June, 1914 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



16-J 



Death of Linus Woolverton 



Linus Woolverton, M.A., passed away 

 on May 7. As readers of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist are well aware, the late Mr. 

 Woolverton was one of the best posted 

 and most prominent fruit growers in Can- 

 ada. He was born in Grimsby, sixty-eight 

 y«ars afio, on the farm where he died, and 

 where the first peach orchard in Canada 

 was planted by his late father, Charles 

 Woolverton. 



Mr. Woolverton had spent practically his 

 whole life in the fruit business, and his 

 works on different subjects and phases of 

 the business were widely sold and read . 

 He was the author of "Fruits of Ontario," 

 "The Apple Growers' Guide," and a num- 

 ber of other works. He edited The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist, and was secretary of 

 the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association 

 from 1886 to 1903, Inspector of the Ontario 

 Fruit E.xperimental Association and secre- 



: \- of the Board of Control from 1896 to 



'i. In 1893 he was judge in pomology 

 •uul Superintendent of Horticulture for the 

 Dominion of Cainada at the world's Fair 

 '■■ Chicago. Besides the foregoing' he 



! many other important positions in 

 fruit associations and branches, and 

 u.is a man whose opinion was always re- 

 spected on any subject regarding fruit. 



-Abbut two years ago he suffered from a 



sli«ht stroke, and was ill for some time. 



morning of the day he died be went 



Ail town as usual, but became unwell, 



.111(1 returned home at noon. .Arriving there 



hr became very ill, and passed away about 



o'clock. He leaves a wife, one son, 



lies Ernst of Grimsby, and one daugh- 



iri. Mrs. (Rev.) Mode of Chicago. 



Potato Diseases 



There has beem issued by the Department 

 of Agriculture at Ottawa a well executed 

 folder, Farmers' Circular No. 4, entitled 

 "Potato Diseases Transmitted by the Use 

 of Unsound Tubers," showing in natural 

 colors, representations of specimens of dis- 

 eased potatoes. Diseases and other blem- 

 ishes represented are potato canker, powdery 

 scab, hollow potato, internal brown streak, 

 little potato disease, dry rot, wet rot, com- 

 mon potato scab, and stem and rot. Special 

 reference is made to potato canker and 

 powdery scab, the latter of which occurs 

 already in Canada and should be carefully 

 avoided. 



The folder points out that, under the 

 Destructive Insect and Pest Act of Canad.i 

 any person using for seed potatoes infect- 

 ed by potato canker or powdery scab is 

 liable to i)rosecution. Potato growers who 

 Dect the presence of either of the latter 

 .ises are requested to send specimens 

 " ihe Dominion Botanist, Central Experi- 

 '11' ntal Farm, Ottawa. This folder, pre- 

 ' 'd by Mr. H. T. Gussow, Dominion 

 mist, will be sent free to those who 

 ly for it to the Publications Branch of 

 Department of .'Vgriculture at Ottawa. 



Fruit Prospects 



In Nova Scotia fruit trees have oomc 

 through the winter in good condition, with 

 no apparent injury to either buds or 

 branches. The prospects are that an ex- 

 cellent apple crop will be harvestejd, inas- 

 much as the trees are well set with blos- 

 som buds. It has been reported that the 

 conditions during last winter and this 

 ig coincide almost exactly with those 



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