November, 1909 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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grow finely, as Baxter, Stark, Ontario, Pe- 

 waukee and Ben Davis, and some varieties 

 locally originated do well to, viz. ; Inker- 

 man and Dodd. The Northern Spy, King 

 and Baldwin were exhibited in generous 

 numbers, but are not now considered pro- 

 fitable varieties to grow here. 



If we were to decide on, say, seven 

 varieties for profit we would choose Crimson 

 Beauty, Duchess, Wealthy, Alexander, 

 Baxter, Stark and Ben Davis. These are 

 perfectly hardy, bear well, grow to perfec- 

 tion and would cover the whole season. Of 

 course, there are new varieties being in- 

 troduced and We are watching several, and 

 would be pleased to add or substitute new 

 fruits that are likely to make good. 



One grievance our fruit growers had at 

 the exhibition was that the Nova Scotia 

 fruit which is about three weeks farther 

 advanced is shown in competition with 

 ours. This is not fair to our growers and 

 , we think there should be a separate class 

 for Nova Scotia as they are sure to sweep 

 the prizes, especially in all the late varieties 

 of apples, at this season of the year. If the 

 exhibit were three weeks later we think we 

 could hold our own fairly well as our late 

 apples would be matured. 



The Co-operative Fruit Company packed 

 apples in Charlottetown on certain days lasli 

 month in order to give an opportunity for 

 people who have apples to pack to have 

 them packed in accordance with the Fruit 

 Marks Act. The growers were asked to 

 pick them carefully and bring them in with- 

 out bruising. 



Mr. A. M. McRae of Pownal has a most 

 excellent crop of apples this year. The 

 Wealthy, Gravenstein and Dodd seem to do 

 best with him. A visit to his orchard would 

 demonstrate the fact that fruit growing is 

 very profitable on P.E.I, when rightly con- 

 ducted. 



Nova Scotia 



G. H. Vroom 



The provincial exhibition at Halifax was a 

 good all round show. In fruit, there was 

 one of the best displays ever seen at this 

 annual fair. The 32 county collections, rep- 

 resenting as they did 10 counties, made a 

 display worth spending some time examin- 

 ing and must have convinced the careful 

 observer that the Annapolis Valley is not the 

 only section of Nova Scotia where fruit can 

 be successfully grown. Fifteen 10 variety col- 

 lections, and 20 5-variety collections were 

 shown and competition was keen. 



In individual plates the leading commer- 

 cial varieties were on show in large num- 

 bers. Pears and plums were very much in 

 evidence and made a fine appearance. Pre- 

 served fruit and pickles caused the judge 

 some anxious moments. 



The floral exhibit was exceptionally fine 

 and consisted of beautiful palms, a gorgeous 

 display of ferns, geraniums, lilies, begonias, 

 fuchsias and many others. The display of cut 

 blooms deserves special mention. Verbenas, 

 dahlias and sweet peas predominated. 



The exhibit from the Experimental Farm 

 at Nappan reflected great credit upon Mr. 

 II. Robertson, the superintendent. It was 

 made up of grain, grasses, flax, corn, veg- 

 etables, fruit, honey and many other things 

 and was very neatly arranged. 



In the agricultural hall we found a well 

 arranged exhibit of the products of the 

 farm, roots, vegetables, grain and field 

 seeds, cabbage and cauliflower, pumpkin 

 and squash, but not in such large quantities 

 as could be desired in what should be a first- 

 class agricultural province. 



Annapolis Valley West, N. S. 



R. J. Mettenger 



The last two or three weeks, beginning 

 Oct. 1, have shown us almost a miracle. 

 Sept 28 and 29 gave us a good rain, the 

 first to amount to anything- since June 

 1. Following this, we had two weeks of 

 July weather. Almost every day the ther- 

 mometer climbed up above 80 degrees and 

 often reached 90 degrees at noon in the sun. 

 The air during this time carried kn amount 

 of moisture in excess of ordinary conditions. 



The result on the crops, especially win- 

 ter apples, was wonderful. They have 

 easily doubled in size during the period, 

 and at this writing (Oct. 18) many are say- 

 ing they never had better Baldwins, Spys, 

 Nonpareils, Golden Russets, etc. Baldwins 

 which two weeks ago promised a large pro- 

 portion of No. 2 and under are larger than 

 in average years. This condition added to 

 the clean character of the fruit, will give us 

 some splendid winter fruit to export. 



What effect this sudden development in 

 size will have on the keeping qualities of 

 apples is a matter of conjecture. We 

 would almost expect that the texture would 

 be open and porous under such conditions 

 for good keeping qualities. Coloring is 

 also good. This seems to be a general good 

 year for Kings and Golden Russets. 



Prices have declined somewhat to give 

 the speculators a chance to buy low. The 

 Gravensteins that went across in the hot 

 weather arrived in very bad condition and 

 not only brought disappointing results but 

 I'.ave had a seemingly demoralizing effect 

 on the markets. 



Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario will not 

 exhibit at Royal Horticultural Show, Lon- 

 don, England, this year. 



A 14 kt. Cold Fountain Pen free for only 

 two new subscriptions to The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist. 



Fall Spraying Gives Best Results 

 The Best Fall Spray is VI Fluid 



Writing under date of September 3rd, 1909, to WM. COOPER & 

 NEPHEWS, 



Mr. Maxwell Smith, Late Dominion Fruit Inspector 

 for British Columbia says: "I can conscientiously 

 recomimend your Spray Material, and have personally 

 demonstrated to my satisfaction the value of your 

 Apterite." 



Owing to the very large demand for Cooper's Sprays the manufacturers have 

 pleasure in announcing that VI and V2 Spray Fluids have been substantially 

 reduced in price. 



Full particulars w^ith copies of results of experiments conducted during 1909 from 



WM. COOPER & NEPHEWS ''-^ol^lrV- 



