February, 1914 



THE CANADIAN HOETICULTURIST 



39 



Our front cover illustration shows a 

 scene in the orchard of Mr. J. C. Harris, 

 of Injfersoll, Ontario. Mr. Harris controls 

 a number of orchards, in which he uses 

 six power sprayers of the type shown. 



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This is the Third Annual Sprayingf Num- 

 ber of The Canadian Horticulturist. We 

 have made an effort to fill it with informa- 

 tion by well-known authorities that will be 

 of practical value to our readers. We feel 

 sure that you will like it. Year by year 

 these special numbers have prown in popu- 

 lar favor. In this issue no less than four- 

 teen firms are advertising: spraying: ma- 

 chinerj', in which they believe our readers 

 should be interested. Thus our advertis- 

 inif, as well as our reading: columns, con- 

 tain much helpful information. We have 

 other reasons for being: pleased with this 

 issue, inasmuch as it exceeds all previous 

 issues of The Canadian Horticulturist, 

 both in the volume of advertising' carried 

 and in its paid circulation. No better evi- 

 dence of the popularity of a paper can be 

 furnished than the fact that both its sub- 

 scribers and advertisers continue their 

 support from year to year in an increas- 

 ing' measure. 



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Some of our readers who looked at the 

 circulation statement published on the edi- 

 torial pag:e in our January issue, which 

 showed an averag:e circulation during- €he 

 year 1913 of 12,002, _and at the statement 

 which appears in this issue revealing- an 

 averajfe circulation of 12,524, may be mys- 

 tified by the apparent contradiction. Both 

 statements are correct. The statement pub- 

 lished last month showed the averag-e cir- 

 culation last year of the first edition only 

 of The Canadian Horticulturist. La,st May, 

 as we announced at the time, we com- 

 menced the publication of a second edi- 

 tion of The Canadian Horticultiurist, 

 which is known as The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist and Be-ekeeper. The two papers 

 are practically one and the same, the se- 

 cond edition differing: from the first only 

 in its front cover and in a few pages of 

 reading matter. This month, therefore, 

 we decided to show the average circulation 

 for last year of both editions. This repre- 

 s<-nts an increase in average circulation 

 during 191.3 over 1912 of 1,500. This is the 

 largest increase we have ever show-n in one 

 year. Naturally we are pleased to be able 

 to report it. 



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The March issue of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist will contain some features of 

 special interest. The introductory article 

 will be by a British Columbia contributor. 

 It will expose the misleading statements 

 issued by land agents in regard to the 

 possible profits of fruit growing in that 

 province, and will! show what intending 

 purchasers of British Columbia fruit land 

 may reasonably expect to realize therefrom. 

 There will be a special article in the floral 

 department by Mr. H. J. Moore, of Queen 

 Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, and an in- 

 teresting, well illustrated description of a 

 beautiful London, Ontario, garden. A 



western contributor will have an illustrat- 

 ed article in the vegetabYe department. 

 The issue all through will be especially 

 helpful. Our readers will appreciate it. 

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Watch for our Spring Gardening and 

 Planting Number in .\pril. The front cover 

 '>f this issue will show one of the finest 



gardening scenes ever reproduced in The 

 Canadian Horticulturist. It will be the 

 best gardening number of the year. 

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Advertisers desiring space in the March 

 and April issues should make application 

 at as early a date as possible to ensure a 

 service which we may not be able to give 

 them if they are late in forwarding their 

 copy and instructions. 



SOCIETY NOTES 



Hamilton 



The Hamilton Horticultural Society has 

 elected for its president, Mr. J. W. Jones, 

 and for its secretary, Mrs. Ada L. Potts. 

 It w-as Mrs. Potts who delivered the in- 

 teresting address on "School Children and 

 Horticulture" at the recent annual con- 

 vention of the Ontario Horticultural As- 

 sociation. Two flower shows held by this 

 society last year were the most successful 

 ever conducted in the city. Several help- 

 ful lectures were also given during 1913. 



In tendering his resignation from the 

 office of secretary-treasurer, Mr. McCul- 

 loch presented to the society three hand- 

 some medals, neatly engraved, and said 

 that the medals might be given as prizes 

 in some of the competitions. Then, on be- 

 half of the society. President Jones gave 

 the retiring secretary-treasurer a medal 

 which has been in the possession of the 

 society since 1862. The medal, which is 

 engraved in curious figures, -was presented 

 to the Hamilton Society by the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Canada. 



