THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1914 



FOR SALE A ND WANTED 



▲dvertliements in this department in- 

 serted at rate of 3 eents a word for each 

 inaertlon, each agure, sign or single letter 

 to eount as one word, minimum eost, 30 

 •ents, strictly cash in advance. 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS— Frnit farmsaapeoialty. 

 — W. B. Oalder, Qi-imsby- 



NIAGARA DISTRICT FRUIT FARMS—Befoie 



buying It will pay you Us consult me. I make 

 a, BDeoialty of fruit and frain farms.— Melviu 

 Oayman db Oo^ fit. Oatharinee. 



ASK DAWSON. He knows. 



IP YOU WANT to sell a farm consult me 



IF VOU WANT to buy a farm consult m«. 



I HAVE aome of tbe beet Fruit. Stock. Grain 

 and Dairy Farms on my list at right prices- 

 H. W. Dawson, Ninety Oolbome St., Toronto. 



WANTED— Clean, bright beeswax and fancy 

 comb honey.— B. N. Smeall, 95 4th Ave., Viau- 

 Tille. Montreal. Que. 



PEDHWa SHEAR 



EHODES DOUBLE OTJT^,, cut» from 



Y(XC-;^ both Sides of 

 limb and dors 

 not bruise 

 the bark. 

 We pay Ex- 

 press charges 

 on all orders. 

 Write ror 

 circular and 

 prices. 

 536 S. DivUlon Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



RHODES MFG, 



FRUIT FARM FOR SALE 



Complete in every way and situated on out- 

 skirts of growing county town in Ontario. 

 Comprises 28 acres, planted with young apple, 

 peach and pear trees, and bearing small 

 fruits, etc. Greenhouse, 25 x 50 feet, also 

 steam bottling and preserving outfit. Com 

 plete water system and natural gas. 



Houses and bams in first-cla^s condition, 

 with newly ereoted fruit-packing barn hav- 

 ing cement lower story and storage cellar. 

 Very valuable gravel-pit next to road. 



Write now, before this is snapped up, and 

 get full particulars from the owners. 



BOX 10. CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



/^FACTORY 

 CLEARANCE 



SALE... 



Unusual business condi- 



■'^/ tions are forcing large 

 i^^ manufacturers to sacrifice 

 stocks in order to keep their 

 mills running. To the alert buyer this repre- 

 sents an unprecedented opportunity to save 

 money. These chances come only once in a long 

 time— when they do come it pays to act quick. 



WALL BOARD 



Wall Board take^the place of f^A Cents 

 both lath and plaster. Itgives "# I c„,,„_„ 

 a finished wall without further Mh 5'*"^'^ 

 decorating. Anybody can put Mi& root 

 it on. Now selling at a special price. 

 SAMPLE FREE. 



ROOFING 



Lowest prices on record. ^V^^ Cents 

 Genuine Asphalt Felt Roofing #U Roll 

 100 per cent, saturation, con- ■ ^B 108 

 tains no tar or paper. In full ■ ^t Sq. Ft 

 rolls of 108 square feet with nails and cement. 

 SAMPLE FREE. 



Building Paper 



A great snap at this price. 

 Full measure rolls 400 sq. feel 

 in each. Use it plentifully at 

 this price. SAMPLE FREE. 



35 



Cents 

 Roll 

 400 



Sq.Ft 



HAMILTON ^r^^ CANADA. 



firm. A soft plum will not stay up in the 

 market, and neither will the price. Fall ap- 

 ples may be picked when full size is reached 

 without rejfard to color, or the color may 

 be allowed to develop if desired, but the 

 fruit must not. be allowed to soften or drop 

 if it is to be handled profitably. 



Discard all bruised, stung, or mis-shapen 

 plums and grade as No. 1 those of good 

 color, and as No. 2 ihose inferior in color- 

 ing. Sort according to size so that every 

 package is uniform throughout in size of 

 plums which it contains. The same sug- 

 gestions apply to apples, especial care be- 

 ing taken to discard those that are wormy, 

 scabby, bruised or stung. Uniformity in 

 color and siz<; of fruit and size of package, 

 combined with neatness and cleanliness of 

 package, will add greatly to the market 

 price of fruit. 



Eastern Annapolis Valley 



Euaice Bachanan 



We now find that the apple crop of the An- 

 napolis Valley is not as large as was at first 

 expected; probably the United Fruit Com- 

 panies will handle about seven hundred 

 thousand, and a liberal estimate of the 

 Valley yield would be eigtit hundred thou- 

 sand packed out of nine hundred thousand 

 barrels. 



Golden Russets have a lull crop, while 

 Starks seem to be generally scarce. Where 

 the fruit has been sprayed It is very clean, 

 but spot has developed in unsprayed or- 

 chards and there is likely to be fifteen to 

 twenty per cent of spotted fruit. At first 

 it was thought that there were no aphis 

 worth mentioning, but now the damage by 

 these insects is noticeable. 



