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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



ist with the application and all information 

 n-Karding it, will be placed before the next 

 mcetinK of the renistration committee which 

 will decide whether the variety shall be recorded. 



13 If the rcRistration Committee accepts 

 1 he application, all information concerning same 



liall be entered in numerical order in a special 

 hook which will be so arranged as to provide 



or recording: (a^ The genus of the plant, (b) 

 The indication of the variety, (c) Name given 

 to the new variety, (d) Name of the raiser,' and, 

 if necessary, of the sculler, (e) Address of the 

 declarer (f) Description, (g) Such other in- 

 formation as is deemed necessary 



14 All entries will be posted from the 

 recording book to other secondary books ac- 

 cording to the great divisions in horticulture, 

 and subdivided in categories so as to allow 

 nroper classification; for instance, the register 

 for arboriculture might be divided in categones 

 as follows- Fruit trees, ornamental trees, forest 

 trees rose trees, outdoor flowering trees, indoor 

 nlants The division, fruit trees, may then, for 

 example, be subdivided into: Apricot, apple, 

 cherry, peach, plum, etc. 



Publication of Records 



15 As soon as convenient, following the 

 recording, the secretary of the Council will send 

 to the horticultural papers for the first publica- 

 tion information as outlined in section 8 (a), (b), 



(c) and (d). *u r „ • 



16 If, in the course of six months following 

 the first publication of a name, it becomes known 

 to the registration committee that this name 

 was employed previously for a variety of the 

 same genus, and that this variety is still in ex- 

 istence in cuUivation or in collections, the raiser 

 xvill be invited to change the name, so as ^o avoid 



17 An endeavor will be made to have horti- 

 culturists who publish catalogues or lists that 

 include new plants, to mention during at least 

 the three years following the date on which the 

 plant has been put on the market the name of 

 the registrar of each new plant. 



Should a horticulturist publish lists of any new- 

 plants without mentioning the names of the rais- 

 ers the registration committee will advise him 

 that such a practice does not meet the approv- 

 al of the committee, If after due notice given as 

 above, a horticulturist still refuses to mention 

 the names of the raisers of new plants included 

 in his list, the coininittee will have power to de- 

 cline any further application from him. , 



18. The raisers will have the right to include, 

 in the conditions of sale of their new plants, the 

 obligation of mentioning their names when the 

 plants are included in catalogues — for a period 

 other than indicated in clause 17 above, or even 

 indefinitely. 



The raisers have the right to specify all the 

 conditions which they think ncessary to safe- 

 guard their interests, present and future, moral 

 and material. 



19. When a new plant is put on the market 

 by a person other than the raiser, it is the name 

 of the propagator which should be mentioned. 



Must Exhibit or Offer For Sale 



20. All the persons who have obtained 

 recording or registration of new plants will be 

 required to exhibit or show these plants at a 

 provincial exhibition, recognized by the Coun- 

 cil, within a period of two years from the date 

 of registration. Failing this the registration 

 will be cancelled. The new plants need not 

 be exhibited as mentioned above if they are 

 offered for sale within two years of the date of 

 registration. However, if the plants are not 

 offered for sale within six years of the date of 

 registration, this may be cancelled. 



The fees charged for registration which may 

 eventually be cancelled are not returnable. 

 The cancellation of a registration will only be 

 compulsory if it has been demanded by one or 

 several persons interested in the matter. 



21. The Council will make the final decision 

 in case of dispute between an applicant, appli- 

 cants or other parties and the registration 

 committee. 



22. In order to avoid duplication of names 



and to give international effect to recording 

 and registration, the committee will co-operate 

 with every known horticultural society or 

 agency. 



Province of Quebec 



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New Assessment Plan 



L. F. Burrows, Secretary, C. H. Council 



AT a meeting in Ottawa last month, the 

 directors gave consideration to the finan- 

 cial assessment as at present outlined in 

 article 4, section i, of the constitution, and 

 passed a resolution stating that in view of the 

 unforeseen development regarding the estab- 

 lishment of a plant registration bureau and the 

 favorable consideration of the Minister of 

 Agriculture towards the providing of office 

 accommodation and financial assistance, the 

 above article be amended so as to provide for 

 the following assessments: 

 Nova Scotia Fruit Growers, $100; United 



Fruit Companies, $300 $400 



New Brunswick Fruit Growers' Association 50 

 New Brunswick and P.E-I. Potato Growers, 



each 100 



Quebec Pomological and Fruit Growing So- 

 ciety 50 



Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, $100; 

 N.P.G.. Ltd., $400; Ontario Vegetable 



Growers' Association, S75 575 



Prairie Vegetable Growers 75 



B.C., Various Associations, $100; B.C.P.G. 



A., $100 200 



Package Manufacturers 500 



Florists and GaMeners 200 



Nurserymen 200 



Wholesale Dealers 500 



Canners and Jam Manufacturers . 500 



Horticultural Associations 200 



It is estimated that such an assessment will 

 meet the altered financial requirements of the 

 Council, and is low enough to admit the mem- 

 bership of the maximum number of horticultural 

 interests. 



A further resolution to the Council dealt with 

 the application of the Ontario Apple Shippers' 

 Association for membership in the Council. 

