March, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HOETICULTUEIST 



69 



lost to Ontario and British Columbia 

 growers if the agreement becomes law. A 

 great injustice will be done if our market 



is sacrificed to the United States growers, 

 as it most certainly wiU be if the trade 

 agreement becomes law. 



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NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES 



Nova Scotia 



A. Kelitll, Wilmot 



(Continued from lasi issue) 

 One or more years should be spent in 

 preparing the land for the young trees, 

 in order that they may make a rapid 

 growth from the start. A root crop may 

 be grown and the land receive a liberal 

 application of barn manure or green man- 

 uring may be practised. Any treatment 

 which will rot the sod and which will add 

 humus is excellent. It will probably pay 

 the orchardist to grow hs own stock while 

 he is preparing his land for the young 

 trees. If he is unable to do this, it is best 

 to secure his stock from a nursery in his 

 locality. The advantages of home grown 

 ever imported trees are: (1) The stock can 

 be inspected before buying; (2) the trees 

 are obtained with less exposure to the 

 roots; (3) there is less liability of the in- 

 troduction of insect pests. 



A GOOD TREE 



A first class tree is one which is straight, 

 healthy, clean, and well balanced, having 

 a gocd top and a good root system. The 

 diameter at the butt should be about 

 three-quarters of an inch, and the tree 

 should have plenty of vigor, which will be 

 denoted by the amount of growth made 

 during the preceding season. Most of the 



orchards of Nova Scotia have been planted 

 as three-year-old stock, though it is 

 thought that two-year-old stock is super- 

 ior. The trees should be planted in the 

 early spring, sc that the roots can com- 

 mence growth before the foliage opens. The 

 method of pruning necessarily depends up- 

 on your ideal tree. Not more than four 

 or five good stems shculd be left on, and 

 these should be cut back to one half or one 

 third of their original length, in order to 

 prevent the tree from having toe much 

 foliage for the new roots. After planting 

 the land should be cultivated every ten 

 days or so until July, when a cover crop 

 should be sown. 



PRUNING 



Mr. Johnson outlined his method of or- 

 charding in a brief, pithy manner. With 

 regard to pruning he cut out all dead 

 wood, removed crossing branches, and 

 thinned the tree to a certain extent. He 

 recommended that coal tar instead of paint 

 be used to cover the wounds made by re- 

 moving large limbs. Cultivation was com- 

 menced as early in the spring as possible 

 and kept up until early in July, when a 

 cover crop was sown. 



No stable manure was used. The 

 speaker recommended the following mix- 

 ture as giving excellent results : Acid phos- 

 phate, four hundred pounds ; muriate of 



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ARSENATE OF LEAD 



.'\rsenate of Lead is being- used more and more in the 

 fruit centres of the province of Ontario. The question 

 that interests every fruit jifrower is this : 



Is there Difference in Arsenates of Lead? 



Yes. There is a big difference. 



Let us sujfijest some points which we beliicvc every 

 g-rower should consider before placing an order for Ar- 

 senate of Lead : 



ist. You wish an Arsenate of Lead that will not burn 

 the foliage 



2nd. It is desirable that an Arsenate of Lead mi.\ read- 

 ily, yet retain its adhesive qualities. 



3rd. An Arsenate of Lead should contain the proper 

 killing power. 



Crasselll Arsenate of Lead contains no free acids or 

 adulterant ingredients, contains a very low per cent, sol- 

 uble Arsenic, and we have yet to learn of a case where 

 it has burned the foliage, even though it may have been 

 used double strength. It will mix readily and has a 

 reputation for adhesiveness and high itiiilng power. 



Crasselll Arsenate of Lead has been used in the Niag- 

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 success. 



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