ay, 1914 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



141 



'3nty-five feet wide, and each connected 

 i;h the main house by a glass portico. 

 [e main purposes to which these houses 

 il be put are as follows: 

 •'ive different kinds of benches are being 

 ► tailed which will be tested for relative 

 I fulness and desirability. On these and 

 [ the solid beds on the ground different 

 [thods of culture of flowers, vegetables, 

 i of some fruits will be tried, 

 rhe cross-breeding of flowers, fruits, and 

 Ifetables will be carried on during the 

 liter months and selections made from 

 ;sting varieties or strains. A specialty 

 (1 be made of the testing of florists' 

 lyelties and reporting on the same. Al- 

 jiugh tomatoes, radish, amd lettuce are 

 \ winter vegetable crops usually grown, 

 (has been found that other kinds of vege- 

 iiles succeed well when forced, and ex- 

 ■■'""nts will be tried with a variety of 



liments will he conducted in the 



of stiawberries, grapes, and other 



This winter several hundred pots 



wherries are being forced with the 



of learning which succeeds best. 



pots of fifteen varieties of European 



are beimg forced, it being believed 



:t there will be a growing demand for 



se grapes in Canada. Being in pots the 



as do not take up space permanently in 



HAND-MADE 



^RUiT Baskets 



The Best in the Market 



HEWSON & FARRELL 



GRIMSBY Box 536 ONTARIO 



=^LOWER POTS 



'Ht BEST MA"'- 



FO^TEPS 



Standard 



POT ' 



Large stock of all 

 sizes for the Spring 

 trade. 



Send us your order 

 NOW and receive 

 your supply before 

 the Spring rush. 



HE FOSTER POTTERY CO., Ltd. 



HAMILTON, ONT. 



Wilkinson ' pneumatic , 



KliGISThKED ENSILAGE 



♦ and STRAW CUTTERS 



Our Climax "A" mounted is the only suc- 



"ssf ul combination machine of this capacity 



II tlie market. It will cut and deliver green 



>vn into the highest silo, ordrystraw or hay 



to the mow. V.i' mouth, rolls raiseSinches 



Liul set close toknives,makinKSoUd compact 



:;lting surface. Requires less power than any 



<'ther of same capacity. No lost power. 



Direct pneumatic delivery, no worm gears or 



sp*!cial blower attachment. Knife wheel also 



uriesthe fans. No lodjjin^ on wheel arms. 



v'rything cut, wheel always m balance. Steel 



:m-case. Supplied with pi[)e enough to 



; 'uchany silo, also pipe rock, tools, etc. Ask 



-. < air dealer alx)ut thom and write for catalog. 



vVe also make a "H" machine unmounted. 



THE BATEMAN-WILKINSON CO. 



LIMITED ^ 468Campb.II 



Aveoae, 



Toronto, 



Ontario. 



V 



the houses, but can be moved about when 

 necessary. In England grapes are success- 

 fully forced in this way. A large number 

 of plants are needed for beCding on the 

 ornamental grounds at the Central Farm, 

 and the greenhouses will be utilized for 

 propagating these. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



For sale. Fine stocky, well-rootod plants. 

 Eleven tested varieties. Write for list and 

 pricea. 



S. H. RITTENHOUSE, JORDAN HARBOR. ONT. 



Experimental Cold Storage 

 Warehouse 



The experimental cold storage warehouse 

 for fruit which the Dominion Department 

 of Agriculture is erecting at Grimsby, Ont., 

 is now nearing completion. This ware- 

 house, which has beem erected' according 

 to the design of the Dairy and Cold Stor- 

 age Commissioner, Mr. J. A. Ruddick, is 

 intended to afford facilities for carrying on 

 experiments in the cold storage of different 

 varieties of fruit, and also in demonstrat- 

 ing the value of pre-cooling for long dis- 

 tance shipment. 



The totnl refrigerated space is about 

 fifty thousand cubic feet. There are four 

 rooms on the ground floor, each with a 

 capacity of fully two carloads of fruit. The 

 basement floor contains one large room 

 and a separate chamber for experimental 

 purposes. The warehouse is equipped with 

 what is known as Cooper's gravity brine 

 system, with special facilities for a quick 

 cooling in two or three chambers at a time. 



Some of the finest gardens in the 



world have been arranged 



by 



KELWAY & SON 



The R(yyal HortictiUurists 



Langport, Somerset, England 



FRUIT MACHINERY GO. 



INGERSOLL, ONT. 



Manufacturers of Fruit Sprayers 



and a complete line of 



Apple Evaporating Machinery 



Our complete POWER SYSTEMS for 



evaporating,when installed by our experienced 

 millwrights are the most practical, sanitary 

 and labor saving to be found anywhere. Our 

 prices and terms always reasonable. 



Write for Illustrated Catalogue 



International 

 Harvester 

 Haying 

 Machines 



TlelHCLine 



GRAIN AND HAY 

 MACHINES 

 Binders, Reapers 

 Moweri 



Rakes, Stackers 

 Hay Loaders 

 Hay Presses 



CORN MACHINES 

 Planters, 



Binders, Cultivators 

 Elnsilage Cutlers 

 Shelters, Shredders 



TILUGE 

 Combination, 

 Pes and Spring-Tooth, 

 and Disk Harrows 

 Cultivators 



GENERAL LINE 

 Oil and Gas Engines 

 Oil Tractors 

 Manure Spreaders 

 Cream Separators 

 Farm Wagons 

 Motor Trucks 

 Threshers 

 Grain Drills 

 Feed Grinders 

 Knife Grinders 

 Binder Twine 



VI T^HEN haying time comes you can- 

 ^^ not control weather conditions, 

 but you can make the best of them if you 

 use the rakes, tedders, stackers, loaders, 

 and sweep rakes sold by I H C local agents. 

 With a line of I H C haying tools in your 

 sheds you can come out of the least favor- 

 able weather conditions with the highest 

 percentage of bright, well cured hay. 



I H C haying tools are carried in stock or sold by 

 local agents who can take care of you quickly iu 

 case of -accident. It is tlieir business to see that you 

 are satisfied with the I H C haying machines and 

 tools you buy from them. You cannot go wrong 

 if you buy only haying tools with the I H C trade 

 mark. 



Write the nearest branch house and get the name 

 of the nearest agent handling I H C haying tools, 

 and catalogues on the machines in which you may 

 be interested. 



International Harvester Company of Canada, Ltd. 



BRANCH HOUSES 

 At Brandon, Cslgary, Edmonlon, Estevan, Hamilton, Lethhridge, London, Montreal, 

 M. Battlelord, Ottawa, Quebec, Regiu, Saskatoon, St. John, Winnipeg , Yorktoa 



