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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1909 



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inches thick, undressed. The varieties were 

 Ben Davis and Spy. 



After so many years of planting apple 

 trees by the tens of thousands annually it 

 seems most incredible that we have to pay 

 50 cents a dozen for choice Spys here to-day. 

 I can remember 20 years ago when I pur- 

 chased a 260-barrel lot of Prince Edward 

 County, Ont., apples at 50 cents a barrel 

 all picked and indoors, costing $1.00 f.o.b. 

 boat. The varieties were largely Golden 

 Russets and Spy and fine quality at that. 

 Also, 20 years ago in Kingston, Ont., in 

 February. I bought bananas at 50 cpnts a 

 dozen. To-day I can buy as good for 15 

 cents a dozen. 



Pine apples to-day are as cheap as they 

 are some years in June. We have had 

 Florida strawberries since January ; of 

 course, only the rich can taste these at 75 

 cents a box. 



A vigilance committee has been appointed 

 to endeavor to see that every citizen keeps 

 his back yard clean and to see that the 

 weeds are cut and so forth. The oflBcers 

 are as follows: Pres., Henry Powells; sec, 

 A. J. Richards; treas., H. E. Penny; execu- 

 tive committee, W. Gee, J. Day, R. Holland, 

 J. Baker, H. Haroop and T. Hanford. In 

 August last this association held an exhibi- 

 tion of vegetables, plants and cut flowers 

 which was most successful. ' Further reports 

 of the doings of these associations will ap- 

 pear in later issues. 



Winnipeg 



Besides the Western Horticultural Soc- 

 iety, whose influence and scope of Work cov- 

 ers all the western provinces and which has 

 its head-quarters at Winnipeg, there are 

 two local societies in this city that promise 

 to do excellent work. One of these is the 

 Home Gardening Association which was or- 

 ganized recently. Its president is Controller 

 Waugh, and its secretary Mr. J. F. Black- 

 wood. Its purpose is to promote the inter- 

 ests of horticulture and to aid in making 

 the city of Winnipeg more beautiful. 



The other society is known as the Weston 

 Cottage Gardening Association, which is de- 

 signed to accomplish for that suburb of 

 Winnipeg what the other society is planning 

 to do for the whole city. It has been form- 

 ed only a little over a year, but already has 

 done much towards encouraging gardening. 



Nova Scotia 



Eunice Watts 



The English market has been well sup- 

 plied with apples, with the result that prices 

 are considerably lower than when last ro- 

 ported. There are still several thousands 

 of barrels in the warehouses, chiefly Bfii 

 Davis, Nonpareil, Golden Russet, Stark and 

 Salome. 



Although as yet Nova Scotia is not troub- 

 led with the San Jose scale, many leading 

 growers believe that it would be beneficial 

 to spray our orchards with the lime-sulphur 

 wash which would cleanse the trees frniri 

 canker worm eggs, scale insects and thi 

 like. 



The pruning sef^son has again arrivfil, 

 and the sap is beginning to run, (Feb. 12). 

 There has been very little snow on the 

 whole. As soon as the sledding got good 

 it has been washed away by violent rains, 

 indeed some soft days in January and Feb- 

 ruary have enticed the bees to fly out in 

 great numbers. Such rains have been suc- 

 ceeded by hard frosts and much ice. 



The annual Seed Fair took place at Ber- 

 wick on February 24th. Public meetings 

 were also arranged under the auspices of 



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