Xovember, 1922 



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let alone paying for the fruit. Lethbridge re- 

 ports No. 1 Macks, Wageners, Jonathans, re- 

 tailing at $1.75 a box. Similar prices being 

 quoted in Edmonton, crates being offered for 

 SI. 00 to $1.50. At these prices, red ink will be 

 the growers' returns. It is the remedy not the 

 blame that is needed, and we know that the 

 remedy is in the hands of the growers. 

 Winter Appiesjand Onions 



We are advised that apple growers in the 

 Kootenay districts are refusing to pick their 

 apples, unless they can be guaranteed 78c per 

 box for them. (The 78c represents the cost of 

 placing them in the box). ALso that many onion 

 growers in the Okanagan Valley will not remove 

 their onions from the field because the price does 

 not warrant them doing so. 



While there is reason in the attitude, we 

 strongly urge the Kootenay apple growers to 

 pick and store their good winter apples. Signs 

 are not lacking that point to a better market in 

 the near future. If the growers were in control 

 of their output, we would not be selling apples at 

 a price little over freight and commissions. 



Onions were not over-produced this year. It 

 is in the prairie markets that conditions are bad. 

 The outside demand will clear the congestion 

 here in a short time. Onions will sell just as well 

 at $35.00 a ton (which would return a profit to 

 the grower) f.o.b. prairie points, as they will at 

 S20.00 a ton. We therefore urge growers to pick 

 and arrange to store their apples, also to harvest 

 and store their onions, as we consider the worst 

 in low prices has passed, and long before next 

 June (which is about the extent of the keeping 

 (lualities of the above products) fair prices will 

 rule.— B. C. Markets Bulletin (Calgary). 



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Lethbridge Horticulture 



AT the Expcritnent Station, Lethbridge, 

 Alta., the possibilities in horticulture, es- 

 pecially under irrigation, have been de- 

 termined in large measure by the experiments 

 carried out. It has been definitely shown that 

 small fruits such as strawberries, currants and 

 aspberries can be successfully grown commerci- 

 ly. In connection with raspberries it has been 

 bund that winter killing may be avoided by 

 overing the rows of canes with soil instead of 

 manure or straw. 



The possibility of tree growth both for shelter 

 and for ornamental purposes has been well de- 

 monstrated by the results obtained at the sta- 

 tion. Rjws and clumps of strong vigorous trees, 

 ,^0 to 40 feet and more high, now stand where 

 there was bald prairie when the station was 

 started. — Agricultural Gazette. 



The original name of the United States organi- 

 zation. Federated Fruit Growers, Inc. was 

 changed last month to Federated Fruit and 

 Vegetable Growers, Inc., so that there would be 

 no possibility of a misunderstanding on the part 

 of growers of the intended scope of the organiza- 

 tion. 



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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 Peterboro, Ontario 



I Province of Quebec | 



At Cap Rouge Station 



THERE are 79 different projects with fruits, 

 ornamental plants and vegetables being 

 conducted at the Dominion Experiment 

 Station, Cap Rouge, Que., according to the in- 

 terim report of the superintendent, recently 

 issued. Only these are reported which have 

 given results from which conclusions can reason- 

 ably be drawn. The main divisions are testing 

 of varieties, breeding work and cultural experi- 

 ments. 



In apples, of which 90 varieties are under test, 

 the station recommends the following com- 

 mercial varieties for the district: Yellow Trans- 

 parent and Lowland Raspberry for summer: 

 Duchess, Okabena and Montreal Peach for 

 fall: Wealthy, Fameuse, Wolf River and Mil- 

 waukee for winter. Among the apples originated 

 at the C.E.F., Ottawa, Rupert has been found 

 at this station very good for summer. Petrel for 

 fall and Walton for winter. 



