October, 1909 



THE CANADIAN H RTT C UL TURIST 



229 



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NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES 



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Vancouver Island 



F. Palmer 



111 all parts of the island the apple crop 

 has been exceptionally light. The earlier 

 varieties, such as Duchess and Wealthy, 

 gave a fair crop, but the later varieties 

 give promise of not more than a third of a 

 crop. Wrapping apples is coming into 

 more general use here, with the result that 

 the fruit arrives in the north-west in much 

 better condition. 



As a slight compensation for the light 

 apple crop this year, the pear crop is an 

 exceptionally fine one. Both early and late 

 varieties are heavily loaded and a record 

 crop is almost assured. 



Plums and prunes have been very good 

 this year, as a rule, though a few varieties 



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have been somewhat lighter than usual. 

 Plum rot has been quite prevalent in dis- 

 tricts, where stringent measures have not 

 been taken to keep this disease down. Lit- 

 tle of it is to be found in well kept, well 

 sprayed orchards. 



Kootcnay Valley, B. C. 



Edgar W. Dynes 



Perhaps the most important event of 

 September, as far as the horticultural in- 

 terests of the Kootenay are concerned, was 

 the visit of Professor Craig, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity. Professor Craig was a judge at 

 the National Apple Show in Spokane last 

 fall and he was so impressed with the quali- 

 ty of the fruit that he saw there from Brit- 

 ish Columbia that he determined to make 



a visit to the fruit sections of Canada's 

 Pacific province as soon as possible. 



The British Columbia government learn- 

 ing of his intention, prevailed upon liim to 

 consent to deliver a series of lectures on 

 fruit growing throughout the province. He 

 agreed to their request and lectured at 

 about a dozen of the most important centres. 

 His talks were informal and he sought at 

 each place to deal with the problems which 

 seemed to particularly affect that locality. 



He expressed surprise that British Col- 

 umbia orchards were so very free from 

 pests and urged the growers to see to it 

 that they continued to do so. By way 

 of comparison he mentioned that the grow- 

 ers of the New England States spend annu- 

 ally 20 per cent, of their gross receipts in 

 fighting three pests — apple spot, pear 

 blight and San Jose scale. He found none 

 of these pests in Kootenay orchards. 



He dealt with many other aspects of 

 the fruit situation, such as winter killing 

 and cover crops, and wound up with the ob- 

 servation that he considered there was no 

 probability of an over-production in the ap- 

 ple business. 



"Just to think that I didn't want that tele- 

 phone when it was first talked about ! I 

 thought it an unnecessary expense. Now 

 I wouldn't be without it for anything. 



"Yes, that telephone has turned 

 out to be a wonderful comfort to me. 



'' Last winter when we had sick- 

 ness in the house it was just Uke 

 having the doctor right by you all 

 the time. 



'■ The farm is no longer the lone- 

 some place it was. I can chat with 

 my neighbors at any time no matter 

 how far away they are — exchange 

 cooking recipes, arrange visits — and 

 even talk gossip. 



" I certainly wouldn't be without 

 a telephone in the house now I know 

 what it means, and my husband sa)rs 

 it i? the greatest money-earner on 

 the farm." 



That's right. A telephone will 

 earn good money for any farmer. 



Just think what it would mean 

 to you to know what the current 



prices are before you take 

 your stock or produce into 

 town ! If you think back 

 a little we are sure you will re- 

 member times when you had to 

 sacrifice your products simply be- 

 cause you didn't know how bad the 

 market was before you left home. 



Think of the time you lose when 

 you have to gc to town for a small 

 part of one of your farm implements. 

 If you had a telephone you could 

 explain exactly what you wanted 

 and send a boy for it. 



You certainly need a telephone on 

 your farm, but be sure you get the 

 right instrument. The wrong in- 

 strument is worse than none at all. 



Get the instrument and equipment 

 that is always in order, the one over 

 which your messages are heard dis- 

 tinctly, the one that never gives any 



trouble — that's a Northern Electric 

 Equipment. 



Ninety-five of every hundred tel- 

 ephones in use in Canada are made 

 by The Northern Electric and Man- 

 ufacturing Co., Limited. There is 

 a reason why so many people prefer 

 the Northern Electric Equipment to 

 any other make and it is found in 

 the perfect service it invariably gives. 



You need a Northern Electric 

 telephone on your farm. The want 

 is there and no other make can fill 

 it half so well. 



We want you to write us to-day 

 for our free book telling how easy 

 it is to secure perfect telephone 

 service on your farm. Write to-day 

 for Bulletin No. 2216 



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