228 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Editi' r. 



onion sets showed, contrary to expectations, that 

 the crop increased with the size of the sets, but 

 the tops were cut before they developed too 

 much as. otherwise, things might liave been re- 



BON-GLAD GARDENS 



Bulbs and bulblets of new Holland and Amer- 

 ican varieties. Price list ready soon. Write 

 for it. 



MRS. G. A. BONISTEEL 



73 HiKhliind Ave, Belleville, Ont. 



Capitol View Gladioli Gardens 



FRED. W. BAUMGRAS, Prop. 

 Gladioli Grower, Wholesale and Retail 



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



Mailing List on Request 



KELWAY 



LANGPORT 



ENGLAND 



Headquarters for 



DELPHINIUMS, PAEONIES, 

 GLADIOLI. 



VAN'T HOF & BLOKKER 



HEDLOO, HOLLAND 



Dutch Bulbs, Paeontes, Roses, Gladiolus. 



Fall and Spring Importations. 



Write Canadian office for lists. 



430 BRUNSWICK AVE. TORONTO, ONT. 



VAN GINHOVEN & CO. 



32 Pearl Street 



New Yorfc» N.Y. 



BULBS — Your address for Holland-grown Hya- 

 cinths, Tulips, Crocus, Gladioli, Iris, Paeonies and 

 all miscellaneous bulbs and roots. Please write for 

 illustrated catalogue. 



Do We? We Do 



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. 

 Get to know us. 



CHAS. B. RAFFAUF 



Independence, Iowa, U.S.A. 



BULBS 



High quality Hyacinths, Exhibition size, 20c 

 each. Si. 75 per dozen, post paid. 



Darwin Tulips, choice mixed, 60c per dozen 

 $4.00 per 100 post paid. 



Single early tulips, mixed 45c per dozen, 

 $3.00 per 100. 



Ask for Price List 



Send for our new Poultry List 



GEO. KEITH & SONS 



124 King St. E Toronto, Ont. 



Seed Merchants since 1 866 



versed, the larger sets producing seeds and 

 leaving the bulbs at a standstill. 



The work with tomatix's has been extensive. 

 From the variety tests, the following deductions 

 may be made: first, for central Quebec, earliness 

 is the prime consideration; second, until other 

 varieties have shown decided superiority, it is 

 safer to grow a good strain of Earliana. In a 

 comparison of different methods of starting 

 tomato plants, jjlants not pricked out gave 

 practically as much ripe fruit as others pricked 

 out from one to three times. Where no pricking 

 out is done, the report su>;gests, great care must 

 be taken to grow stronR stocky plants, and a 

 great help to this end is to give plenty of space 

 in flats or in hotbeds. 



In potato varieties. Green Mountain for 

 general crop and Irish C<)l)blcr for early are, the 

 records show, a very good planting combination 

 which should rapidly be gaining popularity in 

 central Quebec. A comp.irison of different kinds 

 of potato seed pieces to use for planting showed 

 that probably the most economical kind, year 

 in and year out, is one of Kencrous size, on which 

 are two good eyes. An experiment to determine 

 the effect of land plaster on potato seed pieces 

 resulted in the conclusion that it does not pay 

 thus to treat the pieces when they are put in the 

 ground soon after being prepared. 



j Maritime Provinces j 



New Industry for Valley 



BIG news for Berwick and the Annapolis 

 Valley in general is the statement that, 

 under new management, the chain of 

 evaporators in the Annapolis V'alley, known as 

 the Nova Scotia Evaporators, Ltd., are to be 

 taken over and controlled by the Valley Pro- 

 ducts, Limited, a syndicate to be incorporated 

 under the provisions of the laws of Nova Scotia. 

 This syndicate, which will have a capitalization 

 of $400,000, has as its object the manufacture of 

 the various finished products which will be 

 featured as jellies, and dehydrated vegetables, 

 utilizing all the apples and vegetables now going 

 to waste in the Valley, and inducing the growers 

 to make a much greater expansion in production. 



The company has established headquarters at 

 Kentville, with P. Addison Demick, as general 

 manager. After a complete survey of the Mari- 

 time Provinces along industrial lines, he is 

 firmly convinced that as soon as the apple and 

 vegetable growers of this Province realize 

 they have a domestic market for products now 

 going to waste, at a good price at their very door, 

 then and not until then, will the growers of the 

 Maritime Provinces enlarge upon their present 

 production in a very material manner. G. F. 

