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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1913 



Use Big Ben All Day Long 



BigBen not only gets you up on 

 time every morning, but he seriJes 

 tlie whole family all day long as a 

 reliable clock to tell the right time by. 



He's really two good clocks in one 

 — a crackerjack of a time-keeper — a 

 crackerjack of an alarm. 



He can ring you up in the morn- 

 ing just when you want and either 

 way you want — five straight minutes 

 or every other half minute for all of 

 ten minutes. 



If you're a light sleeper, turn on 

 the half minute taps before you go 

 to bed. If you sleep heavily, set the 

 five-minute call and you can slumber 

 then without the get-up worry on 

 your mind. 



Then when you're up and doing, 



carry Big Ben downstairs into the 

 living room so that tlie whole family 

 cau use him to tell the right time by. 

 He stands seven inches tall and his 

 great big open face can be seen dis- 

 tinctly across the largest room. 



Big Ben is triple nickel-plated and 

 wears an inner vest of steel that in- 

 sures him for life. His big, bold fig- 

 ures and hands are easy to read in 

 the dim morning light. His large, 

 comfortable keys almost wind them- 

 selves. He rings five minutes steadi- 

 ly or ten intermittently. If he is 

 oiled every other year, there is no 

 telling how long he will last. 



He is sold by 6.000 Canadian dealers. His 

 price is SJ. 00 anywhere. If you can't lind him at 

 your dealer's, a money order mailed to his desig- 

 ners, H^'rsuhx, La SatU. IWri'-ii. will send him 

 anywhere you say. express charges prepaid. 



A — oouKing Xiuik 

 li— Hot Water Tajik 

 i^ — Firo Box 

 D— Ash Pan 



E— Smoke 



Make Your OAvn Spray 



Home Boiled Lime Sulphur is being used in increasing quan- 

 tities by leading fruit powers and fruit growers' afisociationa. 

 They find that by making their oivn epray they can effect a con- 

 siderable money saving, and at the same time produce a pre- 

 paration that will do the work thoroughly. 



It la an eaay matter to make home boiled lime sulphur. The 

 chief essential Is a proper spray cooker. We manufacture two 

 kinds of cookers, one with a single lank, and one with a double 

 tank. (See illustration.) They are designed especially for this 

 purpose, and will give the greatest efBciency with the greatest 

 saving of fuel. They can he used for either wood or soft coal- 

 The tanks are made of heavily galvanized steel, thoroughly rivetted and 

 soldered. Will not leak. They are built to give satisfaction, and are 

 guaranteed. Made in flye sizes, capacity JO to 75 gals. Prices and full par- 

 ticulars on application. Get your outfit now. Write us to-day. 



Send for pamphlet illustrating the finest pruning saw on the market. 



[STEEL TROUGH AND MACHINE CO., Ltd., TWEED, Ont. 



Cronk's Pruning Shears 



To introduce a high-grade pruning shear at a 

 very low price, we are now offering direct, pro- 

 vided your dealer does not have them, our 25- 

 inch No. 09% guaranteed pruner at $1.25 per 

 pair, via parcel post, prepaid; cash with ordeir. 

 CRONK & CARRIER .MFG. CO., ELMIRA, N, Y. 



Where do We Stand in Apple 

 Industry ? 



P. J. Cuty, DsminioD Frnit lotpcctor 



After a season such as the past year 

 has been, many people are askinj? the 

 qutstion, where do we stand in the apple 

 business ? Have we overdone the industry ? 

 Is it advisable to plamt out more apple 

 trees? To these questioms I make answer 

 that it is advisable to plant still more 

 trees, but these must be only of desirable 

 varieties. We must cut out the undesir- 

 ables. We must g-ive the people what 

 they are asking for — the varieties they 

 want. 



In the West, a'nd in our larger cities 

 even here in the East, we are up against 

 competition from Americam apples such as 

 the Roan Beauty, which are even now re- 

 tailing in Toronto at five cents apiece. 

 They are not up to much in quality but 

 they have a most attractive appearance. 

 They are clean apples, perfectly formed, 

 and attractively packed. 



The bad state oif the markets this past 

 year put a great many irresponsible buyers 

 out of business. The money from abroad 

 usually advanced to them was withdrawn. 

 Only the reputable buyers and the co- 

 operative associations were left, and thus 

 there were not enough buyers to go 

 around, and many apples of n-ecessity went 

 begging for buyers, realized a very low 

 price, and in some cases even rotted in 

 the orchards. 



The key to the whole situation is to 

 produce good fruit, properly care for it, 

 properly pack it, and market it where the 

 people want it. Our Ontario and Eastern 

 apples cared for and packed as they should 

 be. have Western apples beat to a frazzle. 

 We have got to raise better apples and 

 larger apples having abundance of high 

 color. There is a good thing in apples 

 yet — in fact, they are the best thing yet 

 on the farm — but it all depends on how 

 you treat your orchards. "Eternal vigil- 

 ance in orcharding is the price of suc- 

 cess." 



Experience with Con\n\ercial 

 Fertilizer 



J. W. Clark, Brut Go., Oit. 



I have been using commercial fertilizer 

 ifor 15 years and fully appreciate its value. 

 I value it especially for fruit and vege- 

 tables. Before one can use commercial 

 fertilizer to best advantage, however, he 

 must thoroughly understand the needs of 

 the plants to which he is applying fer- 

 tilizer, and he must also have a good 

 knowledge of the deficiency in his own 

 soil. Otherwise, how can he decide what 

 fertilizers are needed? 



Experimental experience is the only way 

 in which this knowledge can be gained. 

 From my own experience in orchard work, 

 I have found that mature trees show best 

 results when treated with acid phosphate 

 and muriate of potash, about 200 lbs. to 

 the acre. I prefer finely ground bone as 

 a source of supply for aci-d phosphate. 

 This bone is not in a very available con- 

 dition, and it must be applied as early in 

 the spring as possible. 



In addition to this, 1 have been using 



laTe Strawberry Plants 



Parsons and Williams Varieties, also 

 Cuthbertson Raspberry plants 



D. SULEY, Successor to W. E. Fitch 

 Niagau-a Falls South, Ont. 



