April, 1909 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



87 



Vegetable Growers Meet 



The meeting of the Toronto branch of the 

 Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association, 

 held in Toronto, on March 6, was largely 

 attended, and the addresses delivered by 

 Prof. W. P. Gamble, of the O. A. C, and 

 Mr. Dagar, Pood Inspector of the Inland 

 Revenue Department, were listened to with 

 with much interest. 



In his opening address, the president, Mr. 

 Thos. Delworth, referred briefly to the con- 

 dition of affairs at the St. Lawrence mar- 

 ket, Toronto. He stated that the market 

 gardeners had been refused permission to 

 sell from the wagons, in the north part 

 of the market. He had had communication 

 with Property Commissioner Harris, of To- 

 ronto, and had been informed that the city 

 would make, room for the growers, in the 

 southern part of the market. The speaker 

 stated that there was no room down there 

 and that on Saturday mornings the men 

 had to wait till 12 or 1 o'clock before they 

 could get into the market at all. It was 

 the general opinion that the city did not 

 want the growers there. The matter will be 

 gone into still further. 



Mr. B. Leslie Emslie, of the Dominion 

 Agricultural OflBces of the Potash Syndicate, 

 stated that this firm would supply, free of 

 cost, to all men who cared to make the 

 experiments, potash for use on all crops, 

 provided that the exnerimenters would give 

 a full report to his firm. 



Mr. N. Carter, of Earlscourt stated that 

 last year the government passed legislation 

 [assessing all property in Earlscourt that was 

 [under 50 acres at so much per foot frontage. 

 [Previous to this, all land over two acres 

 [were assessed as farm lands and consequent- 

 Ely the assessment was considerably less. On 

 [motion of Mr. Carter, seconded by A. W. 

 Shuter, of Bracondale, it was resolved that 

 'the members of this association do all in 



their power to help the growers of Earls- 

 court to secure the old state of affairs. 



Mr. Dagar then explained in a few words 

 the working of the Pure Foods Act in re- 

 gard to fertilizers. It was thought by the 

 executive of the association that the method 

 of taking samples of fertilizers is unwork- 

 able.. As it works now, it has to be done in 

 the presence of the manufacturer or his 

 agent and these people can refuse to wit- 

 ness the taking of the sample. It was re- 

 commended that the operation be done in 

 the presence of two disinterested parties 

 and that any punishment should rest with 

 the government and not with the purchaser 

 of the fertilizer. 



In the exhibition of rhubarb, Thos. Del- 

 worth took first, J. W. Rush second and 

 Mr. Hurrell, third. A hearty vote of 

 thanks was tendered Professor Gamble and 

 Mr. Dagar. A report of Professor Gam- 

 ble's address will appear in next issue. 



Spraying 



W. Staler Spark, Toronto 



If fruit growers wish to have healthy 

 trees and clean fruit they must spray. It 

 is an absolute necessity, but it is of no use 

 to spray indiscriminately, that is to say, 

 just to put the spray on the trees at any 

 time and imagine that you have eradicated 

 or prevented all and every kind of disease 

 which attacks fruit trees. The careful fruit 

 grower examines his trees and knows well 

 what he is going to spray for. He then 

 takes care to spray at a time when he is 

 most likely to kill the pest or disease which 

 is attacking the trees. 



It is a very common error (of small orch- 

 ardists especially) to think that the mater- 

 ials used can be mixed by guess work. They 

 should be measured most carefully, follow- 

 ing the instructions given by practical men 



of experience, or manufacturers of the ar- 

 ticle used. 



Some fruit growers spray when the trees 

 are in bloom. This is not a good practice. 

 Some people will tell you that if there be 

 a surplus of blosoms it was a good way of 

 thinning them, but it often produces ab- 

 ortive fruit . and may possibly kill bees 

 which do so much to fertilize the blossoms. 



Others imagine that if you spray your 

 trees once and the disease is not entirely 

 eradicated, the formula recommended must 

 be a failure. This is a great mistake. The 

 most careful sprayer will often miss a small 

 portion of the tree, and it may be the very 

 place he has missed is infected with the in- 

 sects or disease he is trying to kill. It may 

 possibly be that one dose will be sufiBcient, 

 but it seldom is so, and no man can make 

 a mistake by spraying twice with the same 

 mixture in one year. 



With regard to Cooper's VI Fluid which 

 has been spoken so highly of for both San 

 Jose scale and oyster-shell bark-louse, it has 

 been proved beyond doubt to have a most 

 beneficial effect as a tonic to the tree, a 

 fungicide and scalecide, if used both in the 

 fall after the leaves have fallen and again 

 in the spring before the buds burst. It is 

 the opinion of most practical men that or- 

 chards should be sprayed at least three times 

 in the year, once in the fall, especially for 

 fungus, once in the spring before the buds 

 burst for scale, oyster-shell bark-louse and 

 other diseases, and once in the summer when 

 the tree is in leaf, in ordef to deal with in- 

 sect life. 



The greatest care should always be taken 

 in mixing and measuring the spray mixture, 

 in getting a fine mist-like spray and in 

 covering every branch and twig as well as 

 the trunk of the tree, and pven a circum- 

 ference of three feet around the base of the 

 tree. 



Select Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 



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^ Our prices, taking into consideration 

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 moderate and our personal attention is given 

 to ail enquiries relating to prices and advice 

 on planting. 



E. D. SMITH, 



HELDERLEIGH 



NURSERIES: 



Winona, Ont. 



(ESTABLISHED OVER QUARTER OF A CENTURY. NURSERIES ETC. OVER 800 ACRES). 



