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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



Maritime Provinces 



Kentville Exp't'I Farm 



THK Dominion Experimental I'arm at 

 Kentville, N.S., was the outgrowth of an 

 agitation on the part of the Nova Scotia 

 Fruit Growers' Association for a fruit experi- 

 mental farm in the Annapolis Valley, and was 

 taken over from the provincial government in 

 1911. At the beginning the land occupied con- 

 sisted of 294 acres, but this has been added to 

 until now there are 492 acres within the area of 

 the farm, including 130 acres used as a training 

 farm for returned men. An orchard planted 

 since 1912 covers 47 acres, which with a mature 

 orchard which was purchased makes 63 acres 

 devoted to fruit trees, including 227 varieties of 

 apples grown on 2,616 trees, 55 varieties of pears 

 on 223 trees, 92 varieties of plums on 367 trees, 

 54 varieties of cherries on 154 trees, 47 varieties 

 of peaches on 106 trees, and 12 varieties of 

 apricots and quinces on 23 trees. Particular at- 

 tention has been paid to English varieties of 



Capitol View Gladioli Gardens 



FRhD. W. BAUMGRAS, Prop. 

 Gladioli Grower, Wholesale and Retail 



423 Pearl St., Lansing, Mich., U.S.A. 



Mailing List on Request 



VAN'T HOF & BLOKKER 



HEILOO, HOLLAND 



Dutch Bulbs, Paeonies, Roses, Gladiolus. 



Pall and Spring Importations. 



Write Canadian office for lists. 



430 BRUNSVICK AVE. TORONTO, ONT. 



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Guarantee our Gladiolus Bulbs to be 

 true to name, and if you wish to take ad- 

 vantage of our guarantee, you will need 

 our new Catalog which will be ready in 

 November. Send for your copy NOW, 

 also our "Clip Coupon" offer which ex- 

 pires Dec. 10, 1922. We believe in service. 

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B. RAFFAUF 



Iowa, U.S.A. 



Franklin Peonies 



Our own Mabel L. Franklin, W. F. Christman, 

 June Day, Ball O'Cotton, A. M. Slocum, E. 

 W. Becker, and Serene, all prize winners; 

 also all the newest European and American 

 introductions. Send for new price list or 

 catalog if you do not have a copy. 



FRANKLIN NURSERY 



200 W. 58th Street, Minneapolis, Minn. 



apples, which so far h.ivc not shown any superi- 

 ority to those previously grown. Experiments 

 have been conducted to ascertain the relative 

 cost of spraying and dusting, and the efficiency 

 of various insecticides and fungicides. The cost 

 of spraying and dusting an acre of 40 trees 25 

 vears old last year was with Bordeaux dust 

 $13.56, sulphur dust .$17.82, 4-8-40 Bordeaux- 

 arsenate spray $18.39, and lime sulphur 16-40 

 arsenate sprav'$14.34. Three applications were 

 given. Small fruits and vegetaoles receive a 

 good deal of attention, especially potatoes, which 

 are widely grown in the Annapolis Valley for 

 shipment to Cuba. 



Live stock interests are not being overlooked. 

 Feeding tests are being conducted, etc. 



Extensive experiments with fertilizers are 

 under way, there being nearly 400 test plots 

 covering 25 acres. Ground limestone has oeen 

 found especially valuable in increasing produc- 

 tion, particularly of clover. Tests covering six 

 years show an annual increase of value of $15.52 

 per acre in the area limed over that not limed, 

 but otherwise similarly treated. Sixty colonies 

 of bees are kept, and it has been found that with 

 proper attention each colony averages 100 pounds 

 of extracted honey per year. Fuller particulars 

 of all operations will be found in the 

 superintendent's report. 



Sanding Cranberry Bogs 



OBSERVATIONS by the weather bureau 

 of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture on the beneficial effect of sanding 

 cranberry bogs have recently been confirmed in 

 a report from the Cranberry Experiment Station, 

 in Wisconsin. The results will interest growers 

 of cranberries in the Maritime Provinces. Ac- 

 cording to the report there is an average of 

 58 days between the last spring and first fall 

 frost (June 25 to August 22) over unsanded bog, 

 as against 118 days between the last spring and 

 first fall frost over sanded bog. 



This represents a gain of 95 per cent, in length 

 of frost-free season on sanded bog. The item of 

 sanding, therefore, greatly reduces frost hazards 

 and conserves the water supply by eliminating 

 the need for frequent flooding to protect against 

 summer frosts. Sanding not only permits but 

 requires deeper and better drainage, and is an 

 insurance against fires on a bog in dry times. 