Fruit Recommendations 



Various varieties of cherries have yielded 

 satisfactorily. In plums. Bonne Ste. Anne, 

 Shipper's Pride and Bixby are recommended. It 

 is interesting to note that these varieties are of 

 the European type, and that a larger percentage 

 of Europeans in general have outlived the 

 Americans at this station. The trouble with the 

 American varieties, the report states, is that the 

 wood breaks too easily. Pears have not done 

 well. According to results, it is doubtful whether 

 pears can be grown in the region, unless it be 

 the dwarfs. Dwarf trees of Doucet and Duchess 

 were planted in 1920, and will be watched with 

 interest. 



In black currants, the varieties recommended 

 for the district are. Climax, Saunders and 

 Topsy; red currants, Fay and Perfection; 

 gooseberries, Houghton, Sylvia and Queen Anne. 



The work with raspberries shows that, first, 

 to give satisfaction, disease-free canes of standard 

 varieties must be planted, and, second, Herbert 

 is the best main crop variety for central Quebec, 

 while King is a very good early sort. The results 

 with strawberries show that, first, Dunlap is a 

 variety which will give surest results for main 

 crop, while Excelsior may be planted in a small 

 way by persons who desire very early fruit : 

 second, when plants can be had, Cassandra will 

 yield very heavily and is strongly recommended. 



In grapes, the varieties recommended for 

 central Quebec are, among the blacks. Champion 

 and Early Daisy: red, Wyoming; green, Win- 

 chell, sometimes called Green Mountain. Al- 

 though Champion is a heavy bearer, it is the 

 poorest grape in quality and should be replaced 

 by Early Daisy. It is not expected that farmers 

 of the district will grow grapes for market, the 

 report states, but it would be quite easy for them 

 to have some for home use. 



Vegetable Work and Suggestions 



A lot of careful experimental work has been 

 done with vegetables at Cap Rouge, and many 

 projects still receive attention. The variety data 

 for garden beans show that, for central Quebec, 

 in green-podded sorts, .Stringless for early, and 

 Refugee for late, are good ones, and, in wax- 

 podded kinds. Pencil Pod for early, and Hodson 

 Long Pod for late, are all right. A comparison 

 of an early variety of garden beans with four of 

 different seasons, the former sown at four inter- 

 vals of about a week each, and the latter sown 

 the same day, sliowed that between the two 

 methods there was a dilTerence in yields of only 

 about five per cent, which is practically ncglig- 

 able. 



The experiments with varieties and strains of 

 garden peas have shown that, first, in general, 

 wrinkled, semi-dwarf nr dwarf green-seeded 

 kinds are the most pro!) table to grow; second, 

 (ircgory Surpri.se for earlv an<I Juao for main 

 crop have done best, where a selection of each is 

 made each- year, and are recommended for 



central Quebec. A comparison of an early 

 variety of garden peas planted successively with 

 four of different seasons sown the same day 

 showed that the four varieties somewhat leng- 

 thened the season during which green peas 

 coidd be sold, and that they yielded about 

 12 per cent more. One or two more tests will be 

 made before this project is closed. 



In cabbage variety tests, Jersey Wakefield 

 proved the earliest, but was not nearly so good a 

 yielder as Copenhagen market, which is ready 

 for use five or six days later, and Danish Round- 

 head, among the winter varieties, produced the 

 heaviest crops and kept well until late the next 

 spring. For main crop carrots, Chantenay leads, 

 with Hutchinson a close second; for forcing or 

 a very early crop, Oxheart is recommended. The 

 work with onions has shown that, first, for an 

 all around good variety. Red Wethersfield, is 

 hard to beat; second, for a very good looking 

 onion, Prizetaker is unexcelled, while for pickling 

 Barletta (while) is just the article. A compari- 

 son of sowing seeds, transplanting and planting 

 sets for onion production resulted in transplanted 

 onions yielding nearly twice as much as those 

 produced from seed, while the sets produced the 

 smallest crop. A comparison of different sizes of 



The Fruit & Produce Market 



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Toronto, Ont. 



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 Shipping stamps furnished. 



Phone Main 2390. 



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