October, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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offer $3.50 for No. one Gravenstem apples, 

 $2.50 for two's, and $2 tor three's per bbl; 

 last year they were selling for $4. Blen- 

 heims and Ribstons have gone across to 

 England and are expected to bring good 

 prices. Bough Sweets sold locally for $3. 

 Ontarios and Dudleys are also being gath- 

 ered. Japanese plums are scarce, common 

 ones are netting 45c for 6-qt. baskets. 

 Clapp's Favorite pears are $3 a bbl. With 

 regard to barrels of fruit sent to Halifax, 

 70c should be deducted for expenses on- 

 each barrel. 



Tomatoes brought 70c a basket, but are 



ripening slowly. Shipments came in from 

 Ontario and glutted the market. Potatoes 

 are being sold for $1.75 a bbl. 



Slag, which was last year sold for $15 a 

 ton, has now risen to $17. 



A new organization has been formed in 

 Berwick, called "The Nova Scotia Fruit 

 Shipping Company." The head office is in 

 rooms recently occupied by the United 

 Fruit Companies of Nova Scotia, the latter 

 having moved to the Morse Block. Messrs. 

 F. A. Parker, S. B. Chute, A. E. Adams and 

 T. C. Hall are the incorporators of the Nova 

 Scotia Fruit Shipping Company. 



Niagara District Notes 



F. G. H. Pattison, Winona, Ont. 



THE past month has been characterised 

 by continued drought. On the night 

 of Sept. 18th a severe frost swept 

 over a large portion of the district around 

 Hamilton, doing a lot of damage to to- 

 matoes, melons, egg plants, cucumbers, 

 green beans, peppers and corn. It also 

 damaged severely the late potatoes. The 

 Niagara district, however, escaped this 

 frost almost entirely. 



The drought and very warm weather 

 towards the end of August seriously af- 

 fected tomato and other vegetable crops. 

 In the case of tomatoes a good deal of 



"scorching" and "cooking" took place. From 

 a canner's point of view it is apparent that 

 packs of fruit and vegetables will be light 

 this season, and prices are likely to be 

 firm for another year at least. Undoubtedly 

 canners have had some trouble on account 

 of the labor scarcity, the high price of tin 

 plate and other materials. That is no ex- 

 cuse for trying to make the tomato-growers 

 pay all the cost, by expecting growers to 

 produce tomatoes at the utterly inadequate 

 price of 25, cents per bushel. At the present 

 price of labor, tomato plants, etc., there is 

 nothing to be made by growing tomatoes 



at 25 cents, consequently most of the well- 

 posted growers are refusing to do so. As 

 the price of tomatoes is a small item as 

 compared with the other expenses incurred 

 in producing and placing canned tomatoes 

 on the market, it seems a piece of folly on 

 the part of ttoe canners that they do not 

 pay a better price to the growers, insuring 

 them sufficient tomato, j to keep their 

 plants running. Tomatoes have now stif- 

 fened up in price, however, and are bringing 

 30 to 35 cents a basket. 



Heat also shortened the early cabbage, 

 cauliflower, and potato crops, and materially 

 lessened the raspberry crop. Early celery 

 also was injured, developing in some cases 

 rot in the heart. The melon crop on the 

 whole has 'been good and of excellent quality. 



Early apples were not of very good 

 quality. Fall apples are ibetter. Winter 

 apples, on well-sprayed orchards, are clean 

 but rather undersized. There is a fair 

 sprinkling of Baldwins, Greenings, Spys and 

 Russets. Anjou and Keiffer pears are a 

 fairly good crop, but Duchess are generally 

 light. 



On Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 22, Prof. 

 Caesar held a demonstration of the new 

 dust spray machine at W. Geddes' orchard 

 in North Grimsby. Very good results have 

 been obtained by Prof. Caesar in using this 

 new spray. He attributes his success to the 

 fact that he used it in every case just at the 

 right time. There never was a season when 



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