April, 1908 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



93 



Tomatoes in Pots 



Continued frojn page 84 



They are difficult to look after, but to 

 get the best results in localities as far 

 north as Toronto we must have good plants. 

 The easiest way and best way to grow to- 

 mato plants is to dig up a spent hot-bed, 

 say one that lettuce has been grown in, 

 and plant in strawberry boxes. Give them 

 as much room as you can afford. Place on 

 the bed and fill with loose earth to level of 

 boxes. They are easy to water and the 

 roots will feed from the bed. 



Work of Fruit StationSj 



At a meeting of the new Advisory Board 

 of Fruit Stations held in Toronto, on Feb. 

 26, it was decided that no changes be made 

 in the old stations until a full report could 

 be obtained as to their respective value. 



At the new station at Jordan Harbor 

 an extensive planting of all kinds of 

 fruits will be commenced this spring 

 with a view to experimenting along the 

 following lines: 1. Semi-dwarf stocks 

 -ior apples : 2. Testing of various stocks 

 Swith standard varieties for northern dis- 

 Sthcts ; 3. High vs. low heading ; 4. 

 Use of varieties as fillers among standard 

 winter sorts ; 5. Culture tests with all fruits ; 

 6. Method of training grapes ; 7. Peaches 

 on plum stocks ; 8. Experiments with pears 

 for the suppression of blight ; 9. Standard 

 vs. dwarf pears for commercial use ; 10. 

 Suppression of rot in plums; 11. lasting of 

 hybrids originated at the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa; 12. Pruning meth- 

 ods with all fruits, including small fruits ; 

 13. Planting of selected seed of all fruits 

 in large quantities for the purpose of obtain- 

 ifag natural hybrids of value; 14. Fall plant- 

 ing of peaches, pears and plums vs. spring 

 planting; 15. Fumigation of nursery stock 

 to test the theory that this process injures 

 the trees. 



It is likely that some special tobacco 

 experiments will be carried on under the 

 supervision of Mr. McKenney, the repre- 

 Sjentative of the Department of Agriculture 

 wt Essex Centre. Extensive vegetable ex- 

 periments will also be carried out at Leam- 

 Wgton and Jordan Harbor. 



To Revise Plant Names 



The committee on the nomenclature of plants, 

 which was appointed at the last annual meet- 

 ing of the Ontario Horticultural Association, 

 lias begun its work. A meeting was held in 

 i^e offices of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 Jecently, at which it was planned to have some 

 valuable information to present at the next 

 annual- meeting of the association. The mem- 

 bers of the committee present were: W. Hunt, 

 O.A.C., Guelph; J. Cavers, Oakville; W. T. 

 Macoun, C.E.F., Ottawa, and H. B. Cowan, 

 of Toronto. 



The object of the appointment of this com- 

 mittee was to correct as many mistakes as 

 possible in the names and descriptions of 

 plants in common usage. The committee also 

 hopes to present to the association at its next 

 anunal meeting, lists of the best varieties of 

 some of the most popular kinds of plants, 

 correctly named and described. 



High-Class Upright Piano for J225C)0.— 



Thorf hiive been taken into ih-i warerooms 

 of Heintzman & Co.. Limited, ll.") 117 

 King street west, Toronto, within the past 

 lew days, two upright pianos .very little 

 used, and bearing the names of well-known 

 manufacturers. One of these may be 

 bought for $225, and the other for $250. It 

 is an opportunity to get what ia practically 

 a new piano at nearly half the manufac- 

 turer's regular price. 



Orchard Cultivation 



T. £. BUtell, Elora, Ont. 



The advantages of cultivating orchards 

 and vineyards with a disk harrow are com- 

 ing to be more fully recognized. 1 he disk 

 principal is tnat of a revolving mould-board 

 which enters the soil at an angle and lifts, 

 turns and pulverizes, while the mould-board 

 continues to revolve. Owing to the princi- 

 pal on wnicti It works, the disk cultivator 

 or narrow will accompiisn more work and 

 stir more earth witn less horse power tnan 

 any otner style ot cultivator. At the same 

 time if ttie disk plate is of correct shape 

 and turn, the soil is more thoroughly cul- 

 tivated tliereby than witu any otner style 

 ot implement. 



ine disk presents an advantage for or- 

 chard and vineyard work in that it does 

 not catch on the rootlets and tear them up 

 similar to the duck-foot or other cultivator 

 of tne tooth style. 1 lie frequent cultivation 

 ot orchards, vineyards and small fruits by 

 the disk cultivator preserves the moisture 

 and increases the vitality of the trees and 

 vines ensuring better returns. 



Enclosed find the money to pay for my 

 advertisement. Judging from the way ord- 

 ers are coming in, 1 will not need any fur- 

 ther advertising than that I have paid for; 

 therefore, cancel my order for the next is- 

 sue. — N. E. Maiiory, Blenneim, Ont. 



,^The Aspinwall Mfg. Co., Guelph, Ont., issue 

 a neat little booklet entitled "Potato Culture," 

 that contains valuable information for potato 

 growers, bend for a copy, and also ask for a 

 copy of their catalog of potato machinery. 



Fruit growers are considerably interested 

 in the new spraying mixtures that were men- 

 tioned in The Canadian Horticulturist, the 

 Vi Fluid and V2 Fluid. At a recent meet- 

 of the Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers' 

 Association, a committee, composed of A. 

 H. Pettit, Grimsby ; Jos. Tweddle, Fruit- 

 land, and J. W. Smith, Winona, was ap- 

 pointed to test these mixtures. Experi- 

 ments will be conducted also in other parts 

 of Ontario and in other provinces. 



A Square Piano for $30.00 — Heintzman & 

 Co., Limited, 115-117 King street west, Tor- 

 onto, are clearing out what is pretty much 

 one floor of square pianos at not only $30 

 but some of them at $25, and others again 

 at $35, $40, and $45. in payments of $5 

 down and 50 cents a week. 



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f^M^ ■« i gi c^ Now is the time to place 

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