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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 191 1 



Poultry Fencing that is 



Stronger tlian Seems Necessary 



We make our poultry fencing close enough to turn small fowl — 

 then we make it extra strong, so it will last for years and keep 

 the cattle out. The heavy, hard steel top and bottom wires 

 hold it taut and prevent it from sagging. 



POULTRY FENCE 

 SAVES EXPENSE 



It IS well galvanized so as to protect it from rust. It makes 

 such a firm, upstanding fence that it requires less than 

 half the posts needed for the ordinary poultry fence, and 

 that means a big saving to you. Write for particulars 

 We make farm and ornamental fences and gates of 



exceptional quality. Agents wanted where not now represented. 



The Banwell Hoxie Wire Fence Co., Ltd. 



Dapl. O, 



Winnipeg, iWan. 



Hamilton, Ont, 



A fence of this kind only 16 to 23c. per runnine foot. Shipped in rolls. Anyone can put 

 it on the posts without special tools. We were the originators of this fence. Have sold 

 hundreds of miles for enclosing parks, lawns, gardens, cemeteries, churches, station grounds, 

 etc., etc.. Supplied in any lengths desired, and painted either white or green. Also, Farm 

 Fences and Oates. Netting. Baskets. Mats. Fence Tools, etc., etc. Ask for our 1911 catalog, 

 the most complete fence catalog ever published. 



THE PAGE WIRE FENCE CO., LTD., Walkerville, Ont. 



Bnuches- Toronto, Cor. Kin^ and Atlantic Ave. Montreal, 505-517 Notre Dame St. W. St. John, 37 Dock St. 

 The largest fence and gate manufacturers in Canada. 507 



VANCO LEAD ARSENATE 



Kills Codling Moth and Leaf-eating insects every time, 



VANCO contains a guaranteed amount of Arsenic Oxide. Simply 

 mix VANCO LEAD ARSENATE with water and you have a spray, 

 that is sure death to Codling Moths, Potato Bugs, Cabbage Worms, 

 Asparagus Beetle and all other leaf-eating insects. 

 Easy to spray — will stand two or three rains without washing off— 

 and will not burn the foliage. 

 Absolutely guaranteed in quality 

 and strength. Madein Canada. 

 .Factory near at hand, means 

 low prices andless freight. 

 Write for prices 

 1 and free book 

 on spraying. 



FERTILIZERS— 



We also sell^ 



Nitrate of Soda, 



Muriate of Potash. 



Sulphate of 



Potash and Acid 



Phosphate. 



Chemical Laboratories Llmiied 

 128-138 Van Korne Street, Toronto 



has been taken off if ground is not very 

 rich I use a high grade commercial fer- 

 tilizer, but if the land is in good condition 

 it will carry the lettuce through without 

 further fertilizing. It talces on the average 

 about twelve weeks to make lettuce from 

 the seed to the market head. The proper 

 soil is most imjwrtant. It should be of a 

 sharp, open nature, and if not so naturally, 

 should be made so by the addition of man- 

 ure and coarse sand. 



It is also necessary to have good bottom 

 drainage, otherwise the constant watering 

 will make the ground soggy. If not natur- 

 ally well drained, tile or stone should be 

 put in and the bottom of beds filled in 

 with porous material as coarse gravel. The 

 temperature shculd Le kept at about forty- 

 eight to fifty for night and sixty for day 

 temperature. I prefer the Grand Rapiffp 

 variety as the best for winter forcing. 



Melon Crates 



J. L Hilborn, Leaouii(toD, Oaf. 



I have been growing from six to ten 

 acres of musk melons annually for some 

 twelve yearsj and have used many different 

 .siz<\s and styles of jjackages. I now prefer 

 the slatted crate, 12 by 12 by 20 inches, 

 for general use, 1 had 2,000 of these made 

 up last winter, but on account of the hail 

 storm of August 10th destroying most of : 

 our crop will not require half of them this ; 

 season. 



We formerly used a much larger crate, 

 but experiments x^roved that express hand- 

 lers broke many melons by rough band- 

 ling. Since adopting this crate we are 

 using now, we have much less complaint 

 of broken melons. 



We like this crate for any size of melon 

 that we grow, but there is a growing ten- 

 dency tc use baskets for the smaller varie- 

 ties of melons, using the ordinary 11 quart 

 fruit basket for the smallest melons, also 

 for the large ones and the 16 quart melon 

 basket for the medium sized ones. 



The best growers here are now turning 

 their attention more and mere to the 

 growing of the smaller and better quality 

 of melons. These are likely to be much 

 more grown in the future than in the 

 past, in this locality. ihe smaller ones 

 sell well in baskets. — -3. L. Hilborn, 

 Leamington. 



Dwarf Apples Pound Wanting 



Every few years the question of planting 

 dwarf apples comes up. The advantages 

 of tiheir growth such as ease of picking, 

 pruning and spraying, are worked for all 

 they are worth, a few trees are planted, 

 and that is usually the last that is heard 

 of dwarf apple trees for some time. 

 Dwarf apple trees occupy a very smjall 

 place indeed in the production of ocimimer- 'M 

 cial apples. fl 



The Geneva Experiment Station six 

 years ago established three dwarf apple 

 orchards in different parts of the state. 

 Prof. Hedrichs, the horticulturist, makes 

 the statement that the dwarf orchard 

 holds out no promise of being a feeder in 

 commercial apple growing. Though, as he 

 says, a few trees may be of use in the sub- 

 urban home garden. 



I received the fountain pen in good con- 

 dition that you sent to me as a premium 

 for securing two new subscriptions to Thb 

 Canadian Horticulturist. I did not soli- 

 cit the subscriptions merely to get the pen, 

 but in order that others might be bene- 

 fitted by the useful information that Thb 

 Canadian Horticulturist gives. Every 

 gardener should take your publication as 

 it will help him out of many difi5culties.- 

 W. T. Pulley, Wentworth Co., Ont. 



