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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURISTS 



February, 1909 



one for cranberry growers. In western 

 King's county, more bog land is being 

 cleared and broken up for the purpose of 

 making new cranberry beds. Since the 

 advent of the gathering scoop, pickers have 

 had to come down in their prices, which 

 makes it possible for growers to extend 

 their areas. Several cranberry specialists 

 are abandoning the practice of flooding their 

 bogs in winter which they claim to be un- 

 necessary. At the close of each season, it 

 is almost impossible to buy cranberries in 

 the locality where they are grown as they, 

 are shipped as soon as possible. 



Very little is going on in the horticultural 

 line this month. In some places rhubarb is 

 being forced in dark cellars for shipment to 

 town and, as so little is grown in this way, 

 it is fairly profitable. Lettuce is also grown 

 under glass. 



The season for root grafting has arrived, 

 Apple tree seedlings which have been 

 packed in bundles in sawdust in the cellar 

 are now brought up and each root is cut in 

 two and fitted with scions, thus making 



two trees. Usually one person grafts and a 

 second binds with strips of waxed cloth 

 which are kept pliable with a warm brick 

 on the stove. As soon as possible the grafts 

 are re-packed in the sawdust, where they 

 remain until the ground is workable, when 

 they are planted close together in nursery 

 rows. 



Montreal 



E. H. Wartman, Dominion Fruit Inspector 



In my recent tour of inspection between 

 Montreal and Kingston, I was pleased to 

 note that very few boxes and barrels were 

 dishonestly packed. One instance showed 

 No. 1 Spys not keeping. Adjoining this 

 decayed lot was another brand or pack of 

 the same variety and practically from the 

 same district which was firm from top to 

 bottom. In the latter case, the fruit had 

 been handled carefully and no fallen apples 

 had been put in; therefore, the buyer was 

 well satisfied as $1 a barrel profit could be 

 easily made. In the other case, there would 



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be $1 a barrel loss. The lots packed by 

 co-operative as.sociations were very satis- 

 factory. One firm in Montreal had pur- 

 chased several cars since the close of navi- 

 gation and could send them out to their 

 customers with great assurance. 



I have met many farmers having small 

 orchards who tell the same story that apples 

 were a poor crop. One said that he usually 

 has from 25 to 30 barrels of Spys for sale, 

 but this year had only three. However, as 

 good apples arc selling from 40 to 50 cents 

 a peck, small stocks will fill the demand. 



The man who predicted 25 years ago that 

 apples would be so cheap in 1908 that they 

 would not be worth gathering made a mis- 

 calculation. The other man who planted 25 

 acres of Spys, G. Russet, Blenhim. Bald- 

 win and similar varieties on the north shore 

 of Lake Ontario, between Kingston and To- 

 ronto, and cared for them is a lucky fellow. 

 There is room yet for new orchards, but be 

 careful in the selection of varieties and be 

 prepared to look after the wants of the 

 trees. 



British Columbia 



M. J. Henry 



New settlers are coming in by the thous- 

 and from every section of the world, buying 

 and clearins up land to prepare it for spring 

 planting. They are paying $150 to $2.50 an 

 acre in the bush which costs from $200 to 

 $300 an acre to clear it suitable for 

 planting. 



This means that a man must have a capi- 

 tal of $5,000 to $10,000 to start any kind of 

 a fruit ranch near anv of the cities. He 

 has to live on his capital until he on get 

 an income from his land which, in the case 

 of fruit trees, means several years, but by 

 growing vegetables and small fruits between 

 his fruit trees he will begin to realize some 

 money from it in two or three years. 



The old settlers who took up the land 

 from the povernment years aeo are the ones 

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