March, 1911 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



67 



in three or four days, then if for any rea- 

 son you are delayed put on more power, 

 when the work will be done in less time. 

 There are only a few days when the spray 

 for the codlinp: moth is effective. If tlie 

 work is to bo done on time you must have 

 plenty of power. Have the working parts 

 all brass. A few cents saved in buying a 

 well made pump is poor economy. See 

 that the hose is strong and that there are 

 no worn or weak spots. Neglect tc look 

 after these simple details may cause delay 

 through breakage that may result in the 

 loss of practically the entire crop of apples. 



THE OTTAWA DEPUTATION 



The growers of vegetables and tender 

 fruits in Ontario and Quebec, who to the 

 number of twelve hundred waited on Sir 

 Wilfred Laurier and his Cabinet. February 

 tenth, to protest against the proposed re- 

 ciprocal tariff agreement with the United 

 Staes, have a very real grievance. While 

 it has l.^en proposed to remove the protec- 

 tion of the dutv from the Canadian prc- 

 ducer, this same agreement protects the 

 United States grower by the duty, aver- 

 aging about thirty per cent., which the 

 Canadian producer will still have to pay 

 for his supplies. The unkindest cut of all 

 is that the United States grower can ship 

 his boxes and baskets in free of duty when 

 Blled with vegetables or fruit, but the Can- 

 adian producer cannot import these same 

 containers empty without paying a high 

 duty. The protection on the finished pro- 

 duct fruit and vegetables, has been re- 

 moved, but it has been left on the raw 

 materiaLs such as coal, spray pumps, spray 

 chemicals, wagons, implements, boxes and 

 baskets. This will place our growers at a 

 great disadvantage. 



The injustice of this proposal is readily 

 apparent. The government, when decid- 

 ing to remove the protection on fruit, 

 should have removed the duties on the ma- 

 teriaLs which the fruit and vegetable men 

 have to buy. The proposed arrangement 

 will place our growers under a serious han- 

 dicap. It should be amended immediately 

 accordingly. 



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APPLE PROSPECTS IMPROVING 



In order tc learn if the yield of apple 

 trees had decrea.sed in North Eastern 

 United States as it has in Ontario, and to 

 find out what methods had been taken to 

 counteract this decline, we addres.sed let- 

 ters to the horticulturists at the different 

 experimental stations, and the answers 

 were pracicaljy the same from all. They 

 showed that owing tc neglect, increase of 

 insects, San Jo.so scale, and fungus dis- 

 eases the orchard interests had been de- 

 clining for fifteen or twenty years. In 

 fact, many orchards had been dug out and 

 the land used for other crops. 



All the stations report that there has 

 been a great awakening during the pa.st 

 three or four years, and that a large 

 acreage is being planted to apple trees. 

 More attention is being paid to the culti- 

 vating, spraying and pruning of the old 

 irrbards. The outlook for the future is 

 '■right as the men who are taking up the 

 :ipple busine.ss at this time know the diffi- 

 lulties in the way and hew to overcome 

 them. 



This better care of old orchards and the 

 planting of new ones will lead to a great 

 increase of choice fruit on the markets, 

 which at the present time are forced to 

 depend upon the western states for their 

 u|)|)Iy. Among the agencies menticne<l as 

 ie!i)ful in increasing an interest in the 



campaign for better fruit are apple shows, 

 field demonstrations in planting, cultiva- 

 tion, pruning and spraying, extension 

 school and class room work in the agricul- 

 tural colleges. 



Prof. PaddccTi. of Ohio, sa.vs that a 

 large Apple Show is the best single means 

 of arousing interest in orchards that has 

 .vet been evolved. Prof. Pickett, New 

 Hampshire, puts his faith in demonstra- 

 tion work, as means of improving the apple 

 business. Prof. Cumming believes in ex- 

 tension work and farmers' week meetings. 

 Prof. Jarvis, Connecticiit, reports that the 

 New- England fruit show has a great in- 

 fluence and marks the beginning of a new 

 era in apple production. 



Persons desiring to secure a cop.y of the 

 Index for Volume 33 of The C.\nadian 

 HoRTicuLTtTiusT may secure same on appli- 

 cation to tho publishers. 



The April issue of The C.mv-adian Hor- 

 •^luULTtTRiST will be the Garden Annual and 

 will contain articles by experts on the plan- 

 ning of gardens, their cultivation, the 

 plants to grow and how to grow them, also 

 photographs of vegetable and flower gar- 

 dens. 



We would appreciate it greatly if any of 

 our readers who have photographs of their 

 gardens or those illustrating any opera- 

 tion connected with their garden would 

 send them to The Canadian Horticxjltur- 

 rsT, also if possible a short descriptive ar- 

 ticle explaining tho same. 



