June, 1909 



THE CANADIAN H RTI C UL TUEIST 



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winter, but judging from careful examina- 

 tion of the few that we had planted last 

 year, they all appear to be in a very healthy 

 condition. The buds are showing on all of 

 the raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries 

 and currant bushes. The strawberry plants 

 appear to have done very well, and there is 

 no sign of their being winter killed. 



While we have many favorable conditions 

 in this new country to warrant us in saying 

 that in time a great many varieties of small 

 fruits will be raised here in profusion, at 

 the same time, it takes considerable educa- 

 tion in order to bring more favorable results. 

 The location of the Saskatchewan University 

 and Agricultural College here will no doxibt 

 ^ a great factor in educating people along 



rticultural lines. 



each filled this measure well heaped ; two 

 boxes weighed two pounds, four ounces. 

 The man well accustomed to the trade would 

 understand these were heavy weights. Geo. 

 Vipond & Co. has been the only firm in this 

 city up to the present date. May 19th, 

 who has received a full car ; in fact, this 

 firm was the first to bring a car to Canada 

 this season. The trade is a venturesome 

 one, many losses are made by fruit landing 

 in poor condition. So far condition has 

 been very good. Prices have been from 13 

 cents to 23 cents a box. 



My personal observation in Jacques Car- 

 tier County of fruit trees show that the 

 winter was not severe on the apple, cherry 

 or plum, although they are late putting 



forth buds ; will likely do well as we are past 

 the date for frost or will when the bloom 

 appears. 



The tomatoes under glass at Macdonald 

 College have been ripe since May 10th. The 

 crop is an abundant one, and the quality 

 far surpasses those from the south coming in 

 car lots. 



Although apples in store are getting 

 scarce, still money could buy 1,000 barrels 

 yet out of cold storage, largely of Spy var- 

 iety. I saw a barrel, originally packed seven 

 months from tree, opened on May 11, that 

 really looked very inviting — solid, well color- 

 ed, crisp ; price asked was $8, or by the car 

 $7, which is quite a good profit to a man who 

 bought at $2.50. It is wonderful how long 



Saskatchewan 



G. T. Barley 



The prospects for all kinds of small fruits 

 Ure good. The weather has been backward 

 but heavy falls of snow this spring put the 

 land in good conditon. 



The bed of horticultural products, con- 

 sisting of climbing roses, tea roses, spireas. 

 jyringa, carnations and grai^e vines, (a cut 

 of which appeared in your paper last 

 spring), has wintered all right and I ex- 

 pect a fine display this season. This shows 

 Ite me that we can have these things if we wish 

 to take the trouble, and the expense of 

 wintering would not be very much greater 

 than it would be in any part of Eastern 



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E. H. Wartman, Dominion Fruit Inspector 



The first car of strawberries came to oui 



auction room on April 28th. I emptied 



iveral boxes stamped "Imp. qt." and found 



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