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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 191.^ 



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For the Land's Sake use 



(nco. u s PAT. orF.) 



Bowker's Fertilizers 



They enrich the earth and those 

 who till it. Fertility plays such an im- 

 portant part in profitable farming that 

 no farmer ought to take chances with 

 his fertilizer. A reliable company and 

 a high grade brand mean full value for 

 the money, a full ration for the crop, 

 and a full return at harvest time. 



Bowker's Fertilizers are 



soluble, active, sure. They 

 are backed by forty years of 

 experience, the best materials, 

 the best facilities and prompt 

 service. Suitable for every 

 crop and adapted to every 

 pocketbook. 



We want Agents in unoc- 

 cupied territory. Write today 

 for prices and terms; this may 

 mean a good business for you 

 if you act at once. 



Write anyway for our 

 illustrated catalogue and 

 calendar before you buy your 

 spring fertilizer. We want you to know what we can do. 



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BOWKER ^o^'^i'^^N^ 



73 Lyman Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 



39 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass. 



Original and largest manufacturers of special fertilizers. 



Consider Now 



what it will cost and how much 



money you will save on your next 



season's fertilizer bill if you should buy your 



Nitrate of Soda 



and other Farm Chemicals and mix them yourself. 



Your own brand MIXED AT HOME will be better than any 

 patent brand and is sure to have in it just what you want. 



Book of formulas and full instructions for Home Mixing 

 will be sent 



FREE OF COST 



Dr. WILLIAM S. MYERS 



Director of Chilean Nitrate Propasanda 

 17 Madison Ave.. New York 



No Branch Office* 



is to be known as the Southern Okanagan 

 P'ruit Growers' Association. Last season 

 the majority shipped through the various 

 packing companies on a commission and 

 consignment basis. The capital stock of 

 the company will be one humdn'd thousai 

 dollars in shares of ome hundred doll, 

 each. No shareholders will be allowed ' ' 

 vote proxies, or to have more than oiic 

 vote, no matter how much stock they ni;iv 

 hold. 



In the vicinity of Cranbrook, the fruii 

 growers have ordered some fifty thousand 

 trees for planting this spring. An addi-' 

 tional twenty thousand trees have been or- 

 dered by the growers near Marysville .'ui 1 

 Wardner. In these sections cocnsideral 

 areas of land formerly held under le.. 

 have been opeined up for settlement ^ 

 extensive planting of fruit trees is expt 

 ed to result. . — ■ 



Lambton County 



During the last few years a great deal 

 has been heard about Lambton County as a 

 coming fruit-growing district of great im- 

 portance, but in order to realize its value 

 it is necessary to drive up and down its 

 concessions viewing the rich feitile plains 

 and noting the signs of increasing pro- 

 sperity. Only a few years ago stock rais- 

 ing was the great industry of Lamb' 

 County, and for .that purpose large tr:i 

 of land were set apart. This method ■<. 

 farming continued for many years, result- 

 ing in our farmers buying out one another, 

 until the country was thinly populated and 

 large herds of cattle, feeding upon luxur- 

 iant grass, were in many parts the only 

 signs of prosperity. 



During the last few years an awakening 

 has taken place. The people are finding 

 that in their rich, deep plains they have 

 the finest fruit producing land in Canada. 

 Individuals in various parts of the country 

 have proven it by their success in practical- 

 ly every department of fruit growing, 

 which has resulted in arousing great in- 

 terest in that line. Hundreds of acres of 

 orchards were planted last year and this, 

 and large areas already planted in past 

 seasons are unrivalled in beauty and pro- 

 duction. 



It may be a suri)rise for many readers of 

 The Canahian Horticulturist to know 

 that Lambton is destined to become a great 

 peach-producing district. Peach growing 

 is no experiment here, as they have been 

 grown successfully for over forty-five years 

 in a small way. Orchards varying in size 

 from one to ten acres had for many years 

 been supplying the home demand until the 

 curl leaf appeared among the orchards, and 

 not knowing how to overcome it, the fruit 

 growers became discouraged, and finally 

 through neglect and decay the peach orch- 

 ards passed off the scene, but with the 

 knowledge of how to overcome the "leaf 

 curl," planting has been resumed, and hun- 

 dreds of acres of peach orchards are being 

 planted with every assurance of success. In 

 fact, orchards here have for years been 

 annually producing thousands of baskets of 

 the finest peaches. 



Lambton is specially favored in its geo- 

 graphical position, as practically the whole 

 of the county is south of the famous Nia- 

 gara district, and, in addition to xnal, 

 Lake Huron, which lies to the north and 

 west of the county, wards off the frosts oi 

 spring and fall and moderates the cold of 

 winter. The advantage of this is seen in 

 the fact that the coldest days of the winter 

 of 1911 in the north of the county was not 

 below zero, and the year before three below. 



Lambton has some thirty-five thousand 

 acres of deep, rich sand and grand soil 

 specially suited for the growing of peaches, 