Arrangements have been made whereby 

 readers of The Canadian Horticultxtrist 

 may secure, without cost, a supply of seeds, 

 plants and bulbs sufficient to plant out an 

 entire garden. The various collections in- 

 clude new varieties of climbing roses (Lau- 

 sendschon and Veilchenblau) , fourteen pac- 

 kets of flower and vegetable seeds, dahlias, 

 gladioli, begonias, cannas, caladiums and 

 tiger lilias. These are being offered as 

 premiums to tho.se of our readers who se- 

 cure new sub.scription.i for The Canadian 

 HoRTiCTJLTLRisT from amcng their friends. 

 Tliere are many people who are sure to be 

 interested in The Canadian HoRTicuLTtrRisT 

 if they were to see a copy. We do not 

 know their names though, and so cannot 



send them a copy. Will you show them 

 your copy and offer to forward us their sub- 

 scription. They will be pleased to get the 

 paper, and you will receive your choice of 

 a number of fine premiums. Why not se- 

 cure several of those premiums for your 

 1911 garden .1^ You will be pleased with 

 them. Fuller particulars are given on the 

 inside Lack cover of this issue. 



Farmers Willing to Help 



In an interview with The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist, Mr. E. C. Drury, B.S.A., 

 Crown Hill, Ontario, Secretary of the Na- 

 tional Council of Agriculture, said that 

 he felt that the fruit and vegetable grow- 

 ers have been place<? at somewhat of a dis- 

 advantage with the growers of the United 

 States by the prop «ed Reciprocity Agree- 

 ment, as the entire program of the farmers 

 composing the National Council of Agri- 

 culture had not been carried out. The 

 demands in their program included free 

 spray materials, free fertilizers, free imple- 

 ments, etc. 



He stated that the National Council of 

 Agriculture would join with the fruit and 

 vegetable growers to impress the injustice 

 of this matter upon the Dominion Govern- 

 ment. They were willing to urge the Gov- 

 ernment to ah agreement that would place 

 these supplies on the free list. 



Fruit Growing at the O.A.C 



The short course in fruit growing held 

 at the Ontario Agricultural College, 

 Guelph, from January 24 to February 3, 

 was an unqualified success. The class rooms 

 were so crowded that seats were at a prem- 

 ium, as all available space was occupied 

 by enthusiastic fruit growers who were in- 

 terested in obtaining the greatest posible 

 amount of knowledge in the shortest pos- 

 sible time. 



The various problems of the fruit grow- 

 ers were dealt with by the professors cf 

 the college and also such well known au- 

 thorities as Robert Thompson, sec. of the 

 St. Catharines Cold Storage Co., D. John- 

 son Forest, President of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association ; P. W. Hodgerts, Di- 

 rector of the Ontario Fruit Branch ; and 

 C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agricul- 

 ture. 



There was also a special class in box 

 packing under tho charge of Mr. A. B. 

 Campbell, an expert box packer from the 

 State of Oregon. 



The Fruit and Vegetable Growers at Ottawa 



The tender fruit and vegetable growers 

 journeyed tc Ottawa, Feb. 10, in three 

 i^pecial trains to protest against the pro- 

 po-sed tariff agreement with tho Unitetl 

 States. A preliminary meeting was held 

 in the Rus.sel Opera House, at which the 

 memorial to the Government was read and 

 passed unanimousl.y, after which tho depu- 

 tation marched over to the Parliament 

 Building and presented their claims for 

 consideration to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and 

 tho members of Parliament. 



Mr. D. John.son, of Forest, president of 

 tho Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, 

 read tho memorial, which described the 

 great prosperity of districts represented, 

 and the rapid extension cf tho orchard, 

 vineyard, and vegetable growing businos.s 

 under the nre.sent tariff conditions, and 

 stated in part: Whereas the Government 

 proposes to admit American tender fruits 

 and vegetables free of duty, of the varie- 

 ties grown in Canada. 



And whereas, we believe that such ac- 



tion will most seriously upset present con- 

 ditions and compel Canadian growers to 

 seek other markets, to their great detri- 

 ment and ifinancial loss. 



no combines 



And whereas, there never has been, nor 

 from the conditions surrounding the in- 

 dustry, are likely to bo any combines of 

 tho scattered interests <if these fruit grow- 

 ers to advance prices, situated as they are 

 over a wide extent of territory, and num- 

 bering man.y teas of thousands of iieople. 



And whereas, man.v millions of dollars 

 have been investe<l in this industr.v, in the 

 firm belief that tho present or equally sat- 

 isfactory duties would continue to be 

 charged upon imported fruits and vege- 

 tables. 



ask reconsideration 



Wo would, therefore, most earnestl.y and 

 respectfully retiuest that your Government 

 n;ay after due consideration of the points 

 we have ventured to bring to your notice, 

 and after full inquiry into all the condi- 



