May, 191 1 



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acre applied in early spring gave the next 

 best net returns. 



Kainit at the rate of 500 pounds per 

 acre in mid-summer gave the third best re- 

 turns. 



Muriate of potash gave better results than 

 sulphate of potash.. 



Nitrate of soda alone in early spring re- 

 duced the yield. 



Dissolved rock alone in mid-summer was 

 not beneficial. 



Salt seemed to increase the yield slightly 

 but had no effect in keeping down the weeds. 



Manure is too expensive to apply year 

 after year. In seven manure plots only 

 two produced any profit. 



Dissolved rock 400 pounds, kainit 400 

 pounds, and nitrate of soda 200 pounds 

 per acre used in early spring gave a profit 

 of $352.76, while the same fertilizer plus 

 10 tons of fresh manure in early spring 

 yielded more asparagus but the profit was 

 only $68.36, the high cost of manure making 

 the difference in profit. 



Manure and fertilizer combinations are 

 desirable in moderate amounts, but are too 

 expensive in the heavy applications made in 

 this experiment. 



The best time to apply manure or fertil- 

 izer is not settled by these tests, but leav- 

 ing out the two kainit plots the early 

 spring applications were followed by the 

 heaviest yields. 



In arriving at these figures fresh manure 

 was valued at $2.00 per ton, rotted man- 

 ure at $3.00 per ton, kainit at $10.00, sul- 

 phate of potash at $45.00, muriate of pot- 

 ash at $42.00, nitrate of soda at $45.00, dis- 

 solved rock at $12.00 and salt at $8.00 per 

 ton. The price of asparagus is averaged 

 at eight cents per pound for the six years. 



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Niagara Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation 



( Continued from last issue) 

 Mr. W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticul- 

 turist, Ottawa, described the varieties of 

 strawberries and raspberries that have 

 proven hardy and most productive in 

 various sections. Strawberries should be 

 planted on land that could hold the mois- 

 ture, but waS still loose and rich. He 

 thought that irrigation of strawberries and 

 other small fruits in dry seasons would be 

 adopted in the Niagara District. Barn- 

 yard manure well worked in was the best 

 fertilizer. The plants should be covered 

 in winter, marsh grass makes a good cover, 

 while oat straw came next. On the Domin- 

 ion farm they raked it off, cultivated the 

 ground and replaced the covering. To 

 overcome rust, spray just before blossom- 

 ing and after the crop was en. It was 

 best to grow varieties that kept up the 

 size to the end of the picking season. He 

 also delivered an address on the Lest var- 

 ieties of apples, pears and plums fcr com- 

 mercial plantings . 



Mr. Elijah Rogers stated that early var- 

 ieties of peaches in Connecticut ripened at 

 almost the same time as those in the Nia- 

 gara District. Elberta is their standard 

 yellow peach. There is more money made 

 out of this variety than any other. Late 

 cultivation, however, has a tendency to 

 cause it to drop from the tree. Their best 

 late varieties are Iron Mountain and Foxes 

 Seedling. Late Crawford is a shy bearer 

 with them . They are not as svire of a crop 

 of peaches in Connecticut as the Niagara 

 District, as they can depend on only about 

 two crops out of every five years. 



In Connecticut they plant Wagner, Weal- 

 thy, Mcintosh Red, Gravenstein, Duchess, 



Williams Red, and Baldwin. The apple 

 trees are grown with the peach trees, one 

 apple tree to three peach trees. He uses 

 Bordeaux for the bitter rot, but has found 

 no remedy for the Baldwin spot. He uses 

 a fertilizer liberally, chiefly potash and 

 phosphoric acid, as he depends on re'd 

 clover to suply the nitrogen. 



sow COVER CROP EARLY 



He plows the orchards early in the spring 

 and sows the clover the latter part of 

 April or first week in May. He sprays 

 every apple tree, young and old, with lime 

 sulphur and the peach trees with the lime 

 sulphur early and with the self-boiled lime 

 sulphur in the summer for peach rot. 



The fruit growers in the Niagara Penin- 

 sula are preparing to spray to even a 

 greater extent than in previous years. 

 Those who are fortunate enough to have 

 cared for their apple orchards in past years 

 are enthusiastic over the future outlook 

 of the apple industry. In fact, many feel 

 that with proper care apples will pay bet- 

 ter than peaches. 



A deal has practically been consummated 

 by which Woodstock, Ont., secures a branch 

 of the big pickling firm of Libby, McNeil 

 & Libby, of Chicago. A representative who 

 was in the Woodstock district states that 

 his canvas among the farmers resulted in 

 contracts for about two hundred acres of 

 cucumbers for the proposed factory which 

 it is estimated will employ about seventy- 

 five hands. 



I ©njcy reading The Canadian Horticul- 

 UTRI8T exceedingly, having been a constant 

 reader of it for years. It is very helpful 

 to anyone interested in hoirticultural 

 pursuits. — Mrs. W. D. Swazye, St. 

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