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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1911 



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Durable and 

 Ornamental 



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 |M m thinking of covering and wo 

 «IH Dwkt jfou an Interesting ofTer. 



Mfltalllc Roofing Go. 



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MANUFACTURERS 



TOROIO-Q and WINMIPBO 



Agents wanted in some sections, 

 for particulars. 



Write 



FOUNTAIN PEN FREE 



Send Five New Subscriptions to The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist at 60 cents a year, and 

 receive Free a handsome guaranteed Foun- 

 tain Pen. See illustration of pen and offer 

 on another page. 



O.K. Canadian 4'-Row Sprayer 



No liandpumpliifj to 

 do; wheels and nozzles 

 adjuslableforwlde and 

 narrow rows and high 

 and low vines. Fur- 

 nished with Broadcast 

 vineyard and Tree 

 Spraying Attachments 



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Canadian Potato Machinery Co., Ltd. 



124 stone Road, Oa.lt, Ontario 



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 BED BUGS DIE 



After their first meal of 



COMMON SENSE 

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25c,, r^)r, (Hid $1.00 at dealers or from 



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 381 Queea St. W., • Toronta. 



FALL PACKING NUMBER 



Remember the combined Fall Packing and 

 Exhibition Number with its colored front 

 cover and its special articles on the picking, 

 handling and marketing of fruits. It will be 

 worth dollars to every fruit grower, and will 

 be kept where it can be referred to often. A 

 splendid issue for ADVERTI8ERS. WILL 

 YOU BE IN? 



Some History 



about Typewriters 



T 



Modern and Ancient 



CHAPTER 2 



THE UNDERWOOD was an original Type- 

 writer, radical in design. 



HE NEW principle met with instant popularity. 

 For years other makers fought against the inno- 

 vation. They died hard, but the demand for visible 

 writing could not be successfully combated. 



g UT YOU cannot make a silk purse oiit of a sow's ear, and they 

 could not successfully incorporate the new principle into their 

 antique machines. 



I N THE attempt they sacrificed the mechanical excellence 

 resulting from 20 years' experience, and at the same time fell 

 far short of the Underwood Standard. 



A LL TYPEWRITERS now manufactured are visible writers. 

 There have been a score of near-Underwoods placed on the 

 market during the past three or four years. 



United Typewriter Co. 



Limited 



TORONTO 



parts of the continent is inferior looking, 

 u number of the illiuitrations being quite in- 

 distinct. The Js'fw Brunswick Government 

 should use better paper. 



"Spraying Experiments with Peaches" is 

 the title of Bulletin No. 230, by Maurice A. 

 liluke and Arthur J. Farley of the New Jer- 

 sey Agricultural Experiment Station. It 

 sets out some valuable information dealing 

 with the control of peach scab and brown 

 rot. 



"Orchard Spraying Demonstrations" are 

 described in Bulletin No. 189, by W. W. 

 BonnSj B. S., of the Maine Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. It contains a discus- 

 sion of spraying experiments in the past, 

 the problem of "spray injury" or "Bor- 

 deaux Injury" and the substitution of lime- 

 sulphur preparations for Bordeaux as fung- 

 icide. Directions are given for the prep- 

 aration of stock solutions of lime-sulphur 

 and for their dilution for use. A discussion 

 of proper time and methods is included. 

 This bulletin costs 10c. 



Advice on "The Purchase and Home Mix- 

 ing of Fertilizers" is given in circular No. 

 12, by F\ W. Taylor, of the New Hamp- 

 shire Experiment Station. The subjects 

 dealt with include how to interpret a fer- 

 tilizer guarantee, high-grade versus low- 

 grade fertilizers, advantages of home mix- 

 ing fertilizers, directions for home mixing 

 and fertilizer formulas for different crops. 



"Horticultural Information, How to Ob- 

 tain It" is the title of circular No. 11, by 

 D. S. Pickett, of the New Hampshire Sta- 

 tion. It gives a list of leading books and 

 bulletins dealing with fruit culture, vege- 

 table gardening, llui u'iltui>- aiiU gnuii- 

 house management and landscape garden- 

 ing. The New Hampshire College of Agri- 

 culture is also issuing bulletin No. 151 being 

 its 21st and 22nd Annual Reports. 



Harvesting Raspberries 



ChM. F. Sprstl, Baruby Lake, B. C. 



In harveiting the raspberry, too much 

 care cannot be given to make the package 

 attractive. The crates should have the 

 name of the grower and his address printed 

 on them, if possible. 



If the crate be clean and the boxes well 

 filled with sound ripe fruit, the grower will 

 find that his fruit will alivays sell, probably 

 before the day s shipment arrives in town the 

 dealer will have orders booked ahead. In 

 all likelihood the fruit will command a 

 higher price than that of other people, who 

 do not take any particular care. As soon as 

 the fruit is finished, clean up the patch, cut- 

 ting out all useless wood, new and old, and 

 burning it at once. 



Nova Scotia Apple Invports 



The total apple export from Halifax dur- 

 ing the season of 1910-1911 was 246, 513 bar- 

 rels, 885 half barrels, and 3,161 boxes, equal 

 in all to 248,009 barrels. In addition to 

 this there was an estimated local consump- 

 tion of 75,000 barrels making a total out- 

 put of 323,009 barrels for the past season. 



Of the apples exported, 10,948 barrels 

 went to Newfoundland, 1,324 to the West 

 Indies; 2181 barrels. 396 half barrels and 

 562 boxes to South Africa. The rest found 

 a market in Great Britain. London took 

 209,472 barrels; Liverpool, 20,223, and Bris- 

 tol, 2365. 



During the last three years the output 

 has been: — 1908-09, 710,733 barrels, 2547 

 half barrels, 3052 boxes; 1909-10, 832,207 

 barrels, 628 half barrels, 4,885 boxes; 1910- 

 11, 321,513 barrels, 885 half barrels, 3161 

 boxes. 



