January, 1913 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



23 



King and Russet should be eliminated. In 

 peaches, Wm. Armstrong, Queenston, ad- 

 vised St. John, New Prolific, Fitzgerald, 

 Elberta. In pears, M. C. Smith, Burling- 

 tom, recommended Bartlett, Kieffer, Duch- 

 ess, Anjou, Box and Clapp. For plums, 

 W. R. Dewar, Fruitland, mentioned Bur- 

 bank, Bradshaw, Riene Claude, Lombard, 

 Monarch and Shropshire Damson. In 

 grapes, F. G. Stewart, Homer, recommend- 

 ed Concord, Worden, Niagara, Moore's 

 Early, Vergennes, Agawam. For straw- 

 berries, Mr. W. T. Macoun, Dominion Hor- 

 ticulturist, Ottawa, recommended Beder- 

 wood. Splendid, VVarfield, Senator Dunlap, 

 Sample, Buster and Parson's Beauty. 



In speaking on "Cultural Methods," 

 Prof. J. P. Stewart averaged the results of 

 one experiment as follows : Apple orchards 

 in sod, 190.2 bushels an acre; mulched, 

 266.4 bushels; treated with phosphates and 

 potash, 277.6 bushels; with cover crop, 

 312.9 bushels; nitrogen and potash, 542 

 bushels; barnyard manure, 637 bushsls. 

 In a second experiment barnyard man- 

 ure was added in all cases Where 

 a cover crop was sown the yield was 109 

 bushels an acre; with clean tillage, 145.1 

 bushels ; mulching, 126 bushels, and where 

 the manure was applied directly on the sod, 

 1.37.1 bushels an acre. Commercial fertil- 

 izers were applied on another four plots. 

 In this experiment the yield on sod was 

 115.9 bushels; with cover crops, 127.6 

 bushels; mulching, 129.3 bushels; and 

 with clean tillage, 133.4 bushels. 



FEAOH DISEASES 



On the final morning of the convention, 

 Prof. L. Caesar reported on his investiga- < 

 tion on Little Peach and Peach Yellows. 

 This address will be dealt with more fully 

 in a future issue. 



The list of resolutions approved of was 

 an unusually small one : The committee on 

 resolutions expressed approval of the action 

 of the Provincial Minister of Agriculture 

 in appointing an Ontario Fruit Commis- 

 sioner in the west ; expressed appreciation 

 of the work of Prof. Caesar; the Dominion 

 Minister of Agriculture was thanked for 

 increasinn- the number of fruit inspectors; 

 the Provincial Department of Agriculture 

 was asked to take over the appointment and 

 payment of inspectors of insect and fungus 

 pests, this being now in the hands of local 

 municipalities; appreciation was expressed 

 of the work of Transport Officer Mcintosh, 

 and it was suggested that his work be made 

 to cover the promotion of cooperation as 

 well. A cordial vote of thanks to Prof. 

 Stewart was added. 



DIRECTORS 



The following were elected directors : 

 R. B. Whyte, Ottawa ; C. W. Beaven, 

 Prescott; VV. H. Dempsey, Trenton; Wm. 

 Stainton, Oshawa ; W. J. Bragg, Bowman- 

 ville; H. T. Foster. Burlington; J.W. 

 Smith, Winona; R. Thompson, St. Cath- 

 arines ; Jos. Gilbertson, Simcoe ; D. John- 

 son, Forest; R. R. Sloan. Porter's Hill; 

 F. M. Lewis, Burford; W. J. Saunders, 

 East Linton. 



The; twenty-third annual meeting of the 

 British Columbia Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Victoria, January 6th, 

 7th, and 8th. The association will have a 

 year of good progress to report. The 

 membership will reach nearly eight hun- 

 dred, and there are sixteen affiliated asso- 

 ciations, these being all the fruit growers' 

 associations of the province. 



I find The Canadian Horticulturist ever 

 growing better. Its columns are continu- 

 ally full of useful information. — J. L. 

 Mitchener, Vankleek Hill, Ont. 



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