Cherries have been plentiful, and plums 

 promise to be good; this year the growers 

 are thinning them. Currants were eight 

 cents to eleven cents a quart. Strawberries 

 and raspberries have been scarce owing to 

 the effects of frost and gall-root on the lat- 

 ter. Blueberries have not been less than 

 eight cents a quart. Tomatoes and other 

 things are late. 



The price of barrels is twenty-six cents 

 to twenty-eight cents delivered with time 

 until fall for payment. Some barrels have 

 been sold for twenty-five cents cash. 



Mr. George Saunders, entomologist of 

 the Bridgetown Dominion Experimental 

 Station, has succeeded with experiments 

 which indicate great cheapening in the cost 

 of arsenical sprays; these experiments will 

 shortly be made public. Mr. Saunders finds 

 that powdered arsenates have not the adher- 

 ing qualities of the pastes. 



Of course the thing uppermost in the 

 minds of the farmers is the war, and its 

 effect on the apple market and harvest. 

 Several men are holding themselves in 

 readiness to leave the Valley should the 

 militia or volunteer regiments call upon 

 them, some have already gone. However, 

 the apple companies are hoping to send 

 fruit to England and to receive fair prices, 

 also they are sending men to open up new 

 markets in western Canada. South Amer- 

 ica and Cuba. Much depends on the ship- 

 ping rates and increased marine insurance. 



Items of Importance 



It is reported that the Dominion Govern- 

 ment is arranging to conduct an energetic 

 advertising campaign in the leading con- 

 .suming ceetres of Canada with the object 

 of aiding apple growers to market this 

 year's crop to the best possible advantage. 



Canadian Trade Commissioners resi- 

 dent in the United Kingdom as the result 

 of a special enquiry, report that so far 

 there have been no indications that the re- 

 quirements of the United Kingdom for can- 

 ned fruit and vegetables will be greater 



this year on account of the war than in 

 ordinary years. It is not anticipated that 

 the army and navy will purchase any con- 

 siderable quantity of these goods. 



According to investigations conducted 

 the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture it is estimated that the commercial 

 apple crop of 1914 will be much larger th. - 

 that of last year, but not so great by ^^ 

 enal million barrels as in 1912. K t< 

 production of 220,000,000 bushels is f( 

 casted. 



CHOICE SELECTED BULBS 



Tulips, mixed. HinRle or double TSc. per hundrid ; 

 Heparate colorB $1.00 per hundred ; DamxlilR. Kiutrle 

 or double. 25c. doz. ; $1.7.5 per hundred. Mixe<l 

 Hyacinths. 40c. do/..; $2.75 per hundred. Mixed 

 Hyacinths. 50c. doz.: $.3..tO per hundred. Order of 

 $2.tK) and up sent free. Address 



W. W. WALKER 



108 St. Paul Street - St. Catharines, Ont. 



OKINNER 



YSTEM 



OF IRRIGATION 



TRAIIK MARK 



THE SKINNER IRRIGATION CO. DEPT.R., TROY, OHIO 



THE RAIN 

 MACHINE 



Write for six bookt^ on 

 indoor and outdoor irri- 

 gation. 



Protect Your Fruit 



BY USINO 



WARNER'S 

 APPLE BARREL PAD 



It costs LITTLE and PAYS BIG 



Manufactured by 



nOSWELL B. WARNER. INWOOD. ONT. 



TRADE MARK 



Ploughs — Wilkinson 



* ^ REGISTERED 



U.S.S. Soft Centre Steel Moldboards, highly I 

 tempered andguaranteedtQclean in any soil. ' 

 Steelbeams.steellandsides and hi«h carbon 

 steel coulter. Clevises can be used either 

 stiff or swing. Each plough is fitted especi- 

 ally with its own pair of handles— rock elm, 



long ami heavy ancj thorouehiy braced. The long body 

 makes it a very steady runiiiasf ploueh. Shares of all 

 wirltlis — specials fur stony or clay land. The plough 

 shown turns a beautitul furrow, with niininium draft 

 and narronr funrow at finish. Ask for cataloeue. 

 Tbe Bat«mftn -Wilkinson Co., 

 Limited 

 461 Syminffton Are. . 

 Toronto C&n»da. 



GINSENG 



True Canadian Nursery Stock for Fai: 

 Planting. 1,000 Stratified Seeds $3.00. 1.000 

 one year old roots S20 CO 1.000 two year 

 old roots $40.00. Write us for full particulars. 

 I. E. YORK & CO. - WATERFORD, ONT. 



LANAfiK GINSENG 



Fortune awaits any ma-n who will give 

 time and attention to the growing- of Gin- 

 seng. We have ma<Ie a complete 8uoc€66 of 

 it and are ready to point the way to others. 



The time to prep.;re the ground is now. 

 the time to plant is September and Octob- 

 er. 



T/finark Ginseng Se<d is noted for its strong 

 gt>rminating qunliticB. 



Lanark Ginseng Roots, are sure growers and 

 great producers. 



Dont' fail to make investigation of this 

 highly profltnhle industry. Write to the Se- 

 cretary and he will \<A\ s-ou all about it 

 Address c. M. FORBES 



Sec. Lanark Ginseng Garden Co. 

 LANARK. ONT. 



