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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



shall not lie delivered to the importer or con- 

 signe<- until they have been examined by an in- 

 spector of the department of agriculture and 

 found to be free from plant discas<-s and insect 

 pests, or, if infested, capable in the judRment of 



FOR SALE and WANT ADS 



Advcrtiwmenta in this drpartmeot inserted »t the 

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 group of figures counts as one word. Minimum 

 50 cents cash, strictly in advance. 



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SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS 



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i Hyacinths and Narcissus for early forcing as well 



.. h hulbs. (,)ur prices will be interesting and 



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 Po.*«t card for prices. H. Attridgc, Gladiolus Specialist, 

 Route 7, London. Ont, Winner of 15 first s.four seconds, 

 Ontario G la diolus S how, St. Thomas, 1922. 



FOR SALE— Cut hlu-rt bushes, larKc stock, get our price. 

 Gordon Ilerries. Nurseryman, Port IJurwfU, Ont. 



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\Vc would like to secure tin- 

 services of a few men or women 

 ill the fruit districts of Ontario, 

 Qucljco and Nova Scotia, to 

 take subscriptions for Tm; 

 C.\NADiAN Horticulturist in 

 their spare time, this fall and 

 winter. Previous experience uii- 

 necessar>-. Good commission 

 given. Only those who can 

 supply rcfcrent~es considered. 



Address, Circulation Manager. 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



PETERBORO 



ONTARIO 



tlic iMsju-i'ior ol lieuig ad<-(iu:itely safciiurirdcd iiv 

 disinfection. All importations under this para- 

 crapl'. must also comply with the disinfection re- 

 rpiirement of Regulation 'K Nursery stock and 

 other plants and seeds ins|)ected as provided 

 herein which are found to be carrying any plant 

 disease or insect pest, and which in the judgment 

 of the inspector can not be cleaned by disinfec- 

 tion or treatment, shall be refused entry. AH 

 charges incident to inspection and disinfection, 

 other than the services of the inspector, shall be 

 paid by the importer. 



" If a package of nursery stock and other plants 

 and .seeds offered for entry includes any pro- 

 hibited article, or if any of the plants have not 

 been freed from earth, the entire package may 

 be refused entry. 



" Each case, box, or other container or covering 

 of nursery stock and other plants and seeds 

 offered for entry shall Ijc plainly and correctly 

 marked to show th» nunilicr of the permit, the 

 general nature and quantity of the contents, 

 the district or locality and country where grown, 

 the name and address of the exporter, and the 

 name and address of the consignee." 

 Approved fay Nurserymen 

 This action was taken as a result of an in- 

 formal conference of the Federal Horticultural 

 Board, Oct. .1, with tin- advisory committee of 

 the American Association of Nurserymen. It 

 was represented by the conferees that the wash- 

 ing of the roots, particularly of certain classes of 

 plants, as performed abroad, was a source of 

 injury to importations and of considerable losses. 

 Many instances of such injury were presented. 

 On the other hand, it was brought out that this 

 injury was due not to the fact of washing, but 

 more often to the method of washing and more 

 particularly to the subsequent methods of pack- 

 ing and shipping. It was shown that such wash- 

 ing had been done in the case of certain countries 

 without any injury whatever to classes of plants 

 which were supposed to be most susceptible to 

 such injury. Nevertluless, the importers were 

 convinced that it would be more practicable to 

 permit the refusal of earth by shaking or other 

 means where such removal could be thus effec- 

 tively accomplished. .As a result of a full dis- 

 cussion of this subject, the board agreed to the 

 modification of the regulations now authorized. 

 This is a return substantially to the original 

 requirement under Plant Quarantine ,17 with re- 

 spect to imported plants. The specific require- 

 ment of washing was a later one necessitated by 

 the continuing increase of earth with plant im- 

 portations and the difficulty of setting up a 

 definite standard of cleanliness which would be 

 perfectly clear to the foreign shipper and deter- 

 minable by the inspector of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Hereafter all importations into the United 

 States must be hitherto as freed from sand, soil, 

 or earth, by washing or other means. In other 

 words, the condition of freedom from sand, soil, 

 or earth is to be strictly maintained. Any im- 

 portations not so cleaned will be refused entry. 

 The advisory committee of the American Associ- 

 tion of Nurserymen has given hearty agreement 

 to this action. 



