January, 1909 



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prize money offered will not pay for the cost 

 of fruits preserved in this way, which in- 

 cludes cost of jar, solution, fruit, labor and 

 so forth. The small fruit industry is 

 worthy of more encouragement." 



Toronto Vegetable Growers 



^A meeting of the Toronto branch of the 



Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association was 

 held on Dec. 15, the president, Thos. Del- 

 worth, occupying the chair. A large num- 

 ber of the members were present. The an- 

 nual report was presented by Secretary 

 Frank F. Eeeves, showing a membership of 

 136, and balance on hand of $210. It was 

 decided to hold a monthly "exhibition of 

 some vegetable to be selected for the occa- 

 sion; only members can compete. Prizes 

 for Yellow Globe Danver onions exhibited 

 at this meeting were won by: 1st, J. G. 

 Brown; 2nd, Frank F. Keeves; 3rd, James 

 Dandridge, all of Humber Bay. 



The election of officers for 1909 resulted as 

 follows: President, Thos. Del worth; Wes- 

 ton; vice-president, James Dandridge, Hum- 

 ber Bay; secretary -treasurer, Frank F. 



"Reeves, Humber Bay; provincial directors, 

 J. W. Rush, John McKay, Jas. Dandridge, 

 Frank F. Keeves, H. J. Sharpley, and Thos. 

 Delworth; executive committee, H. G. Car- 

 ter, J. W. Eush, H J. Sharpley John 

 McKay, James Stevens, Frank E. Keeves, 

 and Thos. Delworth; representative on Can- 

 adian National Exhibition Board, Thos. 

 Delworth. 



Dipping Nursery Stock 



Dipping nursery stock in lime-sulphur 

 wash or other insecticides has recently been 

 much advocated as a substitute for fumi- 

 gation with hydrocyanic acid gaa The 

 Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, 

 N.Y., finds, however, that this treatment, 

 if used at all, must be handled with care 

 to secure scale destruction without injuring 

 the trees. With the sulphur wash, exposure 

 of the trees for too long a time or at too 

 high temperature resulted in injury; while 

 with any of the materials used, exposure 

 of the roots to the mixture resulted in 

 serious injury to the stock. 



For nurserymen, the station still recom- 

 mends fumigation as most effective and 

 least liable to injuty; and would advise 

 orchardists to use the lime-sulphur as a 

 spray after the trees are set, rather than 

 as a dip when they are received. 



did Christmas gift, 

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I have been a subscriber to The Canadian 

 Horticulturist since its second year. It 

 has more than kept pace with the general 

 advancement in horticulture, and is un- 

 questionably the loest paper in its line that 

 reaches me. — Watson C. Orr, Wentworth 

 Co., Ont. 



Large orders for Nursery Stock. — As an 



illustration of the expanding business of 

 Mr. M. J. Henry, the foremost nursery- 

 man of western Canada, it might be men- 

 tioned that recently shipments were made 

 from his head nursery, 3010 Westminster 

 Koad, Vancouver, to St. George, Bermuda, 

 to China, and to Bellray Castle, the home of 

 Sir Arthur Middleton. Mr. Henry recently 

 supplied also the full order for ornamental 

 trees, shrubs and vines for the Empress 

 Hotel, Victoria. This order was secured 

 in open competition with many outside 

 points. The total weight of the shipment 

 was over four tons, probably the largest 

 shipment ever sent to a single purchaser on 

 Vancouver Island. This is only another 

 instance of the phenomenal development 

 of this great industry. 



Did you ever read "The Hoosier School 

 Master?" This book would make a splen- 



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