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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1911 



8«n(l for 



75th 



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Hoot grafts, which have been stored in 

 snwdust are now boinp; planted in the 

 field. The demand for fruit trees is lar- 

 ger thin ever; the largest fruit grower in 

 Berwick has planted seven thousand young 

 trees, while nearly all the leading farmers 

 are adding to their orchards. 



Peas which were planted early in April 

 rotted in the ground, but those planted 

 after the last snow-storm in the third week 

 of April are doing well. Many people lost 

 their house plants, and several garden 

 plants were winter killed. 



Nitrate of Soda, dried blood, basic slag, 

 bone meal, and other fertilizers are being 

 applied. Vetches have been sown as cover 

 crops. 



Quebec 



The Pomological Society of the Province 

 of Quebec is planning to encourage the 

 apple-growing industry by the establish- 

 ment of experimental orchards. A com- 

 mittee of the society having charge of the 

 scheme have completed arrangements by 

 which four experimental orchards will be 

 established in the province. The Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Quebec will grant 

 $800 to each of these on condition that a 

 co-operative fruit growers' association is 

 formed in the district, and the money is 

 to be expended in pruning, fertilizing, and 

 spraying operations in the orchards select- 

 ed for the purpose. 



At Ste. Hilaire and Abbotsford, organiz- 

 ation has been effected through the efforts 

 of Prof. S. B. Blair, of Macdonald College, 

 and Mr. Reid of Chateau^uay. Efforts are 

 now being made to interest the farmers in 

 the Covey Hill and St. Joseph du Lac dis- 

 tricts to form similar associations. At each 

 point Fameuso orchards of eighty trees will 

 be selected and tests made with different 

 fertilizers and spraying mixtures to deter- 

 mine their value. Two men will be ap- 

 pointed by the Pomological Society to 

 superintend the work and report results. 

 Owners of the orchards will be guaranteed 

 against any loss on the trees under treat- 

 ment and all gain in increased yield goes 

 to them. 



The society is encouraging the enforce- 

 ment of the new provincial law, which for- 

 bids the spraying of fruit trees with ar- 

 senical mixtures when in bloom. 



Montreal 



E. E. Wartmav, Dominion Fruit Inspector. 



Still the big sales of fruit continue. On 

 May 8th, eight cars of bananas arrived, re- 

 presenting 3,300 bunches, which would 

 make if placed end to end touching, a string 

 two miles long. The stalks if piled would 

 equal several cords of wood. 



On May 11 three cars of North Carolina 

 strawberries arrived. The be,st quality sold 

 by auction for 20c. a box by the crate. 

 This day's sale of this class of fruit alone 

 amounted to over $3,000. Even of this 

 amount of berries, however, how few people 

 got a taste! To supply each family in a 

 city like Montreal with a box of berries 

 would take 28 car loads. 



The crate the North Carolinians ship 

 their berries in is a very complete one ; 

 four layers of eight boxes each making a 

 convenient parcel to handle. These when 

 shipped in good order, carry well to our 

 market after several days in transit. I 

 consider our wholesale fruit men who tackle 

 full cars of these perishable berries are 

 heroes in the trade — as these berries are 

 bought for cash at the station, and it is 

 not an uncommon thing for a car to be a 

 day late, which sometimes means a $300 

 los^. ! f 



Some buyers have said many crates of 



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