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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1913 



Don't 



Worry! 



Gjnkey 



Will Cure 



Me 



Do not let your chick- 

 ens mope and die. 

 Send for catalogue, with 

 price list of Reliable 

 Poultry Remedies, and 

 prices of Eggs for hatch- 

 ing from different breeds 

 of Poultry, including 

 Turkeys, Ducks and 

 Geese. 



J. H. RUTHERFORD 



Box 62 



CALEDON EAST, ONTARIO 



snap, when compared with the far western 

 high-priced orchard land and still higher 

 cost of preparation and upkeep. 



It is not in apples alone that the Beaver 

 Valley excells. Plums, pears, cherries, 

 grapes, and many kinds of jfcaches, as 

 well as all varieties of the smaller fruits 

 succeed to peirfectiom. 



A few years ago at the Canadian Na- 

 tional Exhibition, I placed on the table in 

 one exhibit the most complete and inter- 

 esting display of plums ever made in On- 

 tario, or perhaps in the world : One hun- 

 dred and forty-nine differemt varieties, all 

 named. There were European plums, 

 American plums, and plums from far 

 Japan. Besides, I had about thirty others 

 which were either too early or too late for 

 the show. I only mention this to show 

 our possibilities. They all grew om my 

 farm adjoining the village of Clarksburg. 

 I have also fruited to perfection over fifty 

 varieties of pears, including the leading 

 kinds. There is no guesswork about this ; 

 everything has been tested amd proved by 

 years of experience. 



Situated as we are on the highway of 

 commerce, both east and west, over three 

 thousand miles nearer the great markets 

 of the world than our western competitors, 

 besides having all the natural advantages 

 possible, suirely we should be up and 

 doing. 



The orchards of the future are bound 

 to be large commercial undertakings car- 

 ried on either by individual effort or by 

 companies, mostly the latter, and in the 

 most scientific, business-like and up-to- 

 date method possible. They will not be 

 a side line like our old home orchards, 

 which must be considered a thing of the 

 past. The futuiie of the Georgian Bay 

 District will be just what we make it. 



Romance in an Apple Orchard 



L. H. Cutj, Huniltra, Ont. 



BEN DAVIS was an awful flirt. He 

 was a TALLMAN and handsome, a native 

 of SPIT2ENBUKG. HOLLAND. He be- 

 came hopelessly smitten on BELL- 

 FLOWER, who looked like a DUCHESS, 

 dressed beautifully in a RUSSET gown. 

 His attentions to her were so SWEET that 

 he made the MAIDEN BLUSH. 



Now she was engaged to another MANN. 

 Although he was a BALDWIN, he was 

 WEALTHY as a KING, and when he was 

 advised of this he SWAAR, and with rage 

 turned white as SNOW, and nearly took 

 an APPLE-eptic fit. 



He at once engaged a SPY, who soon 

 informed him that he need SEEK NO 

 FURTHER for her affections. He im- 

 mediately left ONTARiO ffcr a NEW- 

 TOWN down on the ST. LAWRENCE, 

 where he met a ROME BEAUTY, and 

 now he declares there are NONSUCH as 

 she. 



Items of Interest 



Barn-yard Manure, Bulletin 246, of The 

 Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Worcester, Ohio, deals with the production, 

 composition, conservation, re-enforcement 

 and value of barnyard manure. 



Bulletin 252, of the same station, deals 

 with the cultivation of early cabbage. 



Shipments of fruit from St. Catharines 

 have increased five hundred per cent, in 

 ten years. Where ten years ago the Grand 

 Trunk carried only ten cars of fruit, last 

 year they carried over five hundred cars. 

 This does not include shipments by express 

 and other railway lines and steamers. 



A Season Saved Is 

 One Year Gained 



We still have a stock of most 

 lines of fruits which we offer at 

 attractive prices. 



These trees have been dug and 

 carefully heeled in readiness for 

 immediate lifting and speedy 

 packing. 



Do not leave the orchard land empty. 

 This summer's growth will bring the 

 orchard one year nearer harvest, and 

 double the value of the land. 



THE AUBURN NURSERIES, Ltd. 



Head Office: 95 King St. E., TORONTO 

 Nurseries: QUEENSTON, SIMCOE, OAKVILLE 



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