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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



January, 1914 



NEW AKD RARE SEEDS 



L'nluiie collection. Iluidrcdtof varrcticn adap- 

 ted for the Canadian climate. Perennial and 

 perfectly hardy. Own saving. Catalog free. 



Perry's Hardy Plant Farm 



ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX, ENG. 



Roses Roses 



Irish, Dutch and American. Hybrid Perpetual 

 Hybrid Teas and Climbing. Strong 2 year 

 field-grown bushes that will bloom the first 

 year— none better, none cheaper. 



AI,KO 



Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Perennials 



Get Cataloiiue 



A. W. GRAHAM 



St. Thomas - Ontario 



Make your garden a blaze oT glorious 



colour from Early Spring to late 



Autumn. Learn how, from 



KELWAY & SON 



The A'oyal ffortuttllurists 



Lantfport, Somerset, Cntfland 



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GREENHOUSES 



We Design and M.-inufaclurc 



Iron Franve, Pipe Frame and All Wood 



We Use Only The Best 



All Heart Red Gulf Cypress Woodwork 



We Also Supply 



Ventilatinii Machinery, Bench Material and 



all kinds of Greenhouse Hardware 



PARKES CONSTRUCTION CO. 



167» KING ST. E. - HAMILTON, ONT. 



130-Egg incubator and Brooder F.? $13,90 



If ordered together we send both machines for only $13.90 and we fRCIGHT 

 pay all freight and duty charges to any R. R. station in Canada. fl/VD DUTY 

 We have branch warehouses inWinnipeg, Man, and Toronto.Ont. PAIO 



Orders shipped from nearest w^arehouse to your R. R. station. 

 _ Hot water, double walls, dead-air space between. d(mble glass 

 /■ 11 \ doors, copper tanks and boilers, self-regulating. Nursery undt-r 

 ' CKK tray. Especially adapted to Canadian climate. Incubator and Brood-r 

 shipped complete with thermometers, lamps, egn testers — ready to use when you get them. Five 

 year Kuarantee — 30 days trial. Incubators finished in natural colors showing the hi^h grade Cali- 

 fornia Redwood lumber used — not painted to cover inferior material. If you will compare our] 

 mai'hincs with others, we feel sure of your order. Don't buy until yon do this — you'll savemoneyEU^ 

 — it pays to investigate before you buy. Remember our price of fil3.90 is for both Incubator and »^ 

 Brooder and covers freight and duty charges. Send for FREK catalog today, or send in your onicr and save time. 



^tedllkt'' WISCONSIN INCUBATOR CO.> Box3!6 , Racine, Wis., U. S. A. 



Progressive Jones, Says: 



"Good for Your SOIL and 

 Your CROPS" 



Your soil will receive the proper plant foods to stimulate your crops 

 and the land will also be nourished if you use 



Harab 



FERTlHgJ 



There are other fertilizers which, while they force your crops the first 

 year, impoverish \our land and eventually put it in such condition as to 

 ije almost worthless. Do not run any risks of this kind. Consider results 

 mot only for this year but for many to come. 



Harab Fertilizers are true plant foods. They are fiood for both I.md and 

 crop. 



B(* well advised and write to The Harris .\bbatoir Co. for a copy of their 

 Fertilizer Booklet. That's the first step in the right direction. 





The Harris Abattoir Co. 



Limited 



Toronto, Canada 



mamy instances for young: orchards. It 

 claimed that ol<'ain cultivation /h-ts the re- 

 sult of permitting the disappearance ^f 

 humus and thus the soil fertility decreases 

 and the tree foliage turns yellow, tli» •.ree''« 

 fruitfulness naturally becomin^f les.,. In 

 the V'akima and Wenatchec districts the 

 growers have adoptid the plan u( xrowinj? 

 alfalfa between the row.' and have foutid 

 that where this policy was in force ' r 

 some years orchard production was thcrei 

 greatly increased 



In Hood River dover is grown in the 

 orchards with similar results and the 

 deep concern of the grower over this pro- 

 blem of keeping the fertility of the orchard 

 soil is giving pJace to confidence. In the 

 younger districts im Southern Oregon and 

 .SiM)kane the soil fertility problem as in 

 British Columbia is not yet so acute. It has 

 been found in Hood River that whereas for- 

 merly forty thousand doll, rs wo'th of hay 

 was imported every year, now there is no 

 importation of ha\ whatever, the green 

 crops in the orchards being sufficient for 

 hay purposes. This method ha,s resulted 

 i.n a lower cost of cultiv.ition although more 

 irrigation water has been retiuired. It is 

 considered that a good deal of experimental 

 work will be necessary before it is decided 

 absolutely how far the s\-stem of growing 

 alfalfa or clover between the rows of trees 

 may be followed out in British Columbia; 



(Generally speaking, wages are from twen- 

 ty to thirty per cent, below those paid in 

 the fruit districts of British Columbia, 

 while the cost of materials, such as boxes, 

 |5aper, o'chard etjuipment and so forth, was 

 from thirty to fo.rty per ce^t. lower. Taxes 

 were on the whole higher. The cost of 

 fruit production generally, would seem to 

 be about thirty per cent, lower than in Brit- 

 ish Columbia. This fact would lead to the 

 conclusion, it is thought, that more general 

 study will have to be given in this province 

 to reducing the cost of growing, packing 

 and marketing. 



One difficulty now facing the fruit men 

 of British Columbia lies in the fact that the 

 .American growers market their best ap- 

 ples, caled "extra fancy," and "fancy," in 

 the high-priced city markets at a figure 

 about twice as high as that obtained for 

 the third grade apples, described as 

 "choice." These "choice" apples are sold 

 at little above cost, the profit being made 

 on the others ; mevertheless the third 

 .grades are good apples, forming between 

 ten and forty jx-r cent, of the crop. Thev 

 are in demand on the Canadian prairi. 

 w^here an extra fancy apple is not desired 



In British Columbia the growers have no 

 large cities im which to seU their finest ap- 

 ples, and the prairies do not seem to de- 

 sire to pay the extra price for the British 

 Columbia "fancy" and "number ones, "con- 

 sequently, in many cases the British Colum- 

 bia growers have to put them on to the 

 prairie markets at prices low enough to 

 compete with the .Vmerican "choice." The 

 duty on apples is only thirteen cents a box, 

 which is not enough to cover the margin of 

 difference. Were the British Columbia 

 growers to find a market willing to absorb 

 the high-priced fruit it could meet the Amer- 

 ican competition and make money in the 

 same way as followed across the line. 



Kn effort is mow being undertaken here 

 to develop a market in Australia where, it 

 is pointed out, there is a demand- for the 

 very cheapest apples, but then the advan- 

 tage of any duty on .American apples is 

 lost. 



.Some attention was paid by the secretary 

 of the B. C. Fruit Growers' Association to 

 the qeustion of fruit marketing. It was 