 Humphrey, of London, England, who will have 

 complete charge of all the plants and manu- 

 facturing of its products, is an expert in all foods. 



Hitherto the evaporating plants of the Valley 

 have been in operation for a period of only three 

 or four months in the year. Under the new com- 

 pany, is it anticipated that the plants will be run 

 for a period of 10 or 11 months in the year, and 

 employ in the vicinity of 200 hands. In addition 

 to the Canadian markets, the company has 

 established markets in England, continental 

 Europe and Brazil, which will absorb all the pro- 

 ducts that the company can manufacture. 



The modernizing of the dehydrating plants 

 will enable the company with its new process of 

 manufacturing dehydrated products to use all 

 available vegetables and fruits grown in the 

 Valley. This will be of great advantage to the 

 growers, as the company will be able to absorb 

 twice the quantity now produced. 



The plants and equipment will be of the most 

 modern type and very advantageously situated 

 in the following towns: Windsor, Kentville, 

 Berwick, Cambridge, Waterville, Lakeville, 

 Kingston, Middleton, Lawrencetown and Aima- 

 polis. 



The new company will, it is understood, ac- 

 quire control of the various plants on the 1st of 

 January next, and will commeace at once the 



work of modernizing and reconstruction, at the 

 same time giving attention to the provision of 

 proper and up-to-date housing facilities for em- 

 ployees. — Berwick Kegister. 



CACTI AND SUCCULENTS 



I will send by mail, postpaid, 10 nice little plants, 

 assorted Cacti and Succulents, oamed, for $1.00. 



Most of these growt^quickly and stand neglect wdl, 

 indeed thrive on it. 



J. H. CALLANDER 



575 Weller Street, Peterboro, Ontario 



ROSES 



Finest stock, 70 viiriclies. 12 for $3.00; 50, $9.00; 100, 

 115.00. 



^ GLADIOLI * 



la 40 varieties; top size. $1.00; 1st size, $3.00; 2nd 

 size, $2.25; flowering size, $1.50 per 100. 



Delivery F.O.B. Montreal; cash with order. 



LUse. 



MIANGELO NURSERIES 



Holland 



CANADIAN iGROWN GLADIOLI 

 Ot the better kinds 

 We have a nice stock in all sizes of: — Peace, 

 War, E. Kirtlandi G. Zang, Herada, Bertrex, 

 Rose Wells, Red Emperor, Flora Norton 

 Youell's Favorite, Scarlano, Lily White, Pride 

 of Goshen, White Giant, Le M. Foch and 

 many others. Get our prices before you buy. 

 It will pay you. 



WM. BROWN, 

 Elora Box 13 Ontario 



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 

 introductiops. Send for new price list or 

 catalog if you do not have a copy. 



FRANKLIN NURSERY 



200 W. 58th Street, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Nova Scotia's Crop 



THE weather conditions throughout Nova 

 Scotia have been satisfactory during the 

 past month and picking, packing and ex- 

 porting is in full swing, says Berwick Register. 

 The fruit is of large size, of good color and on 

 the whole remarkably clean and free from scab 

 and insect marks. In fact, the fruit appears to 

 be of the best quality that Nova Scotia has pro- 

 duced for some years. The percentage of No. 1 

 apples therefore will be considerably larger than 

 that of last year and the percentage of No. 2 

 and No. ?> apples considerably less. The yield of 

 the various varieties in comparison with that of 

 last year will be approximately as follows: 

 Gravenstein, \20%; Stark, 115%; Nonpariel, 

 100%; Golden Russett, Wagener, Ribston, Spy, 

 Ben Davis, 90%; Blenheim, 40% and Baldwin 

 25%. 



The million dollar advertising campaign on 

 apples from the Wenatchee district in Washing- 

 ton is well imder way. One million dollars will 

 be spent the first three years to tell the world to 

 "Eat Wenatchee Apples," the slogan which has 

 been adopted as the keynote of the movement. 



Only one-half of the apple crop in New Yctck. 1 



this season can be classed as "commercial" in 

 the sense that it will be shipped by rail or boat 

 or be sold in the principal markets as fresh fruit, 

 according to estimates of the agricultural statis- 

 tician of that state. There is a rather small pro- 

 portion of sound apples in the southern and 

 southeastern counties. 



