November, 1909 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



253 



Annapolis Valley East, N. S. 



Ennice Watts 



The cranberry crop this year is very poor. 

 Growers who last year had 200 barrels have 

 this season only 20, but last season they had 

 a crop big enough to last them two years. 



Fortunately there have been no gales so 

 far, and the apples have not suffered. They 

 are being picked and rushed to the ware- 

 houses as fast as possible. The fruit crop 

 seems to be turning out better than was an- 

 ticipated a month ago and prices are good : 

 Sp2.50 are offered for orchards, tree run. The 

 apple shipments from Herwick station dur- 

 ing August were 415 barrels, in September 

 8,693 barrels. 



Mr. Earl of Lytton, B.C., has been giving 

 demonstrations in the art of packing ap- 



FOR SALE AND WANT 

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Advertisements under this heading in- 

 serted at rate of two cents a word for each 

 insertion, each figure, sign or single letter 

 to count as one word, minimun cost, 25 

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AGENTS make big money Belling "Vol-peek" 

 Granite Cement. Mends holes in Graniteware. 

 Iron, Agate, Tinware, etc. Mends a hole in 

 one minute. Every housewife buys. Greatest 

 seller on the market. Agents make over IOC 

 per cent, profits. N. Nagle. Westmount. Que. 



'WANTED--A capable man— married preferr.d— o 

 take charge of a Nursery and Fruit Farm in 

 the Province of Quebec. Must unders'and the 

 propagation and cultivat on of Nursery Stock, 

 and be qualified to manage successfully larg3 

 and email fruit orchards. An excelle if, oppor- 

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pies in boxes at the different warehouses 

 in the vicinity and at the Middleton exhi- 

 bition. He visited Berwick, Kentville, Uppei 

 Dyke, Cambridge, Waterville and Aylesford. 

 Mr. Anderson of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, also has been in our province in 

 trie interest of the new experimental orchard 

 which is to be established here ; so far noth- 

 ing has been definitely decided. 



In the market at Halifax were to be seen 

 shelled broad beans at 12 cents a quart ; 

 also other varieties of beans and peas shell- 

 ed and celery, varying from 8 to 13 cents a 

 bunch. Radishes and all kinds of vegetables 

 are arranged on the pavements by the ne- 

 groes and Indians who come to town from 

 the country for the Saturday market. Thf 

 white people also have quite a market of 

 dairy produce, moose meat, herbs and fruit. 



Wm. Nash, Stoney Creek, Ont. : S. Over- 

 holt, Jordan, Ont.; Lougheed Bros., Clarks- 

 burg, Ont.; Geo. Dvce & Co., Meaford, 

 Ont. ; T. S. Vipond & Co., Montreal, Que., 

 D. Hanniwell, St. Davids, Ont. 



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A photograph was received by The Can- 

 .VDIAN HoRTicrLTURiST recently (not dis- 

 tinct enough for publication) that showed 

 Burbank plum scions grafted a few years 

 ago on half of a Hyne's Surprise peach 

 tree. This year, several ten-pound bas- 

 kets of both plums and peaches were pick- 

 ed from this tree which is growing in the 

 Hillorest Orchards, Kentville, N.S. This 

 interesting photograph was received from 

 Mr. R. S. Eaton, the president and man- 

 aging director of this orchard. 



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A new publication. The Fruit Magazijie, 

 made its first appearance last month. It 

 is iiublished in Vancouver, B.C. Mr. Max- 

 well .Smith, who for nine years has been 

 Dominion Fruit Inspector at Vancouver, 

 assumes the editorship. 



The following persons have recently been 

 fined for violations of the Fruit Marks Act, 

 on complaints laid by the Dominion fruit 

 inspectors : R. O. Konkle, Beamsville, Ont. ; 



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