July, 19a 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



153 



British Columbia 



Okanagan Fruit Notes 



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IN the Vernon district, early in June, Duchess 

 apples in the aggregate promised lighter than 

 last year's crop and Wealthy very much so. 

 It is rather difficult at present to decide how 

 Mcintosh will turn out on account of the quan- 

 ity of young trees this year coming into bearing. 

 Some of the older orchards which bore heavily 

 last year are carrying a considerably lighter crop. 

 Jonathan and Grimes Golden are going to be 

 heavy and there is apparently a good set of 

 Delicious. Newtowns, Spitzenberg and Rome 

 Beauty vary considerably. 



For the Kelowna district, the concensus of 

 opinion is that the crop will be somewhat lighter 

 than last year. Around Summerland, apples set 

 well. 



In the Kootenay district, there are hopes of a 

 heavy crop with prospects of having to thin all 

 the early varieties. 



The horticultural branch of the B.C. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture held strawberry packing 

 demonstrations at various places last month. 



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Forced to dig a large block of fancy Iris 

 in August, I offer a special bargain of 



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Bjr Express, collect; or postage paid for $1.30 



August is best time of year to plant 

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J. H. CALLANDER petebroro 



Eliminate the Culls 



R. H. Helmer, Summerland. B.C. 



PAST experience points to the wisdom of 

 taking precaution to eliminate culls and 

 small sizes; these have been the stumbling 

 block in the past and will be in future. Let us 

 consider for a moment how culls and small sizes 

 occur. If our trees are making a poor growth it 

 is likely that they will ha^e a heavy crop and 

 furthermore if this is the 'on year' for bearing, 

 our trees will be over-burdened. Both of these 

 conditions crowd the fruit, one against the other, 

 causing rubbing or poor color and the tree with 

 such a heavy crop cannot make growth and 

 form and feed fruit spurs for the 1923 crop. 

 Therefore if the trees are left over-loaded, we 

 are only exaggerating the "off year" habit and 

 increasing culls and small sizes. We believe the 

 British Columbia orchardists are now fully alive 

 to the fact that soil building and plant food have 

 a tremendous influence on returns per tree and 

 have taken this up in a whole-hearted way. 



The method of the thinning of the fruit should 

 now be considered. Where trees are heavily and 

 evenly loaded the rule should be one fruit every 

 eight inches and spurs that are apt to interfere 

 with others should be relieved allowing other 

 spurts to rest and mature for 1923. Where 

 trees are not heavily laden, good judgment nxust 

 be used to get the best quality apples at the 

 minimum risk of making them into culls. 





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Western Provinces } 



"The wonderful success of the Australian 

 apple shipments, after the first few years of 

 troubles and failures, is attributable, " says an 

 English fruit weekly, " to the perfecting of pre- 

 cooling arrangements, so that fruit for shipment 

 would go into the hold of the vessel at practically 

 the same temperature at which it was desired to 

 be carried, when it was possible for the marine 

 refrigerator engineer to keep his holds at an 

 equal temperature without much difficulty." 



Western Fruit Jobbers 



THE following terms of sale, adopted by 

 the Western Canada Fruit Jobbers' As- 

 sociation, will interest shippers of fruits 

 and vegetables to the Prairie Provinces: 



1 . All goods are sold at seller's warehouse or 

 distributing point at buyer's risk of delaj', loss 

 or damage in transit. 



2. Berries of all kinds and cherries are sold 

 entlrelv at buyer's risk of deterioration, after 

 seller delivers same to transportation company. 



3. All orders are subject to approval of seller's 

 credit department on date of shipment. 



4. On any commodity that transportation 

 company refuses to accept, only at owner's 

 risk, the buyer be considered the owner from 

 the time seller receives receipt for such goods 

 from transportation company in good condition. 



5. If heated cars are not available, seller 

 shall ship in box cars at buyer's risk, unless in- 

 structed in writing by buyer to ship in heated 

 car only; and in case buyer so Instructs, seller 

 shall have right to either ship at seller's risk or 

 cancel order. 



6. All orders received by the seller from the 

 buyer which cannot be filled on date named in 

 order, will go forward on arrival of the goods, 

 unless distinctly specified on order. 



7. All orders must be signed by the buyer 

 when given in person, or when order given by 

 telephone, must be so noted on order sheet. 



8. All orders shall be considered as sold on 

 regular terms unless so noted on the order or 

 contract. Any deviation from regular terms 

 would be subject to acceptance by seller's office. 

 In writing. 



9. Rejections or Refusals. — Buyers shall not 

 unjustifiably refuse fruit and vegetables. Delay 



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Tallman Rotary and Oscillating Sprinkler 



Lack of rain need not wither your lawn this summer If you 

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 weather. 



Tallman Rotary and Oscillating Sprinklers are adjustable, 

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For Pipe Line Installation for Market Gardeners, 

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