New Style Cooling Plant 



APRECOOLING plant for fruits and vege- 

 tables, designed by experts of the United 

 States Department of .-Vgriculture, that 

 does not require the use of expensive refrigerat- 

 ing , machinery, has been built by the grape 

 growers at Dinuba, Calif. It is intended to 

 meet the needs of localities where the shipping 

 period extends over only a few weeks and where 

 mechanical refrigeration would not find other 

 ! profitable uses. In this plant, air is forced 

 through hoppers containing a mixture of ice and 

 salt into rooms holding thi fruit or vegetables. 

 It has been possible to reduce the temperature of 

 the cooling rooms from 12' to 15' below freezing. 

 As the work done depends upon melting ice, the 

 cost of the ice at the plant is the important 

 factor in the cost of precooling by this process. 

 Whili- in the insulated rooms the fruit and 



vej;el allies are ijro i,^!!! ci)wn trj tin- temperature 

 at which they are to lie maintained in the car 

 on the way to market. The cars are cooled with 

 ice, and this precooling takes much of the load 

 of temperature reduction on the ice in the car 

 and leaves it for use in maintaining the low 

 temperature. 



About Mice and Rabbits 



W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist 



WHILE the depredations from mice and 

 rabbits in winter vary from one year to 

 another. dei)ending on the scarcity or 

 abundance of food, the number of mice which 

 are in the vicinity and the character of the 

 winter, the injury is always greatest when the 

 orchard is in sod, and when there is rubbish 

 lying about; hence, the latter should be removed 

 before the winter sets in. In most cases it is not 

 necessary nor advisable to have the orchard in 

 sod. particularly when the trees are young, al- 

 though it is highly important to have a cover 

 crop, which also may sometimes become a 

 harbor for mice. As mice may be expected in 

 greater or less numbers every winter, young 

 trees should be regularly protected against their 

 ravages. 



Mice usually begin working on the ground 

 under the snow, and when they come to a tree 

 they will begin to gnaw it if it is not protected. 

 A small mound of soil from 8 to 12 inches in 

 height raised about the base of the tree will 

 often prevent their injuring the tree, and even 

 snow tramped about the tree has been quite 

 effective, but the cheapest and surest practice 

 is to wrap the tree with ordinary building paper, 

 the price of which is merely nominal. Tar paper 

 is also effectual, but trees have been injured by 

 using it, and it is well to guard against this when 

 building paper will do as well. After the paper is 

 wrapped around the tree and tied.a little earth 

 should be put about the lower end to prevent 

 the mice from beginning to work there, as if 

 they get a start the paper will not stand in their 

 way. It may be stated, however, that among 

 several thousand young trees which have been 

 wrapped with building paper for years at the 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa, there have been 

 practically no instances where the mice have 

 gnawed through the paper to get at the tree. 

 The use of a wire protector, or one made of tin 

 or galvanized iron, is economical in the end, as 

 they are durable. 



There are a number of washes and poisons re- 

 commended for the protection of fruit trees and 

 the destruction of the mice and rabbits, but none 

 of these is very satisfactory, as if the mice or 

 rabbits are numerous, the poison has not suffi- 

 cient effect upon them to prevent injury alto- 

 gether. The following method of poisoning has 

 been found fairly successful for mice, but 

 rabbits are very difficult to deal with. 



Make a mixture of one part by weight of 

 arsenic with three parts of com meal. Nail two 

 pieces of board each six feet long and six inches 

 wide together so as to make a trough. Invert 

 this near the trees to be protected and place 

 about a tablespoonful of the poison on a shingle 

 and put it near the middle of the run, renewing 

 the poison as often as is necessary. 



Royal Winter Fair 



THE prospects for a big fruit show at the 

 Royal .Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto. 

 Nov. 22 to 29, are excellent. All the fruit 

 growing provinces are expected to \>e repre- 

 sented. Included in the British Columbia dis- 

 plays, will be 1095 boxes of apples from the 

 British Columbia Growers. Ltd., and 1000 boxes 

 from the Okanagan United Growers, Ltd. The 

 New Brunswick Government has arranged for a , 

 display of the fruits of that province, and entries ; 

 from New Brunswick for competition also are ■ 

 expected. Nova Scotia and Quebec also may be 

 considered as likely to be on hand with displays 

 and competitive entries. 



As regards Ontario, the outlook for a lari;e 

 showing is good. The management received last i 



