 



The general impression is that the apple 

 market is going to be good. Crimson 

 Beautys are now being bought for three 

 dollars and a quarter fcr ones and twos 

 Blueberries are very plentiful. Men are 

 scarce, but some of the soldiers have been 

 given furloughs to help gather the crops. 



Advertising B. C. Fruit 



R. M. Winslow, B.S.A., Provincial Horticul- 

 turist and Inspector of Fruit Pests, 

 Victoria, B.C. 



The British Columbia Department of 

 .Agriculture has, for a number of years, 

 given attention in increasing degree to the 

 creation of a consumer demand for British 

 Columbia fruit. 



In 1910 a start was made by the appro- 

 priation of $500 for the advertising of Bri- 

 tish Columbia fruit. This amount was con- 

 tinued in successive years. In 1914, a year 

 of large production, display advertising of 

 British Columbia fruits was carried in the 

 principal papers of Alberta for several 

 months. Apple weeks were held in Calgary, 

 Vancouver and Victoria, and were very suc- 

 cessful in promoting the consumption of 

 apples. They also had an important effect, 

 fsppcially in coast cities, in diverting the 

 trade from imported to Canadian apples. 

 The British Columbia Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation also issued 100,000 eight-page book- 

 lets on "British Columbia Fruit," which 

 were widely distributed, both directly to 

 consumers and in fruit packages. 



In 1915, the amount of advertisin'-- wris 

 greatly increased by a special grant fn;- th.i' 

 year from the Federal Departme'^if of Agri- 

 culture. An illustrated booklet of SO pages 

 was printed in an edition of ilO.OC'f copies, 

 and was widely distributed to "-onsumers, 

 especially in Western Canada, though re- 

 quests for it came from many parts of the 

 Empire, as well as the United States. Sev- 

 eral window hangers in colors were gotten 

 out and were largely distributed through 

 the wholesale trade and by the Markets 

 Commissioners to the retail grocers. The 

 principal feature of the advertising was 

 again the use of display space in news- 

 papers and farm journals, the advertising 

 running from the middle of June to the end 

 of November. 



By having the coast and prairie Markets 

 Commissioners with offices at Vancouver 

 and Calgary, respectively, in charge of the 

 advertising campaign, it was possible to de- 

 vote a great deal of personal attention to 



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