September, 1909 



THECANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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of Woodstock, who was one of Nature's 

 noblemen in horticulture, planted commer- 

 cial orchards and was successful in growing 

 better fruit. He proved that the inland 

 portions of this province would grow fine 

 fruit in ijlums and apples. At his death, 



I period of indifference followed, bvit a re- 

 ival has set in again. This year at least 

 dozen persons have planted 500 winter 

 pple trees ; two or three, lUUO each ; and 

 lany more, 100 apples each; and the prin- 

 ciple of cultivation is taking root in the 

 general mind. 



The two chief difficulties are the need 

 of deep tile drainage, three to four feet 

 deep to take all standing water from the 

 roots and the need of bi-monthly stirring 

 of the soil or a buckwheat crop growing rich 

 and strong about the trees. Small fruits 

 are a great success and are in strong de- 

 mand. In fact, general agriculture is im- 

 proving under the government's stimulat- 

 ing influence. The farmer is encouraged to 

 grow a larger product and more valuable on 

 less acreage. 



Around the Bay of Fundy heavy tidal 

 waters, the Petticodiac muddy stream, the 

 Straits of Northumberland and the great 

 St. John and Kennebec, both fresh water 

 rivers, are the best areas for the higher 

 grades of apples as the extremes of heat 

 and cold are greatly modified. Here can 

 be raised the qualitiesthat England uses and 

 that her markets call for. On the whole, 

 the outlook for progress is good even in the 

 export trade. 



I wish that The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist was circulating more widely here so 

 as to inculcate more system in the work, 

 both in the country and in the cities. Many 

 of the city people live all the summer 

 months in their cottages in small places and 

 in the country. This is a regular feature of 

 the people of St. John, year after year. 



They . are planting orchards and gardens 

 and beautifying these places and are the 

 leaders in making a more beautiful New 

 Brunswick. — W. C. Archibald, St. John, N. 

 B. 



Nova Scotia 



p. J. Shaw 



The apple crop now promises to be con- 

 siderably smaller than last year. Reports 

 from the Annapolis Valley state that the 

 season has been very dry and apples have 

 fallen in consequence, especially in orchards 

 receiving little or no cultivation. 



No one can say how much the loss from 

 this cause will be, nor how much short this 

 year's crop will be, but it is certain the 

 crop is not going to be as large as was an- 

 ticipated earlier in the season. 



Annapolis Valley East, N.S. 



Eunice Watts 



The apple prospects are good, but trees 

 are not so heavily laden as the show of blos- 

 soms predicted ; many failed to set, and the 

 dry weather caused fruit to drop. Red As- 

 trachan and Duchess were the first to be 

 shipped to local markets. A report from 

 western Kings says that some orchards have 

 been damaged by hailstones. Various kinds 

 of caterpillars, including those of the tus- 

 sock moth, fall web worm, and others are 

 plentiful. 



The raspberry crop has oeen affected ly 

 the drought but rains came at the latter end 

 of the picking. Blackberries look promising, 

 but did not commence to ripen before the 

 rains. Most flower gardens are unusually 

 bare and dried up for this time of the year. 



Tomatoes were bringing $1.25 a basket 

 for the first shipment in August. Most veg- 

 etable crops are late. 



In the vicinity of Waterville, Kings Co., 

 the farmers are meeting together for the 

 purpo.se of forming a co-operative fruit 

 packing company, which is not received fav- 

 orably by some of the dealers but the orch- 

 ardists hope that the company will be an 

 accomplished fact by this fall. 



Budding is now in full swing- where it is 

 practised, but to most people it still seems 

 to be a mysterious operation. 



Annapolis Valley West, N.S. 



R. J. Meiunger 



We have been suffering from the most 

 severe drouth for years. Orchards that have 

 been properly cultivated have not suffered 

 much, but in uncultivated and neglected 

 orchards the apples have both dropped badly 

 and are also small. That there will be a lot 

 of small apples in the valley this year is gen- 

 erally conceded. There will be little spot and 

 few wormy apples but lots of No. 2's. 



Insects have been very numerous this 

 year. First the canker worm did much dam- 

 age, then the aphis proved quite a nuisance 

 to the orchardists. This seems to have been 

 noticed all through the valley and it is 

 difficult to reach it with spray, since its 

 habit of living curls the leaf about its feed- 

 ing ground and protects it almost wholly. 

 It is to be hoped that our winter spraying 

 will destroy the eggs of this pest. In connec- 

 tion with this, there are this year a great 

 many small, wrinkled, deformed apples and 

 some of our farmers think it is a result of 

 the work of the aphis. Just how the eating 

 or sapping of the leaves would affect the 

 apples in this way I cannot understand. 

 In my own orchard, which was winter spray- 

 ed, there is little aphis and I have seen 

 many of these deformed apples on trees 

 entirely free from aphis. 



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