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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Flora] Edition 



general appearance is no as good as it was in 

 the early part of the century. Recognized 

 autlioritics place the crop this year at about 

 equal to that of any one of the last three years 

 or 60 per cent of a real good one, with Spys 

 lightest in yield, Bens and Russets best and 

 Kings good. 



Apple growers in Ontario and the united 

 counties of Durh m and Northumberland are, 



The Fruit & Produce Market 



The CommlBsioa firms uodcmoted wish coa- 

 ■Ignmcats of fruit and general produce. They will 

 be pleased to have you write them for loformatlon* 

 •hippjng sUmpc. ctc^ If 70U have fruit Of vcgetablca 

 for sale. 



H. J. ASH 



**-46 Chorcb St. 



Toronto. Oat. 



CONSIGNMENTS OF FRUIT AND 

 VEGETABLES SOLICTTED 



Sbipp'og Stamps Furnished on Request. 



MANSER, WEBB CO. 



53 Colborne Street Toronto 



Wholesale Frtilt and Produce Merchants 

 ConsigBments Solicited on Commission. 



STRONACH & SONS 



33 Church St., Toronto, Ont. 



All shipments of Pniit and other produce consigned 

 to us receive our personal attention. 

 Shippiug stamps furnished. 



Phone Main 2390. 



See advt. on page 192 



DAWSON-ELLIOTT CO. 



32 West Market SU, Toronto, Oat. 

 Wholesale Fruit and Produce Cona^nments Solicited. 



PETERS, DUNCAN Limited 



88 FRONT STREET, EAST, 



TORONTO, ONT. 



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howcvLT, in the happy position of having reason- 

 able assurance as to wliat they arc going to get 

 out of their product. I'raclically the entire crop 

 has already liecn sold and at satisfactory figures. 

 Barring disastrous wind or hail storms, producers 

 are, therefore, justified in feeling as if their 

 money is even now in the l)ank. The general 

 range in prices has been from $2 to $2.75 per 

 barrel for No. 1, 2, and 3. the seller to supply 

 l)arrels and pick, but the buyer to grade and 

 pack. One sale of 2,000 barrels is reported at 

 S2.25, the buyer supplying the barrels but pro- 

 ducer doing the picking. 



Grape Growers' Picnic 



<Continued from page 190, Fruit Edition) 

 marketing and told how his organization -was 

 successfully handling the fruit this year. The 

 crop was a bumper one he reported, yet there 

 had been no delay in shipments and there was a 

 general feeling of satisfaction. 



Hon. F. C. Biggs interested the growers in 

 another subject when he briefly told of the 

 government's road policy. As some of the high- 

 ways in the section are in a deplorable state, the 

 message of the minister of public works was 

 particularly interestinR. He told of the con- 

 struction under way and future plans in connec- 

 tion with the good road system. G. A. Welstead, 

 president of the N. D. G. G., Ltd., who is also 

 Ward n of Lincoln County, gave a brief talk in 

 which he expressed his thanks for the co-opera- 

 tion of the members during the year. During 

 the afternoon a sports program was featured for 

 the ladies and children and prizes awarded. 



The shipment of 600 cases of peaches by ex- 

 press in cold storage to Covent Garden, London, 

 the first to be made this year from the Niagara 

 Peninsula, was reported from St. Catharines, 

 Sept. 2. Considerable interest attached to the 

 marketing of the shipment by peach growers 

 throughout the district, as the importance of the 

 British market is recognized, particularly this 

 year, when an outlet for surplus production will 

 be welcome. 



Short Season Marketing 



IT Is particularly difficult to form any reliable 

 market judgment for quickly perishable, short- 

 season crops like strawberries, peaches, and 

 melons. Markets in such lines are irr^ular, 

 differing widely at the same time in different 

 cities because the nature of the crop does not 

 admit of safe transfer between distant points 

 and does not allow long keeping in cold storage. 

 These lines feel quickly and severely the effect 

 of oversupply, whether of car lots or from neigh- 

 boring sources. As these crops are not strictly 

 necessities, the demand is somewhat uncertain, 

 depending largely upon the buying power of the 

 public, wnich may vary greatly from season to 

 season. 



