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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 191 ( 



Here is the Spray Pump 



that requires no repairs to the pis- 

 ton; works easier than any others; 

 has relief valve to drain the air 

 chamber, and many other novel and 

 useful features. 



Write for further information 



about " The Perfect Spray 



Pumps" to the manufacturer. 



R. B. Wcsthavcr 



MAHONE BAY, N.S. 



Agents Wanted 



Fertilize Your 

 Lands 



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DO YOU KNOW 



THAT WORN-OUT 

 LANDS MAY BE MADE 

 PRODUCTIVE AND PROFITABLE 

 BY THE JUDICIOUS USE OF 

 THE RIGHT KIND OF 



FER TILIZ ER ? 



nJow if you have 

 A pie:ce of land that 



WONT GROW ANYTHING 

 BUT WEED5,TALK WITH 

 US ABOUT IT AND LET US 

 SUGGEST 



THE RIGHT FERTILIZER 



WE FEEL VERY SURE THAT 

 WE CAN SHOW VOU HOW TO 

 USE FERTILIZERS 



WITHOUT GREAT EXPENSE SO 



YOUR LAND WILL PAY 



Consult us free.ly it is 

 our bu siness to know 

 enquiries freely answered 



AGENTS WAMTCO FOR 

 TERRITOR Y NOT T AKEN UP 



TM^w.A. FREEMAN co. limited. 

 HAMILTON ONTARIO 



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Niagara District Notes 



By "Wewjr Worm," Winona 



This District is bojiinn.'ng to come into 

 its own and is beginninj; to be known 

 throiiKboiit the world for what it really is. 

 as the finest fruit vallev for producing the 

 non-tropical fruits in North America. 



The Campbell's Early grape did well 

 last year, some exceedingly fine bunches, 

 weighing a pound and over, having been 

 nroduce'l. This variety does best on a good 

 loam, and requires to be liberally fed. I had 

 the pleasure of visiting the following fine 

 fruit farms : Messrs. J. Burgess, Niagara ; 

 W. -Armstrong and Fischer X- .Sons. Queen- 

 strn ; and W. H. Bunting. St. Catharines. 

 All these gentlemen had very fine crops of 

 neaches, runninc fro-u I-t 000 baskets I'p to 

 P.T.OOO. of excellent qu.nlitv a-d boautifu' 

 color. In addition Mr. Bunting hod a very 

 heavy crop of apples and very free from 

 worms . 



In orchards that had been well carel 

 for, anples were a medium crop of — upon 

 the" whole— excellent quality, but of verv 

 poor quality and quantitv in unspra.xed 

 orchar;ls. An encouraging feature is that 

 mere growers are giving their apple or- 

 chards good care than ever letcre, am! 

 that they are well pleased wifi the res \i'~,. 

 Apples have proved themselves money- 

 makers foi- mo.st of those who took good 

 up-to-date care of their orchards, even al- 

 though the crop was not heavy. TTnder 

 such circumstances apples are probably to- 

 day — even in the Niagara District — as 

 profitable a fruit as any. 



Prices have ruled high for apples here. 

 Spies having sold as high as $5 per bar- 

 rel and other winter varieties for $3.50 t« 

 $4 f.c.b. One of the co-operatives sold 

 their entire pack of "ones" and "twos" at 

 $1.50 per box, and their "threes" at .$2 

 per barrel. 



In the neighborhood of Hamilton the 

 apple crop was pretty good. Messrs. J. C. 

 and M. C. Smith, Burlington, shipped a 

 carload early in November to Carl Bros., 

 Chicago, at $4.50 per barrel f.o.b. From 

 Dundas, a town 5 miles west of Hamilton, 

 a car of apples was shipped to Regina, 

 and — mere curious still — a car was shipped 

 to Vancouver, B.C. Inspector Furminger, 

 of St. Catharines, had detained twc 

 carloads of apples at Grimsby Station, and 

 had them repacked, the grading not being 

 good enough to suit him. 



The farm near Vineland, called the Mar- 

 tin Farm, has been recently bought by 

 Mr. J. W. Smith, of Winona, price 

 $21,000. 



By conunand of R. H. Lewis, Provincial 

 Inspector of Yellows, Little Peach, etc., a 

 number of trees in the District were taken 

 out recenity. 



