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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 191 1 





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usual price. Many barrels of apples are 

 goiriK to Western Canada, where packing 

 comoany agents are opening now markets. 



Silver leaf disease is reported in Berwick 

 orchards. 



The quality of the tomato fruits is ex- 

 ceptionally good, though green ones are 

 dropping. 



Montreal 



E, H. Wsrtain Donlnioa Froit IiipccUr 



The large cities draw from far and near 

 to supply their wants. To-day (August 

 15) a car of applfis arrived from Woodstock, 

 N. B. The variety, Crimson Beauty, 

 graded No. 2. It is a nice, clean, bright 

 red apple of small size — about the same tex- 

 ture as the Astrachan. but not so good in 

 quality. Their cleanness and brightness sold 

 them well. 



Thi.s apple, if thinned well on the tree, 

 ought to make a good box apple for Eng- 

 land. Bright re<l apnles are always in de- 

 mand, and to date this vear they are very 

 scarce. I am of the opinion that the hot 

 waves lasted too long to give color on early 

 varieties. There are many orchards in which 

 you could have hung a thermometer on the 

 sunny side of the tree and it would have 

 gone up to one hundred and ten degrees 

 Fahrenheit. As an old French lady on Bon- 

 secour Market said of her apples, "They be 

 baked." 



Eight cars of California fruits were sold 

 at the fruit auction on Augu.st 14th. There 

 were peaches, pears, plums, grapes and nec- 

 tarines. All were sold in an hour and a 

 half at fair prices. The packing and qual- 

 ity of the fruits were both good. 



The first shipment of apples for England 

 sailed from this port on Aucust 13th This 

 is the earliest I can rememb»r. Bright col- 

 ored fruit, well graded and landing in good 

 order, ought to do well. Fruit has been 

 selling at high priceis all season here — too 

 high for many to fill up all their cases. 



Quebec Province Notcs5 



E. M. Straight, Macdoiald Colltge, Qae 



The exceeding dry and hot weather condi- 

 tions, general throughout Eastern Canada, 

 have been much in evidence in this prov- 

 ince. Some sections have not suffered so 

 much, but in the vicinity of Montreal crops 

 have .suffered greatly. Small fruits were not 

 at all plentiful. Raspberries were particu- 

 larly short. Thev sold in Montreal at 

 twenty cents, and it is reported that they 

 Hrought much more at retail. 



Apples are looking well. There is the 

 prospect of a f-ir crop. 



The experimentil orchard at Abbotsford 

 was visited by me recently. Mr. Richard- 

 son, the superintendent, had everything as 

 it should be, and the public demonstration 

 in the orchard in the afternoon was attend- 

 ed by many farmers of the section and by 

 a number of representatives from other lo- 

 calities. The trees, bv their clean bark and 

 healthy foliage, spoke louder than words. 



Just now the farmers are excited over 

 "fire blight" and "melon wilt." These are 

 not new enemies, bu'' some way there are 

 always localities where it makes its appear- 

 ince for the first time, and others where 

 it is noticed for the first time. Fire blight, 

 or twig blight, is well known and should be 

 readily identified on apples. The young, 

 succulent twigs are brown and dead at this 

 season. The dead leaves adhere to the twig. 

 The disease is internal, bacterial in origin. 

 Sprays are of no avail. Cutting out the 

 affected tissue is the only praet-'cal method. 

 "Melon wilt" is also a bacterial plant dis- 

 ease. It attacks melons, cucumbers and 