 Sanding, together with thicker setting of plants, 

 reduces labor and expense of weeding, besides 

 insuring earlier cropping on the bog. 



Broker Visits Valley 



EARLY in September, J. O. Sims, the well- 

 known fruit broker of London, England, 

 concluded a very pleasant trip through the 

 Annapolis Valley. Before returning to England, 

 Mr. Sims informed The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist that it was 10 years since he last 

 visited the apple growers of Nova Scotia and 

 was returning to England much impressed by 

 the hearty welcome he had received from his 

 many old friends in the Valley and wished to 

 thank them all once again through these columns 

 for their very kind hospitality. 



He informed us that shipping conditions have 

 changed considerably during recent years. To- 

 day, many growers arc again able to ship their 

 own apples. Several small companies of growers 

 have been recently formed; these men have 

 built apple warehouses at various points on the 

 Valley and now intend packing and shipping 

 their fruit to the broker of their choice in Great 

 Britain. Many of these growers were shippers 

 to Mr. Sims as far back as 27 years ago and ex- 



pressed much pleasure at rauiim^ iiuu pnur'to 

 the opening of the approaching exporting season. 



New Pre-Cooling Plant 



AS an experiment in the preparation of fruit 

 for export, there has been installed in the 

 Waterville Fruit Company's warehouse at 

 Watervillc, a new and unique process, in the es- 

 tablishment, by the Dominion Department of 

 Agriculture, of a pre-cooling plant, the first and 

 only one of its kind to be introduced in the 

 Dominion. The system is simple but effective. 



The plant consists of a large ice tank with a 

 capacity of three tons, air ducts, gasoline engine 

 and large insulated fan with capacity of 4000 

 cubic feet per minute. The fan, which is pro- 

 pelled at a speed of 700 revolutions per minute, 

 forces the air, drawn from air ducts along the 

 ceiling, through a ten-inch wire screen at the 

 bottom of the ice tank and thence through cold 

 air ducts running between a false floor and the 

 main floor in the storage room. The warm air 

 is drawn off through ducts along the ceiling and 

 comes batrk cooled as it again passes through 

 the ice tank, thus ensuring continuous circula- 

 tion and even temperature throughout. 



The operation of the plant and the results at- 

 tained from the experiment will be followed with 

 keen interest by growers and shippers throughout 

 the valley. — Berwick Register. 



The farm value of vegetable and flower seeds 

 produced in the United States in 1919 was over 

 $8,000,000 compared with about $1,500,000 in 

 1909. 



About half of the east Texas tomatoes are sold 

 through a growers' exchange composed of 2,500 

 bona fide growers, divided into 3 1 local organiza- 

 tions. Each "local" elects one trustee, and the 

 31 trustee chooses the president of the central 

 exchange, together with four directors. 



Choice PEONIES Rare 



We can still offer in very limited quan- 

 tity: E. B. Browning, Jubilee, Lady A. 

 Duff, La France, Le Cygne, Mme. Gaudi- 

 chau, Mme. Jules Dessert, Martha Bul- 

 loch, Philippe Rivoire, Raoul Dessert, 

 Solange, Therese, Sourangelle, Walter 

 Faxon, etc., etc. 



We will only sell one each of the above 

 to a customer. Complete, list on request. 



FARBRON GARDENS 



Mail Address — 182 Cletnow Ave. 

 OTTAWA, ONTARIO 



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DARWIN TtJLIPS, mixed . .. ^^ 



DARWIN TULIPS, named. .!.. KSc 



SINGLE TULIPS, mixed . lie 



SINGLE Tin.IPS, named. . .l! 55c 



COTTAGE TULIPS, mixed IS 



COTTAGE TULIPS, named. '... 55- 



HYACINTHS. EXHIBITION, named'. 1 80 



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MORNINGTON GLADIOLUS GARDENS 



GLADS - 6000 - GLADS 



Per doj. 

 60c 



PRINCE OF WALES 

 Every bulb has been topped 



P'f 100 Per 1000 



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Per Doz. 



NARCISSUS, SINGLE, mixed 80c 



NARCISSUS, Sinjle, named 90c 



NARCISSUS, Double, mixed _ 80c 



NARCISSUS. Double .named 1 90c 



NARCISSUS. POLYANTHUS, mixed 90c 



NARCISSUS POLYANTHUS, named 95c 



CROCUS, named 25c 



CROCUS, mixed 90c per 100 



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