August, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



V97 



The president of the company is H. Poll- 

 man Evans, of Toronto, the President of 

 the Union Life Insurance Company. The 

 directors are Thos. T. Rolph, Hon. Geo. E. 

 Foster, M.P., and D. A. Burns, of Toronto, 

 AVm. M. German K.C., M.P., of Welland, 

 E. L. Taylor, K.C., Winnipeg, Man., and 

 G. L. Campbell Dauncey, London, England. 

 It is to he presumed that this is the com- 

 pany that has been leasing and buying or- 

 chards throughout Ontario during the last 

 year, reference to which has previously been 

 made in The Canadwn Horticultttrist. It 

 is to be hoped, if the expres.sion is per- 

 missible, that for the sake of its share- 

 holders the company has not bitten off more 

 than it can chew. 



PROVINCIAL NOTES 



Eastern Annapolis Valley 



Eunice Buchanan 



The dry weather still continues except 

 for a heavy thunder shower on July 12. 

 Strawberries have suffered considerably, but 

 the apple trees look remarkably healthy. 

 More npples have dropped than wa« at first 

 expected, but the fruit is unusually clean, 

 verv few spotted or wormy apples in evi- 

 dence. 



There has been quite a plague of green 

 aphis on tlie young apple shoots, and the 

 weather, warm and muggy, has been con- 

 ducive to their increase. Gardens have had 

 much with which to contend in the way of 

 cutworms and dry weather, so that seeds 

 have been unusuallv long in germinating. 



It is estimated that during the season of 

 1910-11 Nova Scotia exported apples equal 

 to 248.009 barrels and used 75,000 barrels at 

 home. The principal markets were in Great 

 Britain, South Africa, Newfoundland and 

 the West Indies, 



Quebec 



Aointte Dapa!s, Director of Fmit Stitiont 



Insects of all kinds have committed 

 much damage to fruit and ornamental trees. 

 Sugar maples and soft maples in the hills 

 and mountains, spruce and pines have all 

 their particular insects, who destroy their 

 foliage. Acres and acres of fine sugar maple 

 trees have been defoliated. Small, green 

 caterpillars which did not find any more 

 loaves to devour hung by millions under tlie 

 trees. Probably a second brood will hatch 

 soon and will continiie its work of destruc- 

 tion till autumxi. 



In Kamouraska, L' Islet, Montmagny , Belle- 

 chasse, Levis, and Lotbiniere Counties the 

 cldast inhabitants never s^iw such a ; Isgue. 

 In^ectB hatched in May one month earUe- 

 than usual. The plum Curculio, Codling 

 moth and two other green caterpillars were 

 very numerous in the ap.jl-3 and )ihini or- 

 chards on the shores of zhe St. L.Twren^e. 

 Apple-'j are eaten from ins do and outside. 

 Spraying is practised by few. The Honor- 

 able Mr. Caron, Minister of Agriculture, 

 sent experts with outfits to spray the or- 

 chards east of Quebec where insects were 

 doing the most damage. The trees will be 

 thoroughly sprayed three tiuies. Lessons 

 are given to orchard owners in .sp.'-aying well 

 and in the right time, in the cleaning, of 

 the bark and in pruning of trees. We hope 

 that the work will be efficacious and that 

 the contrast between orchards sprayed and 

 those that have not been sprayed will in- 

 duce fruit growers to spray in future and 

 to cooperate with the members of the horti- 

 cultural societies of Kamouraska and L'ls- 



BARCHARD & CO., LIMITED 



APPLE BOXES 



135-161 DUKE STREET, 



WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS 



TORONTO 



THE WESTERN FAIR 



LONDON CANADA 



SEPTEMBER 8th to 16th 



GOOD CASH PRIZES FOR 



FRUIT AND FLOWERS 



The interior of the Horticultural 

 Building all changed this year 



Special Railroad Rates for Exhi- 

 bitors and Visitors 



Send for Prize Lists and Entry Forms to the Secretary 

 W. J. REID, President A. M. HUNT, Secretary 



Some History 



about Typewriters 



Modern and Ancient 



CIIAPTEK 2 (a) 



GEORGE Carl Mares, of London, England, 

 has just published an elaborate book, "His- 

 tory of the Typewriter." In the preface he says : 



""THE greater portion of this volume was put into print 

 in 1907, but the constant stream of new mach- 

 ines placed upon the market about that time made it 

 necessary to defer publication. 



CINCE this work viras undertaken, the structure of the typewriter 

 has undergone a complete revolution. Probably nothing in 

 any mechanical art has been more marked than the progress of 

 the front-stroke visible writing machine. 



IN this respect the Underwood typewriter would seem to deserve 

 all the honors which naturally fall to the successful leader of a 

 revolution." 



United Typewriter Co. 



Limited 



TORONTO 