 It was recommended that the Ontario Apple 

 Shippers he granted representation in the 

 Council, and that the annual assessment be 

 fixed at $200. ' 



Medal for Horticulture 



IN October, Jas. E. Carter, of Guelph, Ont., 

 was generous enough to offer to donate the 

 sum of $100 annually to be used for the pur- 

 chase of a medal to be known as " The Cartel: 

 Medal," to be given to the person, who. in the 

 opinion of the Council, has done the most 

 valuable work for the advancement of horti- 

 culture in Canada, during the year ending 

 Dec. 31, pre-vious. 



The directors were most pleased to accept 

 Mr. Carter's generous donation, and a commit- 

 tee will be appointed immediately to bring in 

 a report at the next annual meeting of the 

 council, recommending the person to whom the 

 Carter Medal should be awarded for the year 

 1922. 



J. W. Crow, former professor of horticulture 

 at the O.A.C., has changed his address from 

 Guelph to Simcoe, Ont., where he plans to 

 undertake plant breeding as a commercial 

 venture. He did a lot of work during the 

 past summer on gladioli, and expects to make 

 that his leading line. He intends also to work 

 with irises, as they are becoming deservedly 

 popular and the new varieties are greatly 

 superior to the old standards. He expects to 

 undertake also the production of high class seed 

 of certain vegetable crops, and of farm crops as 

 well, especially grains. From his new address, 

 Mr. Crow will still be available as a lecturer 

 upon horticultural topics, as announced recent- 

 ly, and as judge of fruits, flowers and vege- 

 tables. He has a lecture prospectus which will 

 be gladly furnished on request. 



Horticulture at La Ferme 



AT the Dominion Experimental Station at 

 I,a Ferme in Northern Quebec, various 

 fruit and vegetable projects have been 

 conducted or are under way in accordance^ 

 with the limitations of climate and the possi- 

 bilities. The report of the superintendent, 

 Pascal Fortier, for the year 1921. recently issued, 

 states that the growth of apple trees in that 

 year was the best since planting in 1917, because 

 of no winter injury. In the words of the report, 

 "protection with straw of the foot of the trees 

 to delay premature circulation of sap in the 

 spring, and pinching of buds in late summer to 

 ripen the wood, probably explain why the 

 growth of the previous year was not destroyed." 

 Black, red and white currants had begun to 

 bear, but not in sufficient quantity to warrant 

 specific recording. Black currants were the 

 -most resistant to cold. Gooseberries do not 

 seem hardy at this station. 



Vegetable Experiments 



In the vegetable department, garden beans 

 suffered somewhat from frost, but not enough 

 to affect comparison, although yields were not 

 very high. In the variety tests. Refugee led 

 in yield per acre, with Extra Early Valentine 

 second and Bountiful Green Bush third. Valen- 

 tine was about 10 days longer in maturing than 

 the other two. In a cultural test with beans to 

 compare sowings of one variety at different 

 dates with sowings of early, medium and late 

 varieties on the same date, the results showed 

 it preferable to sow different varieties, which 

 gave a higher yield and pods of better quality. 

 Variety tests of broad beans resulted in Long 

 Pod Green, first, and Taylor's Windsor, .second, 

 leading all other varieties tested in yield per 

 acre by a large margin. Peas did not succeed 

 in 1921, owing to an early June drought. Re- 

 liance, Dandy, Stratagem and Pioneer stood at 

 the top in yields in order given. 



In beets, Crosby Egyptian, Eclipse and 

 Detroit Dark Red topped the list respectively. 

 Beets thinned to two inches, to three inches 

 and to four inches gave much the heaviest 

 yield from those thinned to two inches. In 

 carrots, Improved Nantes and Chantenay were 

 the best yielders. Carrots thinned to one and 

 a half inches, to two inches and to three inches 

 gave heaviest yields from the two-inch thinning. 

 Hollow Crown parsnips thinned to two inches, 

 to three inches and to four inches gave best 

 results from thinning to two inches. The 

 only variety of salsify (vegetable oyster) tested 

 was Long White and it yielded only fairly well. 



The best yielding radishes were Early Scarlet 

 Turnip and Icicle. In seven varieties of lettuce. 

 Improved Hanson and New York were the 

 leaders. In parsley. Triple Curled gave nearly 

 three times the yield of Moss Curled. Victoria 

 spinach gave a much heavier yield than New 

 Zealand spinach, but as these are not only 

 different varieties but different types of spinach, 

 and as they usually are grown at different seasons, 

 the comparison is of little value. 



Among 13 varieties of cabbage tested, Fottler's 

 Improved Brunswick and Flat Swedish stood at 

 the top and gave about two and a half times the 

 yield of such well known varieties as Jersey 

 Wakefield and Copenhagen Market. In cauli- 

 flowers. Early Snowball and Early Dwarf Erfurt 

 gave fair yields. In Brussels sprouts, Dalkeith 

 and Dwarf Gem were the leaders. 



Ordinary Sweet Com Too Late 



King of the Mammoth pumpkin gave a much 

 heavier yield than Large Connecticut Field and 

 Small Sugar. In squash. Green Hubbard gave 

 twice the yield of Delicious and two and a half 

 times the yield of Golden Hubbard. The 

 leaders in cucumbers were Improved Long 

 Green and Giant Pera. Out of 13 varieties of 

 com, including different types, Klflochman gave 

 the highest yield and proved one of the earliest. 



