Xovember, 1922 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Potatoes, Etc., by Weight 



FOR his own protection, every market gar- 

 dener and farmer should acquaint himself 

 with the provisions of the Act passed at the 

 last session of the Dominion Parliament to re- 

 gulate the sale and inspection of root vegetables. 

 The Act provides, (except in certain cases) for 

 the sale of potatoes, onions, artichokes, beets, 

 carrots, parsnips and turnips by weight, for the 

 grading of potatoes and onions, and for marking 

 and packing, size of potato barrels, powers of 

 inspectors, and the penalties incurred by the 

 violation of the Act. "The Root Vegetables 

 Act, 1922," may be obtained in pamphlet form 

 by addressing the Publications Branch, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Ottawa. 



Apple Crop in Northwest 



THE extent to which codling-moth damage 

 will decrease shipments of northwestern 

 boxed apples this season is a question of 

 important speculative interest to growers and 

 shippers in that section at the present time, ac- 

 cording to a report from the Spokane office of 

 the bureau of agriculture economics of the U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



tjnusually favorable conditions of temperature 

 and humidity during the growing season and the 

 failure of many growers to spray at the proper 

 control periods are the reasons given for the 

 heavy toll taken by the codling moth this year. 

 The development of the fruit early in the season 

 was so unusually rapid for a time that adequate 

 control of the insect could be obtained only 

 through frequent and complete spraying, a con- 

 dition which was not fully understood by many 

 growers at the time. 



As a result, in some orchards the proportion 

 of "C" grade and cull fruit will run almost 75%, 

 and the general loss from worms and stings is 

 conservatively estimated at i5%-25%. 



Michigan Standardizing 



THE Michigan Bureau of Foods and Stand- 

 ards, Lansing, Mich., is devoting consider- 

 able time to the grape growers of the state 

 and is helping them to place a uniform standard 

 product on the market. With the promulgation 

 of state grades for grapes, an inspection service 

 has been established. Seven inspectors, whose 

 salaries and expenses are being defrayed by the 

 growers themselves, have been placed at the 

 principal shipping points in the state, and under 

 the direction of a supervising inspector furnished 

 by the Bureau of Foods and Standards, are en- 

 forcing the new state grades. According to the 

 director of the state bureau, the growers this 

 season are very desirous of placing a pack on the 

 'Tiarkct that can be relied upon for quality. 



Federated Growers, Inc. 



PKRMANEN'T organization of the Federated 

 Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc., was 

 completed at a meeting of the directors in 

 K«W York on Oct. 21. The following officers 

 were elected to .serve until the first annual 

 meeting: President, J. S. Edwards of California; 

 first vice-president, E. P. Porcher of Florida; 

 second vice-president, W. B. Armstrong of 

 Washington; secretary, C. E. Durst of Illinois; 

 trca.surer, Alexander M. White of New Jersey. 

 lie following executive committee was elected: 

 itnes Nicol, of Michigan, chairman; E. P. 

 ircher, of Florida; N. R. Peet, of New York; 

 E. Durst, of Illinois; H. W. JelTer.s, of New 

 rsey; J. S. Edwards, of California, ex-officio. 

 Arrangements for taking over the affairs of 

 11' North American Fruit Exchange were con- 

 iudcd. This organization conveys its entire 

 ..usincss to the Federated Fniit and Vegetable 



Iowers and agrees to discontinue as a sales and 



is now clear for the new grower-owned and 

 grower-controlled national sales agency for per- 

 ishables to begin sales service on Jan. 1, 1923. 

 A. R. Rule, formerly general manager of the 

 North American Fruit Exchange, is general 

 manager of the Federated Fruit and Vegetable 

 Growers, Inc. Headquarters will be in Chicago. 



U. S. Plant Quarantine 



SECRETARY of Agriculture Wallace has ap- 

 proved an amendment to regulation 7 of the 

 regulations under Quarantine 37, providing 

 for the freeing of imported plants from sand, soil, 

 or earth by "washing or other means." The 

 requirement hitherto has been that such plants 

 shall be thoroughly freed from earth by washing. 

 The condition of freedom from sand, soil, or 

 earth is, however, to be strictly maintained. The 

 amended regulation is as follows: — 

 Condition of Entry 

 " The importation of nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds from countries which maiintain 

 inspection will not be allowed unless the invoice 

 is accompanied by an original certificate, and 

 unless each container bears a copy of certificate 

 issued by a duly authorized official of the country 

 from which it is exported, stating that the nur- 

 sery stock and other plants and seeds covered by 

 the certificate have been thoroughly inspected 

 by him or under his direction at the time of 

 packing, and found, or believed to be, free from 

 injurious plant diseases and insect pests. 



"All nursery stock and other plants and seeds 

 offered for import must be free from sand, soil, 

 or earth, and all plant roots, rhizomes, tubers, 

 etc., must be freed by washing or other means 

 from such sand, soil, or earth, and must be so 

 certified by the duly authorized inspector of the 

 country of origin: Provided that sand, soil or 

 earth may be employed for the packing of bulbs 

 and corms when such sand, soil, or earth has 

 been sterilized or otherwise safeguarded in ac- 

 cordance with the methods prescribed by the 

 Federal Horticultural Board and is so certified 



by the duly authorized inspector of the country 

 of origin. The use of such sand, soil, or earth as 

 packing for plants other than bulbs and corras is 

 not authorized. 



" All packing materials employed in connection 

 with importations or nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds are subject to approval as to 

 such use by the Federal Horticultural Board. 

 Such packing material must not previously have 

 been used as packing or otherwise in connection 

 with living plants and except as provided in the 

 preceding paragraph for bulbs and corms must 

 be free from sand, soil, or earth, and must be 

 certified as meeting these conditions by the duly 

 authorized inspector of the country of origin. 



Nursery stock and other plants and seeds 

 from countries which do not maintain inspection 



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