April, 1913 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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know that it is to their own best interests 

 to do so. There are orchards here twenty- 

 five to thirty years old that have never 

 borne a wormy apple, and every efFort will 

 be used to extend this effort. If this pest 

 is not eradicated thoroug:hly and promptly 

 ,ill Okanagan valley will be doomed to sum- 

 mer spraying annually, in order to- raise 

 wormless apples. This at least has been 

 the result elsewhere. The great fruit val- 

 leys of Washington and Oregon are now 

 spraying regularly to keep down the per- 

 centage of wormy fruit. We purpose hav- 

 ing Okanagan continue to be the valley of 

 wormless apples. 



Some of our growers may doubt the wis- 

 dom of making this crisis public. The 

 Government, however, cam never supervise 

 every apple tree. It is necessary that the 

 .growers themselves be broadly awake, and 

 do everything they can to help. There is 

 little use locking the door after the horse is 

 stolen. What would the State of California 

 have saved had pear blight when it appear- 

 ed in San Joaquin vallei; been promptly 

 grappled with and exterminated ? What 

 would southwestern Ontario have been to 

 the good had the real gravity of the situ- 

 ation been realized when San Jose scale was 

 first noticed three years ago, and had they 

 faced the situation as Pres. Parker, of the 

 Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association 

 says in the January Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist, the growers of the Annapolis valley are 

 facing the infection of San Jose scale that 

 threatens them ? It mav be of interest at 

 this time to recall that San Jose scale once 

 was present in the Okanagan valley ; at 

 Kelowna. Prompt action of the provincial 

 government and the owner of the infected 

 orchard eradicated the scale, and Kelowna 

 and the whole valley has since enjoyed 

 vears of immunity May it be so with cod- 

 ling moth ! 



I like The Canadian Horticulturist very 

 much, especially the notes and articles on 

 perennials and flower gardens. — Annie M. 

 Thompson, Queensboro, Ont. 



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