THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1914 



Write ua if you want a 



CIDER PRESS, evaporator; FRUIT or 



VEGETABLE GRADER. 



TrtE BROWN, BOGGS CO., Limited 



HAMILTON - CANADA 



A Reliable and Economical 

 Source of Power 



A MASSEY-HARRIS ENGINE mounted on 

 ■* *■ Skids can be moved around to any place where 

 you need help in the way of power. 



You will be surprised to find the many uses to which 

 it can be put and the small cost as compared with 

 manual labor, not only around the farm but in the 

 dairy and kitchen, where it does so much to lighten 

 the work of the women on the farm. 



And perhaps the most interesting part of it is that an 

 Engine costs nothing in "salary" or "keep" when 

 not running. 



Our Catalogue "Farm Power" gioes many suggestions 

 for Saving Labor. 



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MASSEY-HARRIS CO., Limited. 



Head Offices — Toronto, Canada. 



— Branches at — 



Montreal, Moncton, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, 



Swift Current, Calgary, Yorkton, Edmonton. 



— Agencies Everywhere — 



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of this last problem will be made t 

 'crtain if unproductiveness is a matt 

 l)ud formation or due to some other ri 

 These cooperative experiments ar^ 

 intended to duplicate the demons( 

 work conducted by the Department, 

 fruit jfrowers who have the right m 

 to work upon and are interested ii; 

 work should tret in touch with Pmi 

 W. Crow, O.A.C.. Guelph. 



Welcome Improvements 



Fruit shippers at Niagara-on-th^ 

 and St. Catharines will be pleased to 

 that the Transportation Committee 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Association 

 the assurance that facilities for h; 

 express shipments will be greatly im; 

 at these points. 



At Niagara-on-the-Lake the shippe 

 were compelled to deliver their fruit f 

 dock, exposed to the weather until I 

 on the boat, and in case of rain the\ 

 liable to heavy loss, as was experi 

 last season. At that time an effof 

 made to have the Richelieu and O 

 Company provide a suitable shelter, a 

 without result. Early this spring the coi 

 plaint of the shippers was again pre= ' 

 to the officials of tl^ company by thi 

 ciation's transportation officer, G. E. in 

 Intosh, of Forest. Mr. Paton, the assi 

 operating superintendent, said his comi 

 was anxious to meet the wishes of the 

 pers, and after a careful consideratl 

 the conditions, advises the Transpoi 

 Committfee. umder date of May 30, thi 

 shelter similar to the one at Qucenston w 

 be erected at Niagara-on-the-Lake. 



The steamer Macassa will also ma] 

 irular trips twice daily between June 1 ' 

 September 5, from Toronto to Gi 

 Beach and will accept fruit shipmerr 

 each sailing. 



At St. Catharines express accommodate 

 has also been unsatisfactory for sever 

 seasons, and has remained so because 

 contemplated improvememts by the G /^ ' 

 being delayed until the decision of tli 

 is given in regard to the proposed i^ 

 level bridge over the ravine, towards ^M 

 t'lK railway company has offered toi^P 

 tribute $20,000. The indications are. no' 

 ever, that the bylaw to be submitted in t1 

 near tuture will carry-, in which event 

 will start at once on a new passenger • 

 with platforms and shelters to fully 

 care of the express shipments, also a f: 

 shed six hundred feet long, and ten id> 

 tional tracks to be laid north of the pi 

 sjent yard. 



Niagara Peninsula 



Indications are that there will be a recc 

 crop of cherries. Growers are hoping 

 receive from, sixty to eighty cents for soj 

 cherries en bloc. Sweet cherries are i| 

 expected to be any higher than in previoj 

 years. _ i 



The peach crop is practically a failui; 

 Peach leaf curl is appearing in nearly evi 

 locality, and shows in abundance in ■ 

 chards that were not carefully sprayc 

 There is more curl thacn there has been 

 two seasons, but if warm, dry weather p 

 vails for the next few weeks the dama 

 will not be so great. Growers have gc 

 in more extensively for tomatoes to off 

 the peach shortage. 



The strawberry crop will be below av 

 age and prices will run high. In Brit 

 Columbia a fair crop of berries is expt 



