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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 191 4. 



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The Pick of the Bulb World 



All our bulbs are grown for us especi- 

 ally and are personally selected by 

 the James Carter & Co. experts. 



Thorough tests, both before exporta- 

 tion, and at the Carter establishment 

 at Raynes Park, London, assure soun I. 

 healthy bulbs of the very highest 

 quality. Our Tulips and Narcissus are 

 exceptionally hardy and well suited to 

 the Canadian climate. 



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are unequalled for bowl or bed cul- 

 ture. 



The Carter catalogue and h-nidbo()l<— 

 ■Bulbs" — illustrates and describes the 

 choicest varieties of Tulip.s, Narci.s.sus, 

 Daffodils, Crocus, and many others. It 

 lists all well-known favorites and many 

 exclusive kinds not to be had elsewhere. 

 Complimentary copy on request. Write 

 for it to-day. 



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Digging Potatoes 

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Four styles from which to choose the one that suits your conditions 

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 We have been making Diggeri 10 years and know what to 

 build for this work. Our Booklet "D" tells the whole story 

 in an understandable way. May we send it? 



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Made in many sizes— both hand 

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Send for free catalogue. It tells you 

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Cliiiuula's IX'iMrfnieiiTi! IIiniAt' 



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in prospects, and much of the fruit produc- 

 ed, while abundant in quality, will be of 

 small size. 



GRAPES 



Reports still point to an almost excep- 

 tionally heavy crop in the Niagara penin- 

 sula.. The average for the district is 86 per 

 cent and from practically no sections have 

 any adverse reports been Kceived. The red 

 varieties are not so promising as some of 

 the others. 



PORBION CONDITIONS 



United States. — A telegram from Por# 

 land, Oregon, dated August 10, estimates 

 the apple production in the rour northwest- 

 ern states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho 

 and Montana at 15,000 cars. Of these, Yaki- 

 ma Valley will produce 5,000 cars, H 

 River 1,500, Wenatchee Valley 4,500 

 Western Oregon 900. 



The crop in New York state promise> 

 be 12 to 15 per cent greater than the crop I'l 

 1912 and to doul)le that of last year. In the 

 large producing sections of the states the 

 increase is great. Baldwins are particularly 

 heavy, some growers reporting the crop :n 

 the best since 1896. Greenings arc light 

 fair, Kings and Twenty Ounce good. i 

 peach crop is a total failure, and plums aic 

 light. 



London, England. — Weather conditi' 

 favorable for fruit. Apple crop larger t; 

 previous estimates. Owing to war and Ir 

 price of sugar, fruit growers now recei\ 

 very poor prices. — Dominion Fruit C- 

 Report. 



Items of Interest 



A meeting of the Ontario Ginseng Grow- 

 ers' Association will be held in the Temper- 

 ance Hall, 1087 Queen St. West, Toron*- 

 at half-past-one in the afternoon of Septi 

 bcr 9th. 



At the annual meeting tield August 21s^ 

 in Morrisburg Ont., of the St. Lawrence 

 Valley Fruit Growers' Association W. G. 

 Robertson of Matilda township was elected 

 president; L. E. Parisien of Cornwall, vice- 

 president; E. P. Bradt, B.S..A.., of Morris- 

 burg, secretary-treasurer. Because of the 

 European war Montreal buyers have offered 

 prices below the normal. It was resolved to 

 again make an exhibit at the annual flower 

 and fruit show in Toronto, and to agitate 

 for the holding of a similar show in Otta 

 A much larger exhibit will be sent to i 

 ronto than in former years, probably three 

 liundred boxes of Mcintosh Reds. The 

 selling of apples cooperatively, with a cen- 

 tral packing place, which would insure uni- 

 formity, was favored by all, though the 

 meeting concluded that until the war ended 

 the making of definite plans was not 

 advisable. 



Canada's recently appointed Dominion 

 Fruit Commissioner, Mr. D. Johnson, vis- 

 ited Nova Scotia during the latter part of 

 Juine and early July, in order to acquaint 

 himself fully with fruit conditions in that 

 province. In company with leading fruit 

 growers and government oflficials he visited 

 many of the largest orchards and also at- 

 tended the annual meeting of the United 

 Fruit Companies of Nova Scotia Ltd. 

 Everywhere he went he made a most fav- 

 orable impressiotn. At the closing session 

 of the annual meeting of the fruit growers' 

 company, the following resolution was pass- 

 ed : "Resolved, — That that United Fruit 

 Companies of Nova Scotia, Limited, express 

 their appreciation of the visit of Daniel 

 Johnson, the fruit commissioner of Canada. 

 From him we have received inspiration in 

 our work and advice that will be most help- 

 ful. We congratulate the government of 

 Canada on their having obtained for the 

 important position of fruit commissioner a 

 man so eminently fitted for the office." 



