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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 19 14 



Tclrjihnnf. : 

 LONDON WALL 1009 



Hankers 



' LONDON COUNTY a WRHTMINSTEH. HHOHKPITUH 

 LONDON <t FUOFJNCrAL. LKYTON. ENGLAND 



l^xw^ ¥ ''V/^IV^^ Fruit Salesman, Nurseryman 

 t3\J^J 1^ a ^^1 i>3j and Commission Agent 



Spitalficlds Market, LONDON, ENGLAND 



Consiftnments of all clasacm solicited Accounts and Cheques sent each mail 



SPECIALITY -APPLES and PEARS WHOLESALE PnOVINCIAL SALESMEN SUPPLIED 



Sprayers 



Sulfur Dusters 



For Fifhtiog Everj Disease of Caitirated Plants 



Knapsack, Pack Saddle or Horse Drawn 

 Powrer Sprayers 



Stnil (or Cttaloinet l/I^DM/^DI^f Mtoalaclnrer, 

 (Rhone), FRANCE 



and particnlart to : 



VILLEFRANCHE 



Every farmer should hire him 



You pay him only $3.00 for 365 

 full 24-hour days a year — and no- 

 body knows how many years he'll 

 last, for he has never been known to 

 wear out. 



His board amounts to a drop of oil 

 every twelve months — that's all the ' 

 pay he asks. 



His work is getting the farm hands 

 in the fields on time, starting the 

 before-breakfast chores on time, and 

 telling the right time all day so 

 the women folks can have the meals 

 on time — these are easy jobs for 

 him. 



Bi^ Ben stands seven inches tall. 

 He IS triple-nickel plated and wears 



an inner vest of steel that insures 

 him for life. His big bold figures 

 and hands are easy to read in the dim 

 morning light. His keys almost wind 

 themselves. He rings for five min- 

 utes straight, or every other half 

 minute for ten minutes as you pre- 

 fer. 



The next time you're in town just 

 drop in at your dealer's and ask to 

 see Big Ben. If your dealer hasn't 

 him, send a money order for J3.00 

 to Westdox, La Salle, Illinois, and 

 he'll come to you, transportation 

 charges prepaid, all ready for work. 

 Hire Big Ben for your farm and he'll 

 prove uie promptest hired man on 

 tlie place. 



The Pre-Cooling ol Fruit 



(('iiii.'iiiiiril Iniiii III I If 210) 

 Whom hot fruit is put in a car the ice in 

 the bunkers jfocs down fast." 



Mr. Kuddirk : "One objection to coolinfr 

 fruit in cars is the long: time it takes to 

 cool the fruit. In some cases it require 

 three or four days to cool the fruit." 



Q. — "Would you prefer one 1 'rge 

 several small plants?" 



A. — "Where there are several stor;i; 

 warehouses around one shipping point, 

 central plant conineded with the others . 

 probably the best. Often some of the 

 warehouses are not in use when the others 

 are. In such cases the supply of cold ■■ 

 can be shut off in those warehouses." 



SMALL PUNTB 



Mr. Edwin .Smith, assistant to Mr, Ri ' 

 dick : "There are certain fruit distri' 

 where tender .small fruits ar<> shipped dur- 

 ing limited periods where it is not practical 

 \o establish lartfc plamts. as the overhead 

 operating expense would be too srreat. The 

 Washington Department of .Airriculture has 

 devised a simple system that is sufficient 

 for such districts , I pu!' up one of these 

 in British Columbia, with satisfactory re- 

 sults. It cost to construct about $2,500, 

 not counting a few extras. The rooms have 

 a capacity of about two carloads. Such a 

 plant is all right for holding: temperatures 

 for short periods, but not for use as a cold 

 storage, " 



Recent Bulletins 



Recent circulars and bulletins that have 

 reached The Canadian Horticulturist in- 

 clude Circular No, 172, issued by the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. Urbana. Illi- 

 nois, entitled "The Blight of Apples, Pears, 

 and Quinces," This bulletin is by Prof, P. 

 S, Pickett, formerly of Ontario, The same 

 Station has issued Circular No. 173 entitled 

 "Onion Culture," by John VV, Lloyd, 



The Dominion Department of Agriculture 

 is distributing a number of circulars for use 

 at the fall exhibitions. These include three 

 by the Dominion Horticulturist, W, T, Ma- 

 coun, entitled "How to Make and Use Hot- 

 beds and Cold Frames," "Protection of 

 Fruit Trees from Mice and Rabbits, includ- 

 ing the care of Injured Trees." and "Top 

 Grafting." 



The largest and heaviest apple ever grown 

 in the world, says an English paper, has 

 been raised this season in England. It is a 

 Gloria Mundi, and was produced by the 

 same grower who a few seasons ago raised 

 the famous giant apple of the same variety, 

 which measured 26 inches In circumference 

 and weighed 27 ounces. Sent for sale in 

 Covent Garden in October the 19th, 1909, it 

 realized the astonishing price of £14 (|70) 

 by public auction, breaking all previous 

 record. The new record breaker weighs no 

 less than 32i^ ounces. This wonderful apple 

 was grown in an 11-inch flower pot, the tree 

 producing six mammoth fruits at the same 

 tmie. It was this very tree which bore the 

 giant of 1909, 



.\n unusually full description of the Cod- 

 ling-Moth is given in Bulletin No. 147 of 

 the Iowa State College of .Agriculture, .Ames, 

 Iowa. It is entitled "The Codling-Moth in 

 Iowa." Bulletin 148, issued by the same 

 college, is entitled "The Effect of Potato 

 Treatments on Seed Vitality." 



The Michigan Agricultural CoUege, at 

 East Lansing, Michigan, is distributinc: 

 Bulletins 67, 68 and 69, entitled "Onion 

 Culture on Muck Land," "Two Michigan 

 Bean Diseases," and "Sprav and Practice 

 Outline for 1914." 