Fruit In Manitoba 



ATTEMPTS to produce a standard apple 

 that would be hardy in the location of 

 the Brandon Experimental Farm have 

 not, as yet, proved successful. Trees have 

 thrived for some time and borne fruit, and no 

 tree has continued to bear fruit in commercial 

 quantities and lived. 



"With crab apples, more success has been 

 obtained," says W. C. McKillican, superin- 

 tendent, in his annual report. ''The most satis- 

 factory have been Dr. Wm. Saunders cross- 

 bred apples and the wild crab of Siberia (Pyrus 

 baccata). Of these, varieties known as Osman 

 and Columbia, and a cross-bred seedling known 

 as Bedford, have given the best results." These 

 trees have proved perfectly hardy in the Mani- 

 toba climate, have borne fruit abundantly year 

 after year at Brandon, and while the fruit is 

 small it is large enough and of suitable flavor to 

 make good preserves. 



Best results with plums at the Brandon farm 

 have been obtained with varieties of the Mani- 



toba native plum. Stevenson's Mammoth and 

 Major are perfectly hardy and bear good crops. 

 Cross-bred plums from South Dakota have been 

 tested but have proved too tender for the 

 Brantlon location. Crce, a new cross-bred prO" 

 duccd by Prof. Hansen, seems promising. One 

 parent of it is the Manitoba native plum. 



Currants, black, white and red; gooseberries 

 and raspberries arc grown with reasonable 

 success at the Brandon farm. 



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In the apple orchard of James Phillips, midway 

 between Port Hope and Cobourg, Ont., the 

 King, usually a shy bearer and not an annual 

 bearer, are reported as looking good for three 

 barrels to the tree this year, and they bear every 

 year. These Kings were top-grafted on Talman 

 Sweets. The Phillips orchard is one of the 

 largest and best along the entire Lake Ontario 

 front. 



Additional restrictions have been placed on 

 the importation of certain rose stocks by the 

 federal horticultural board of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture because of the pro- 

 bability of introducing dangerous insect pests 

 and plant diseases. Rose stocks for propagation 

 including Manetti, Multiflora, Brier rose, and 

 Rosa rugosa, may now be imported into the U.S. 

 only in the smallest sizes possible, the regula- 

 tions limiting them to plants one to two years 

 old and no more than 18 inches in length. 

 Stems on which to bud standard roses are not 

 permitted entry under any conditions. 



Growers placed parchment cones over the hills 

 of cantaloupes to protect the young plants 

 against insects at the suggestion last spring of a 

 county extension agent in New Mexico. It was 

 found that the temperature vmder the cones re- 

 mained from 5 to 10 degrees above that of the 

 outside air so that plants under them were not 

 injured by a light breeze which killed unpro- 

 tected plants in that district. The growers 

 stated that the covers paid for themselves in 

 securing better and more xmiform germination 

 aside from the protection against insects and 

 frost. 



FOR SALE and WANT ADS 



Advertisements in this department inserted at the 

 rate of 5 cents per word. Each word, initial or 

 group of figures counts |is one word. Minimum 

 50 cents cash, strictly in advance. 



REAL ESTATE 



S5000.00 DOWN BUYS BEAUTIFXn. FRUIT FAKH— 

 Twenty-five acres planted; fine buildings; conveniences; 

 Apply to Calder & Hazlewcod, Niagara Feninstila Farm 

 Agents, Grimsby, Ont. 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS 



TRIAL GROUNDS— Byron, London, Ontario. Perennial 

 aod Roclc plants my specialty. Write for list and prices 

 to Walter Smith. 



BULBS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS— Now at disposal at 



our New York warehouse. 1 10 Duane St. Also specially 

 treated Hyacinths and Narcissus for early forcing as well 

 as French bulbs. Our prices will be interesting and 

 gladly given on application. — V. Keur & Sons, HUIegom , 

 Holland, New York mail address, 5625 lilosholu Ave. 



VAN GINHOVEN & CO. 



32 Pearl Street 



New York. N.Y. 



Your address for HoUand-grown Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Crocus, Gladioli, Iris, Paconies and all miscellaneous 

 bulbs and roots. Please write (or illustrated catalogue. 