R-K 



LIGHTING 

 - SYSTEM 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Pomolcgical S'jciety will be held at Tampa, 

 Florida, Feb. 9, 10, and 11th. The meet- 

 ing of the Society for Horticultural 

 Science, the official society of the horticul- 

 turists of the Colleges of Agriculture and 

 experiment stations of the United States 

 and Canada, will meet at the same place 

 on Feb. 9th. Low railway rates have been 

 given and an excellent program is offered. 

 Those interested may secure a copy of the 

 programme by writing to Prof. John 

 Craig, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 



The Central Farmers' Institute of British 

 Columbia has passed a resolution asking 

 that the duty on fruit entering Canada be 

 raised so as tc make it equal to the duties 

 now levied on fruit entering the United 

 States. 



FOR YOUR HOME 



Will nukn yo'ir h'rn« attrvtivr nn I Invitin: at a 

 miwtl C'jtt. I>-*titl'iiI ftxtur- < :"v - • r» 1- ir»i wliito 

 brlUiunt liitht •m>-rior t-. ry at one 



hiilf the cii^l. C-iii tw it ri> In tho 



h .:n<'. itoff. church. eV'. hi, iti'mwnl' 



III 'luly U!W. Wnto our n«ar'-i .n. - iir r.'>..|£!^t " '■' 



KI('K-KM<;HT ETI».. Torrmto or Wlnnlf-:: 



R^vibber Stamps 



BRASS STENCILS, Etc. 



.»l.l, KINDS— ALL PUKI'<»4K8 



W. E. IRONS 113 BAY ST. TORONTO 



After being a reiidentof Okanagan, B.C. (or 

 for 17 years, I am piepared to givt- full in- 

 lormatiun regarding purchasinjj fruit lands, 

 prices, conditions, etc. My information guar- 

 anteed accurate. My fee is $i in advance. 



J. F. SIMMONS, 



Biw I04. Vrrnoii. I< «■ 



Northern Grown Trees 



App!c. Pear. Plum. Cherry. Peach. Grapes. Small Fruit* 

 Deciduous and Evergreen Ornainentats, Rosea. Flower- 

 inR Shrubs. Climbers, etc. Specialties: Mammoth Dew- 

 berry and Wismer's Dessert Apple. Catalogue Free: 

 It tells the whole Story. 



J. H. WISMER, NurserymaD, Port Eljin, Ont. 



TREES! TREES! 



Fruit and Oniamentrtl. Perpetual and Climbing 

 Ro8e=, Bsautiful Hardy Flowering Shrubs 

 Herbert Raspberry Perfection Currant 



Descriptive Catalogue and Price List Free 



A. W. GRAHAM, Nnrterymtti, St. Tbomni, Ont. 



ARTICHOKES 



For Sale, I to 300 Bushels 

 J.W. Hush, Humber Bay,Oi\t. 



DAHLIAS 



All the best and newest varieties. Many i 

 new ones imported this year. Write for illus- j 

 trated catalogue. Ready now. 



H. P. Van Wagner, Stoney Creek, Ont. 

 STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



Reliable and tested varieties, strong and well 

 rooted plants, carefully packed. True to label. 

 Including Williams, .-Senator Dunlap, Glen Mary. 

 Sample, New York, Clyde, Cobalt. 



\\ rite for circular and prices. 



J. E. McCOMBS, PELHAM CORNERS, Ont. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



Harrvmc re. Hpriiage. Gill. Goref. Paul Joncf. iVoo- 

 ster. Diamond, Joe, Good Luck, Cbas. Newman. 

 King Edward. St. Louis Ozark, Taft, Orein. Kairdalc 

 Giant. BountifuLChipman. Three W's. and all the old 

 ralia hie varieties. Price list sent free on application. 



E. B. STEVENSON, Maple Bank 



270 Grange Street, - - Guelph, Ontario 



Strawberry Plants 



iO leadinfT varieties sold at 

 prices you can afford to pay. 

 Catalogue free. It will pay you 

 to secure it before you order 

 your plants. IW iilante ^ent 

 poet paid to any address in Can- 

 ada for Sl.iitl 



JOHN DOWNHAM 



STRATHRCY. - - ONT/RIO. 



