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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September. 19K^ 



Twenty Different Fertilizers 



There are 20 different Harab Fertilizers— each one the best for its 

 particular purpose. Our Free Guide Book indicates the correct fertilizers 

 for cereals, potatoes, berries, orchards, beans, sugar beets, tobacco, corn, 



radishes, lettuce, hot house 

 vegetables, flowers, lawns, 

 grape vines, etc. , etc. Be 

 sure and write for a copy of 

 this book. Using the correct 

 fertilizer means growing the 

 largest crop, making the most 

 profit. 



The Harris Abattoir Co., Ltd. 



TOBONTO 



ara 



Never 

 balks 



"While I hear of other* in my viciiiity who experience difficulty 

 in starting engines manufactured by other companies, I must say 

 that my Fwrbanks-Morse engine purchased • year ago has never 

 given me the least trouble." — Wm. G. Towriss, Athena, Ont 



Farm Ervgines 



are built tor farm use. Their construction makes them adaptable 

 for practically every class of heavy work met with on the average 

 farm, whether it is sowing, hoisting, grinding, threshing, pumping, 

 pulling stumps, cutting ensilage, or any of the other innumerable 

 tasks that the ingenious Canadian farmer can devise. 

 Because of their special fitness for farm work, Fairbanks-Morse 

 Farm Engines are thoroughly dependable at all times and under 

 the most exacting conditions. There are more than 1 1 5,000 in 

 use today. Any size from 1 to 200 h.p. Vertical or horizontal, 

 portable or stationary. 

 Equipped with Bosch mag- 

 netos and made to run on 

 gasoline, kerosene or low 

 grade distillate, the cost of 

 the last being less than one- 

 fourth that of gcuoline. 



The Canadian 

 Fairbanks-Morse Co. 



Uaited 



Montreal 



Send for this 

 booklet — 

 "49 Uses for a 

 Farm Engine." 

 It is full of 

 vaiuable infor- 

 mation/or the 

 Jarmer, and is 

 free. Fill in 

 the coupon 

 and mail now. 



N'orthern Railway considerable reduction 

 in rates on shipments to Canadian point 

 Thils^ nneans that the British Columt) 

 growers will mot benefit to as great an < 

 tent as was hoped by the reduction 

 Canadian Pacific Railway rates as far : 

 competition with the Wenatchee growers i 

 concerned. 



Of the forty-seven thousand dollars whi' 

 has this year been granted to the Provi 

 cial Department of Agriculture by the F( i 

 oral Government, the fruit industry wil 

 benefit directly to the extent of five thou 

 sand dollars. This is to be spent for '! 

 rnonstration work and for winter sh' 

 courses with Farmers' Institutes thouj.; 

 out the province. In addition, fruit grow 

 will receive a share of the seven thousai 

 five hundred dollars which is to be dev 

 od to the up keep of instructors and i' 

 spectors along the various lines of ag; 

 cultural instruction and education. Twent> 

 five hundred dollars has been set aside foi 

 the publishing of bulletins and circulars. 



For the benefit of English girls who 

 desire experience in -local methods of 

 farming and marketing, the Colonial 1- 

 telligence League has established an < 

 ppiHment station at Vernon. Fifteen acr 

 of land on the Coldstream Ranch ha 

 been purchased and are being laid out 1'.: 

 this purpose. It is proposed to send out 

 each year eight or ten women from thi 

 Old Country who have already had expei 

 once and training to act as instructor- 

 It is proposed to get the institution on a 

 paying basis as soon as possible. Mixo ! 

 farming, fruit growing, market gardenii 

 and poultry keeping will be gone in f<^ 

 and the products marketed to best a<i 

 vantage. 



Nova Scotia 



Conditions have greatly changed as re- 

 gards the apple crop in the Annapolis Val- 

 ley during the last month, and prospei 

 that looked very rosy in blossom time ha\ 

 now a much paler shade. Unsprayed or- 

 chards, and orchards lacking in vigor did 

 not set a large proportion of fruit; but 

 where full attention was given the set was 

 good an.-l at first gave promise of a full 

 crop. This promise in the light of later 

 events was not entirely carried out. The 

 June drop was unusually heavy, due 

 no doubt, to the cold weather in blooming 

 time. Black spot, both on the leaves and 

 fruit is the worst in the history of the 

 Valley. 



As usual Gravensteins seem to suffer the 

 worst, and are a light crop of poor quali- 

 ty. Ribstons. Nonpareils, Kings and Green-' 

 ings are fair, with Blenheims and Falla- . 

 waters almost a full crop, and Baldwins 

 good where thev did not bear last year. 

 .About three-quarters of last year's crop, 

 and of no better quality, would probablv 

 sum up the situation. 



Tulips For Design 

 Bedding 



Artus, red : Chrysolora, yellow ; La 

 Reine, white : Cottage Maid, pink : the 

 four finest bedding Tulips grown. Bulbs 

 first size and choicest quality. Price 

 $1.15 per hundred by express. This is 

 a snap. 



Quantity limited, so order early. 



C. Mortimer Bezzo, imports Berlin, Ont. 



