THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral EddUon. 



the necessity of spraying applee carefully 

 and often was more clearly manifested. 

 Those growers In this district who gave the 

 usual spraying and , did their work thor- 

 oughly, have a fair to good crop, almost 

 entirely free from scab. The others have 

 at best a poor crop, and a number have no 

 apples at all. The dormant and bud sprays 

 seem both to have been of particular im- 

 portance in preventing scab this season. 



Early plums and pears were quite light 

 and mostly of poor quality. With the 

 Bradshaws, however, the quality greatly 

 improved, and later varieties proved of ex- 

 cellent quality, although a light crop. At 

 the p-esent (late (Sept, 21) the plum crop 

 is nearly finished, some Reine Claudes, 

 Grand Dukes, Monarchs and Damsons alone 

 being left. Lombards were a light crop but 

 of very good quality. These were largely 

 bought up by the local jam and canning 

 factories. The factories of this District 

 ma<Ie contracts this season for Lombard 

 plums at prices varying from 20 to 35 

 cents per 11-quart basket. Late plums es- 

 pecially have been of good quality. Reine 

 Claude, Grand Duke, Monarch and the 

 various Damsons, are sold at from 60 to 70 

 rents a basket. 



Whys ami Whsreforss 



of Fall Spraying 



is the title of a little booklet, giving seven 

 reasons, official and non-official, why it is the 

 best time lo spray. This booklet will be sent 

 out by the 15. G. Pratt Co., 50 Church St., 

 New York, manufactiirersofthe well-known 

 "SCALECIDK"ala very ejirly date. If you 

 are not on their mailing list, send them a 

 postal today giving the nuniberof your trees 

 and your dealer's name and you will, re- 

 ceive a copy free. Address Dept. 43. 



Early peaches were a fair crop and 

 brought good prices. Yellow St. Johns were 

 al.so a fair crop but did not bring more than 

 moderate prices. The fruit was somewhat 

 undersized. EarOy Crawfords are nearly 

 done now. Elbertas are Just beginning to 

 come on the market and are a pretty good 

 crop. Later peaches are an excellent crop. 



The grape crop is good and of excellent 

 quality, but the berries are rather under- 

 sized on vineyards that have not been well 

 cultivated. Grapes are likely to hold their 

 price well and there is no need to hurry 

 them to market. 



The prizes for tender fruits at the Toronto 

 Exhibition went, as usual, chiefly to the St. 

 Catharines and Niagara growers. The 

 fruit there was not as plentiful as usual, but 

 was very creditable indeed in quality and 

 appearance. Owing to the very unfavorable 

 season the vegetable exhibit displayed '.n 

 one of the wings of the Horticultural build- 

 ing was not up to its usual standard. The 

 quantity was much less than usual and the 

 quality was poor. I cannot remember the 

 time when vegetable growers have toad such 

 a trying and disastrous season as this has 

 been. 



September 19th and 20th the annual 

 show was held at BeamsvHle. The fruit 

 display was a good one, peaches, grapes and 

 plums predominating. There Vas a very 

 fine special exhibit from the Experimental 



Station at VIneland. Roots and vegetables 

 were not as good as usual with the ex- 

 ception of onions. 



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Vegetable Field Crop 

 Competition 



The Ontiario Vegetable Growers' Field 

 Crop Competition is similar to the Field Crop 

 Competition in grains conducted by the 

 superintendent of fall fairs. The crops are 

 grown under field conditions, and the crops 

 of each local vegetable growers' association 

 are judged separately. All the competitors 

 who win prizes must exhibit at the Canadian 

 National, Ottawa, and London Fairs. Prac- 

 tically all of southern Ontario is represented 

 in this competition. A few competitors are 

 even in Quebec, belonging to the Ottawa As- 

 sociation. 



On account of weather conditions this 

 year, the celery for the most part was not up 

 to the standard of former years. Tomatoes 

 and onions were of very fair quality, and 

 there were a large number of entries. The 

 potatoes this year were small but of good 

 quality. 



It is noticed that the men who win 

 the prizes from year to year are those who 

 arrange their exhibits most attractively, 

 having fhe products of the same size, color 

 and shape. As much of the material has 

 to be shipped many miles, care in packing 

 is even more important than quality. 



The winners in the different classes this 

 year were: 



Tomatoes: 1st, Chas. Aymer, Humber 

 Bay; 2nd, C. H. Aymer, Humber B.iy: 3rd, 

 Edgar Worgan, Weston; 4th, W. U. Trott, 

 London West; 5th, Thos. Delworth, Weston. 



Celery: 1st, J. J. Davis, London: 2nd W. 

 R. Trott, London; 3rd, John Harris & Son. 

 Belleville, Ont.; 4th, C. E. Post, Brighton; 

 5th, R. H. Tier, Islington. 



Potatoes: 1st, Chas. Aymer: 2nd, C. H. 

 Aymer; 3rd, F. F. Reeves & Son, Humber 

 Bay; 4th, C. W. Bycroft, London; 5th, N. 

 Sanderson, London. 



Onions: 1st, F. F. Reeves & Son; 2nd, 

 Chas. Avmer, Humber Bay; 3rd, p. Dengate, 

 Ealing; 4th, W. S. Eborall, Beams^ille; 5th. 

 John Harris & Son, Belleville. 



Exhibit Your Products 



Geo. BalHwin, F.R.H.S , Toronto, Ont. 



INTEREST is the first thing to be cul- 

 tivated in the "home garden." There is 

 no better means of cultivating this in- 

 terest than by exhibiting your fruit, flowers, 

 and vegetables at town or city horticultural 

 society exhibitions or country fairs. 



There are three reasons whv exhibiting 

 proves profitable: First, by taking part you 

 contribute to its success, and so help along 

 a splendid movement; secondly, competition 

 stimulates for better results next year; and, 

 thirdly, by comparing notes and coming in 

 contact "with other gardeners and their •ex- 

 hibits, you form new ideas for your own Im- 

 provement. 



Never mind who ridicules your first at- 

 tempt as an exhibitor. A few years ago, 

 when I made my first attempt, I had the 

 audacity to compete in the market garden- 

 ers' class for a collection of vegetables. 

 While I did not get a prize, I stayed with 

 it until, three years afterwards, I succeeded 

 in getting the third prize, beating a market 

 gardener who had almost as many acres 

 as I had feet frontage to my city back 

 garden. • 



The best time for apples to reach South- 

 Africa is in the months of October, Novem- 

 ber and December. Apples marketed at that 

 time find a good demand at remunerative 

 prices. — C. W. Baxter, Dominion Fruit Divi- 

 sion, Ottawa. 



