e, 1914 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



167 



Peach Crop Injured 



The reix)rts, as published in The Cana- 

 In Horticulturist and elsewhere, that the 

 II ch crop of the Niagara District had been 

 .iously injured by the cold weather last 

 ,-iter led Dominion Fruit Commissioner 

 ; Johnson to send a representative to the 

 (igara District to iinvestig'ate conditions, 

 iwas found that throughout the Niagara 

 ;itrict the situation is a serious one. It 

 ^safe to predict that the crop of com- 

 ■rcial peaches will be the lightest that 

 ; been harvested in twenty-five years, 

 •"■ollovving mild weather during Decem- 

 i- and the earlier part of January, the 

 Operature dropped on January 13 and 14 

 (between nine and eighteen degrees be- 

 l zero, depending on the location, and 

 (5 followed one month later by a similar 

 >d period. The January frost was the 

 lise of most of the injury, since a num- 

 f- of the buds had swollen during the 

 i'^ six weeks. The cold spell ii 

 ry also did damage. Throughout 

 1 .Niagara peninsula the peach buds were 

 j'atly injured. 



.n some orchards not a live bud could be 

 ind, and where there were any live buds 

 (y were on trees of no commercial value, 

 itrees which had been protected to some 

 'ent from frost by proximity to water, 

 i^ng the shores of Lake Ontario, between 

 'inna and Jordan, there was a scattering 

 ., on Triumphs and Longhursts. At 

 :.; -ton on the Niagara River,a few buds 

 re found on Dnglo's Mammoth and 

 Eumph. In several orchards live buds 

 1 white flesh sorts were found, usually 

 I the upper branches, and never more 

 In a dozen on a tree. There is no sec- 

 |,i in which the injury was not great, 

 ire good buds were seen at Queenston 

 |iD at any other point in the peninsula, 

 ;1 even there the number was so small 

 H the amount of fruit produced will 

 I essarily be very slight, 

 "here are certain features that are wor- 

 I of consideration, inasmuch as they are 

 I only ones upon which to base the pro- 

 Jiility that there will be a few peaches. 

 h most important one is the development 

 t retarded fruit buds. A comparatively 

 ire number of very small buds .were 

 Ind at several points throughout the dis- 

 |t. These, on accoumt of their size, were 

 \ so greatly affected by the extremie 

 I' tuations in temperature. At the time 

 '.■ nspcction they were still small, but there 

 ! some likelihood that a percentage of 

 Im will later develop and blossom, in 

 It they do not show the dark centre which 

 E characteristic of the larger and frozen 

 lils. 



ija the second place, there are many or- 

 1 rds which are within a very short dis- 

 ice of either Lake Ontario or the Niagara 

 \ er, ;iind on account of the protection 

 » ch they received from frost through 

 Hre equable temperature, were found to 



!r a scattering of live buds. Only a few 

 these orchards were examined, and the 

 editions found in them must apply to 

 fier orchards in which conditions may be 

 ijgood or even better than in those in- 

 ;(cted. 



Thirdly, it was noted that in cases where 

 J buds had survived the winter, they 

 H e more often located in the upper 

 [Inches of the tree than in the lower 

 ibs.. The tendency of frost is to settle, 

 i:l in some cases a difference of from 

 Ije to five degrees in temperature is not- 

 'between the ground level and a point fif- 

 «a feet higher. It is possible, then, that 



McCormick — The Binder of 

 Satisfactory Service 



TLTERE are some of the things that stand 

 ■^ -■- back of McCormick binder service. 

 On a McCormick binder the reel has a wide range 

 of adjustment and handles successfully, tall, short', 

 down or tangled grain. A third packer assists in handling 



frain that is full of undergrowth or that is very short. The 

 ottoms of the guards are nearly level with bottom of the 

 platform, allowing the platform to be tilted to cut close to 

 the ground without pushing trash ahead of the knives. 



Ttie floating elevator on a McCormick binder handles 

 grain in any quantity and does not clog. The cutter bar 

 IS built to use either smooth section or serrated knives. The 

 improved McCormick knotter does good work without the 

 usual close adjustments. 



The McCormick local agent will explain these and other 

 important features on the McCormick binders which are 

 built especially to meet Eastern Canadian conditions. You 

 can get catalogues from him, or, by writing the nearest 

 branch house. 



International Harvester Company of Ginada, Ltd 



Hamilton, Oat. LondoD, Ont. Montreal, Qae. 



OtUwn, Ont. Qnebec, P. Q. St. John, N. B. 



These Buchines nre built at Hamilton, Ont. 



Apple Barrels 



If you contract now we can guaran- 

 tee delivery of well-made barrels. 



Apple crop prospects generally good and 

 we may expect a rush later. 



Write for Prices Delivered your Station 



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TRENTON, ONT. 