Ottawa 



The Ottawa Horticultural Society has ar- 

 ranged a programme of meetings, which 

 promise to prove particularly helpful and 

 interesting. These meetings are schedul- 



ed for every two weeks during January, 

 February, March, and April. They will be 

 held in the Carnegie Library. Each ad- 

 dress will be accompanied with practical 

 demonstrations of how the points touched 

 on in the address should be carried out. 

 iJifl^erent varieties of flowers will be dealt 

 with at the different meetings. It is be- 

 lieved that better results will be obtained 

 by holdin'^- more meetings during the win- 

 ter months when by holding one meeting a 

 month and continuing the meetings dur- 

 ing the summer. Officers of societies 

 might write to Mr. J. F. Watson, 19 James 

 Street, Ottawa, for a copy of the programme 

 of these meetings. 



St. Catharines 



The St. Catharines Horticultural Society 

 is mow coming into its own. The Society, 

 which has a membership of seven hundred 

 and fifty, has really made St. Catharines 

 the beautiful city that it is. It has been 

 a large struggle to bring the society to its 

 present splendid standing but the result 

 is well worth the effort. 



The last Fruit and Flower Show- was 

 the most successful in the history of the 

 organization. The members feel much en- 

 couraged by the splendid support received 

 from the fruit growers of the district. 

 Special attention was paid to the children 

 who exhibited in classes for asters, ar- 

 rangement of flowers, the decoration of 

 dolls' carriages and small tables. 



It has been the policy of the Society to 

 distribute asters and sweet pea seed among 

 the children but last year the sweet peas 

 were dropped. Nearly six thousand glad- 

 ioli bulbs were sold to the youngsters at 

 five for four cents. For each gladiolus 

 bloom produced they receive from the So- 

 ciety four tulip bulbs. Increased interest 

 is being taken in the work carried on by 

 the Society at the public schools. The 

 young folks of St. Catharines are receiv- 

 ing a training that will count for much in 

 future years. 



Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Convention 



THE fiftieth anniversary meeting of this 

 association met at Kentville, January 

 20-23, and was marked by a record 

 attendance and deep interest in the 

 discussion of problems confronting the fruit 

 growers of the province. 



The opening meeting was held on Tues- 

 day evening and was addressed by the 

 Premier, Hon. P. H. Murray. The people 

 of Kentville also put on a splendid musi- 

 cal entertainment. Wednesday was devoted 

 chiefly to a discussion of the greatest ene- 

 my of the fruit growers of the province 

 the Black Spot or scab of the apple. 



Prof. Caesar, of Guelph, set the ball 

 rolling and didn't leave it until those pre- 

 sent knew all about its life history, condi- 

 tions of devcloijment and control. 



The ijrincipal points brought out in the 

 address will be published in The Canadian 

 Horticulturist. 



/ SPRAYING PAYS 



The experience of some of the best fruit 

 growers in the province was given. These 

 showed that thorough spraying pays a biir 

 dividend on the expense of application, 

 even in a year like this when many are in 

 doubt whether or not spraying is efficient. 



Mr. J. M. Robinson, of the Experiment 

 Station, Kentville, gave tabulated results 

 of spraying experiments in three orchards 

 in the Valley. In brief these experiments 

 showed that commercial lime sulphur gave 

 better results than the home boiled, that 

 lime sulfur is preferable to Bordeaux, and 

 that the difference between sprayed and un- 



sprayed fruit per acre gave a gain in favor 

 of the sprayed fruit of over one hundred 

 dollars an acre. 



A very able address on cooperation and 

 one which should be published all over the 

 Dominion, was given by A. E. Adams, of 

 the United Fruit Companies of Nova Scotia. 

 He went into history, and showed how co- 

 operative organizations had benefited such 

 countries as Denmark, England and Ger- 

 many, and then took up the work and aims 

 of the United Fruit Companies. This or- 

 ganization bids fair to become one of the 

 strongest factors in the progress of our 

 province industrially and agriculturally. Al- 

 ready, by scientific marketing and cutting 

 down expenses of shipping, thousands of 

 dollars had been saved to the farmers, and 

 not only had money been saved in the sell- 

 ing- but also in the buying of supplies. The 

 organization was becoming stronger every 

 day. 



APPLE APRIDS 



Prof. Brittain, of Nova Scotia Agricul- 

 tui-al College, gave an instructive talk on 

 the apple aphids and their control. He 

 recommended adding to the ordinary spray 

 mixture Black Leaf 40, a mixture prepara- 

 tion on the market, and spraying after the 

 young aphis have hatched out. Because we 

 are able to put Black Leaf 40 in with the 

 spray we use for scab, and so forth, it is, 

 therefore, better than the emulsions which 

 have to be sprayed by themselves. 



Dominion Entomologist Saunders told of 

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