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Nova Scotia has again been carrying oft 

 medals for apple exhibits at the Colonial 

 Fruit Exhibition in London. The govern- 

 ment collection was awarded a gold medal 

 while private exhibitors having more than 

 15 boxes were awarded as follows: Silver 

 and gilt Hogg medal, F. A. Parker, Ber- 

 wick; silver and gilt Knightian medaLs — W. 

 H. Woodworth, Berwick, and H. A. Blanch- 

 ard. Upper Dyke; silver Hogg medal, J. 

 Howe Cox, Cambridge; silver Knightian 

 medals — H. D'Almaine, Wolfville; R. J. 

 Messenger, Tupperville; J. A. Kinsman, 

 Lakeville, and F. H. Johnston, Bridgetown; 

 silver Banksian medals— A. L. Morse, Ber- 

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 Berwick Fruit Company, Berwick; William 

 Sangster, Falmouth, and Ralph S. Eaton, 

 Kentville. Those persons exhibiting less 

 than 15 boxes were not awarded prizes, trat 

 their exhibits were to be sold with the rest. 

 Very favorable comments with regard to tha 

 Nova Scotian exhibits appeared in the Eng- 

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The apple shipments from Nova Scotia to 

 the end of November were as follows: Ship- 

 ments to Newfoundland, U. S. A. and local 

 ports, about 78,000 barrels; to the British 

 Isles— London, 161,190 barrels; Liverpool, 

 64,662 barrels; Glasgow, 21,590 barrels; a 

 total of 227,442 barrels, as against 199,435 

 sent in the same period last year to the 



Old Country. The last returns for apples 

 showed a drop of about two shillings in the 

 English markets. 



Western Annapolis Valley 



R. J. Messenger 



Apples are looking up. As high as $2.50 

 a barrel has been paid for Baldwins, which 

 variety seems to be regaining popularity 

 after being in disfavor for some five years. 

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 for Baldwins this year than Nonpareils. 

 This last named variety has generally been 

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 varieties is noted this year as last, hxA 

 buyers are buying only as each variety be- 

 comes seasonable for shipping. They are 

 much more cautious than usual. 



The bud moth scare secm<i to have given 

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 devastated by canker worms next year. 

 During the past summer several orchards 

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 or less defoliated by the canker worm and 

 it has become quite fashionable among or- 

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 paint a strip of bark around the trunks 

 of their trees with a mixture of resin and 

 castor oil to catch the female as she ascends 

 the trunk to lay her eggs. This treatment, 

 with a thorough spraying next summer with 

 poisons, will eradicate this pest. 



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