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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral E><ttUon. 



Things to Plant in Autumn 



for" 



Hi/arintlic ft" colors, per doz. 40c., 55c., 65c., and 11.00. If re- 

 iijrdctuius, quired by mail add 20c. per doz. 



k^iugic dUU UOUDie 1 UlipS, 25c., and 40c. If required by 

 mail add 15c. per doz. 



40c., 

 required by mail 



Narcissus and Daffodils, ^ll/er^" rreqti^e/t 



add 15c. to 20c. per doz. 



Our Autumn Bulb Catalogue contains a list of bulbs suitable for 

 all purposes, and will be mailed on request. 



Wm. Rennie Co., Limited AdcUid%'2id'j:?vi.''st:';f 



house: 



oronto 



190 McGill St., Moiilrenl, Que. 



BRANCH KS : 

 394 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, Man. 



1138 Homer St., Vancouver. B.C. 



WANTED 



Working Foreman and Grower 



Must be a thoroughly competent and re- 

 liable man. Able to take full charge and 

 handle the helpers in a small commercial 

 greenhouse business. A grower of pot- 

 plants, some cut flowers, and produce a 

 general florist's stock for the retail trade. 

 Good wages and a steady situation to a live 

 and up-to-date man. State nationality, age, 

 experience and wages expected in fJrst letter. 



THE HAY FLORAL & SEED CO 



BROCKVILLE - - ONTARIO 



Good Apple Barrels 

 FOR SALE 



In Car Lots. Write 

 me for delivered prices 



JOHN HAYNE 

 BRIGDEN - ONTARIO 



He Flags the Sleeper 



* T three-fifteen the call boy comes, 

 /A to wake the railroad man. Big 

 Ben was on the job first. He 

 started the day at tArec. 



The railroad boys all like Biff Ben. He 

 helps them m.'ike the prade. He calls *'A11 

 nboardl"— they're out of bed — plenty of 

 time and a grin — sisnals set against a 

 grouch — all cheery clear ahead. 



Bigr Ben will run your day on schedule 

 time. 



You'll like Biff Ben face to face. Seven 

 inches tall, spunky, neighborly — down- 

 right good. 



Big Ben is six times factory tested. At 

 your dealer's, $2.50 in the States, $3.00 in 

 Can.-xda. Sent prepaid on receipt of price 

 if your dealer doesn 't stock him. 



Westclox folk build more than three mil- 

 lion alarms a year — and build them well. 

 All wheels are a-ssembled by a special proc- 

 ess — patented, of course. Result — accu- 

 racy, less friction, long life. 



laSaJlc. i:i..U. S. A. WcSt^m Cloclc Co. Makers of »»'.rte/«r 



OlJur WtsttUx; Eafj Ctn. I'tiUl L*n, Awuriat, Unto, SIttf-Miur. Locknit anj Irmctad. 



of the vegetable di.strlct. This year the 

 I!. C. Vinegar and Cider Company of Van- 

 f.ouver ha.s taken up business in the Okan- 

 iigan. and has been making vinegar and 

 cider in large quantities, thus taking care 

 of A class of apple.s that would probably 

 ctherwl.se have been a dead loss on the 

 hands of growers. 



The first mechanical apple grader has 

 been working this season in the packing 

 house of the Vernon Fruit Union. It ha.s 

 been brought to perfection by a Vakiiua 

 fruit man, and with its aid a perfect grad- 

 ing of apples according to size and weigh; 

 is possible. It is said to be cutting down 

 the cost of packing apples as much as five 

 cents a box. 



In the year 1910 the output of fruit, vege- 

 tables, etc.. from the Okanagan was about 

 !)50 cars. This year it will be close upon 

 four times that number. More than TO*/; 

 of the entire fruit output of British Colum- 

 bia is now grown in Okanagan orchards. 



Whether it is because the proper material 

 is not available for its manufacture, or what- 

 ever the reason may be, it is generally con- 

 ceded that the introduction of the Ontario 

 basket into the Okanagan is not the un- 

 qualified Fuccess it was hoped for. Its use 

 in this Valley is not extensive yet, and it Is 

 not likely ever to become so. 



Fruit Development in Durham 

 County 



"The work iwhioh we have been conducting 

 among fruit growers of Durham County," 

 said Mr. R. S. Duncan, B.S.A., Di.strict Re- 

 presentative at Port Hope, Ont., to an editor 

 of The Canadian Horticulturist' recently, 

 "has been along three lines — educational, 

 commercial and publicity. We have one as- 

 sociation, the Northumberland and Durham 

 Anple Growers' Association, whose aim is to 

 boom the apple industry in these countie.^. 

 This association holds meetings, and until 

 the war broke out had been making exhibitls 

 at some of the large fairs to, advertise their 

 apples. 



"Another line of educational work which 

 has been carried on is the work of deinonstra- 

 tion orchards. Pour orchards were taken 

 over, cultivated, cover cropped, sprayed and 

 pruned. The fruit -was picked and marketed 

 for three years and complete records kept' 

 By this means we proved the value of this 

 county as an apple producing section. The 

 results of this work have already been pub- 

 lished bv The Canadian Horticulturi.^t, Thi= 

 was perhaps the beginning of commercial 

 fruit growing in our counties. We still carr.. 

 on spraying experiments. Demonstration.' 

 are given in different orchards in spraying 

 and pruning trees. 



"The commercial end of our propaganda 

 deals mo'tly with the organization of co- 

 operative fruit growers' associations. Sini'p 

 I have been here, three of these association-; 

 have been formed. The-se are the Durham 

 Fruit Growers' Association, with head- 

 quarters at Port Hope; the North Darlington 

 Association, with packing house at Tyrone, 

 and the Association at Garden Hill, Besides 

 this growers have organized an association 

 at Bowmanville, These associations are for 

 the cooperative marketing of apples and for 

 the purchase of spray materials and other 

 supplies used by the growers. Some of these 

 associations have built their own fruit 

 houses. The fruit house of the Durham As- 

 sociation is a large cement struct\ire which 

 cost $5,000. 



"The worth of these associations to the 

 frudt growers can be seen from the records 

 of the Durham Association, which was or- 

 ganized in 1911. During the first three years 

 of Its operations it made extra profits to the 



