226 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 191 1 



k\vwn\M\\\\\u \ \v«vMi\>%\%w,wvi%wwtWMVww\m*n 



C'EVneM Y/oolverton 

 Q r i m £> lr» y Onta rio 



'jlllliUIII (If IIIIUIIIIIUI If ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■B ■■■■■■■■* 



Paeonies For Fall Planting 



New French Hybrid Paeonies of Delicious 

 fragrance, in a wonderful variety of color 



Write for Catalogue and Prices 



STONE & WELLINGTON 



PHONE— MAINE 1109 



TORONTO, ONTARIO 



r 



usual price. Many barrels of apples are 

 going to Western Canada, where packing 

 company agents are opening new markets. 



Silver leaf disease is reported in Berwick 

 orchards. 



The quality of the tomato fruits is ex- 

 ceptionally good, though green ones are 

 dropping. 



Montreal 



E. H. Wartmin Dominion Frui' Inspector 



The large cities draw from far and near 

 to supply their wants. To-day (August 

 15) a car of apples arrived from Woodstock, 

 N. B. The variety, Crimson Beauty, 

 graded No. 2. It is a nice, clean, bright 

 red apple of small size — about the same tex- 

 ture as the Astrakhan, but not so good in 

 quality. Their cleanness and brightness sold 

 them well. 



This apple, if thinned well on the tree, 

 ought to make a good box apple for Eng- 

 land. Bright red apples are always in de- 

 mand, and to date this vear they are very 

 scarce. I am of the opinion that the hot 

 waves lasted too long to give color on early 

 varieties. There are many orchards in which 

 you could have hung a thermometer on the 

 sunny side of the tree and it would have 

 gone up to one hundred and ten degrees 

 Fahrenheit. As an old French lady on Bon- 

 secour Market said of her apples, "They be 

 baked." 



Eight cars of California fruits were sold 

 at the fruit auction on August 14th. There 

 were peaches, pears, plums, grapes and nec- 

 tarines. All were sold in an hour and a 

 half at fair prices. The packing and qual- 

 ity of the fruits were Loth good. 



The first shipment of apples for England 

 sailed from this port on August 13th This 

 is the earliest I can remember. Brirht col- 

 ored fruit, well graded and landing in food 

 order, ought to do well. Fruit has been 

 selling at high prices all season here — too 

 high for many to fill up all their cases. 



Quebec Province Notes 



E. M. Straight, MacdonalH College, Qne 



The exceeding dry and hot weather condi- 

 tions, general throughout Eastern Canada, 

 have been much in evidence in this prov- 

 ince. Some sections have not suffered so 

 much, but in the vicinitv of Montreal crops 

 have suffered greatly. Small fruits were not 

 at all plentiful. Raspberries were particu- 

 larly short. Thev sold in Montreal at 

 twenty cents, and it is reported that they 

 brought much more at retail. 



Apples are looking well. There is the 

 prospect of a f°ir crop. 



The experimental orchard at Abbotsford 

 was visited by me recently. Mr. Richard- 

 son, the superintendent, had everything as 

 it should be, and the public demonstration 

 in the orchard in the afternoon was attend- 

 ed by many farmers of the section .and by 

 a number of representatives from other lo- 

 calities. The trees, by their clean bark and 

 healthy foliage, spoke louder than words. 



Just now the farmers are excited over 

 "'fire blight" and "melon wilt." These are 

 not new enemies, bu* some way there are 

 always localities where it makes its appear- 

 ance for the first time, and others where 

 it is noticed for the first time. Fire blight, 

 or twig blight, is well known and should be 

 readily identified on apples. The young, 

 succulent twigs are brown and dead at this 

 season. The dead leaves adhere to the twig. 

 The disease is internal, bacterial in origin. 

 Sprays are of no avail. Cutting out the 

 affected tissue is the only practical method. 

 "Melon wilt" is also a bacterial plant dis- 

 ease. It attacks melons, cucumbers and 



