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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1914 



CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION 



AUGUST 29th TORONTO SEPT. 14th 



$55,000.00 IN PRIZES 



For Products of the Home, the Garden and the Farm 



All Entries close Aug. 15th. For Prize Lists and Information write 



J. O. ORR, General Manager, CITY HALL, TORONTO 



This Beautiful Tea Set PDPp 

 of Bavarian China rilL/L/ 



This beautiful Set contains 

 40 pieces, i dozen cups, 

 dozen saucers, dozen plates, 

 2 cake plates, i cream jug 



and a dreg bowl. The set is 

 Bavarian China, nicely de- 

 corated and the shapes are 

 the very latest. 



A large order placed with a local wholesale house enables us to offer 

 these sets to you in return for a very small amount of work on your 

 part and without a cent's expense. 



If you will send us 8 new yearly subscriptions 

 to The Canadian Horticulturist at 60c. each, or 

 5 new two year subscriptions at $1.00 each, 

 wre will send you one of these sets at once. 



This is a wonderful opportunity for you to get a Tea Set FREE. 

 Write us immediately. 



THE HORTICULTURAL PUBLISHING CO. 



PETERBORO, ONT. 



LTD. 



it should be so stamped by the inspect© 

 that the consumer will realize that there 

 a difference in size. The Hatzic growe 

 complain bitterly against this unfair 

 l)etition. Were allowance mad< fo 

 difference in size of package, they »^ 

 be willing to stand by the merits ofll 

 fruit. ^M 



It is estimated that 175,000 tomato plan 

 were s^et out in the Summerland district, 

 these yield as expected, they should tot 

 seventy-five car loads. Last season, toi 

 shipm(aits were less than ten car i 

 Strawberries are a heavy crop. 



Growers in Mission City, Fraser \ 

 are elated over the success of then 

 operated association. A steady market 

 assured, and the members are being pa 

 cash f.o.b. 



Eastern Annapolis Valley 



Enaice Bachinao 



On May 29 there were masses of 

 blossoms and orchardists were very 

 lant over the exceptional promise o 

 orchards, especially old trees. Some : 

 trees and old Kings, also those whiclj wg 

 not sprayed much last year, did not 

 mise so well, probably due to weak 

 caused by last season's aphis attacks. 

 June 4 there was a heavy frost. On, 

 3 there was one not so apparent just] 

 but two miles distant it browned the ' 

 blossoms. Until the fruit sets it is 

 cult to estimate the amount of da 

 caused by these frosts, but in orehart 

 near rivers and on low-lying lands thei 

 is no doubt that the loss is very hea\ 

 the blossoms and seeds were black' 

 The suddenness with which the floy 

 went made one feel that we had lost sd 

 thing. On "Blosom Sunday" everyt| 

 had gone, with the exception of late 

 ieties which had not opened. 



An optimistic forecast of the apple crc 

 for 1914-15 is about one million two ^i"' 

 dred and fifty thousand barrels for 

 Scotia, but it is likely that this esti 

 will be cut down to one million b.r 

 .^fter the frost in 1910 an old gentl. 

 remarked that nature's thinning 

 good fruit and good prices, and he 

 that the next year he would have anoS 

 frost to "help him out." 



Raspberries were badly winter-killed, als 

 roses and other perennials. The straw 

 berry blossoms have suffered after the ' ' 

 frosts. Tomato plants which were fi 

 soon began to send out new leaves in l.i=. 

 where the larger frozen leaves were cut of 

 Cherries have set well, and currants hav 

 had an abundance of blossom. A new an 

 big demand has arisen at nurseries f<^ 

 currant and gooseberry bushes. 



In spite of the dry time, garden seed 

 sown on May 15 have come up splent' 

 Fortunately we covered up the ti 

 things before the frost, but even then 

 of the beans were frozen through the s 

 It is better not to let the covering ' 

 the plamts when trying to protect 

 from frost. An orchard meeting is tu ■ 

 held at Mr. R. S. Eaton's, Kentville, o 

 June 26 to demonstrate the control of th 

 bud moth. Prof. Brittain, Prof. Blair, an 

 Mr. George Sanders will address the meei 

 ing, for which the railway will run speciz 

 trains. 



As potatoes are now allowed to be ei 

 ported to Bermuda, if accompanied by 

 "certificate of health" from the Nova Scoti 

 Government, the officials, owing to the e^ 

 peese of inspection, have decided to charg 

 three cents per bushel, but would like t 

 hear the opinions of farmers interested. 



So far we find no trace of black spot. 



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