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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1908 



there was money in their production here. 

 The names to the committee were ones well 

 recognized as those of practical and trust- 

 worthy fruitmen. They were, John John- 

 stone, John A. Annear, Franklyn Bovyer 

 and A. E. Dewar. The circular stated that 

 the P. E. I. Fruit Growers' Association, 

 through its secretary, would undertake to 

 secure prime stock in lots of not less than 

 hundreds, at a price not to exceed 20 cents 

 laid down on the farm. There should be 

 quite a movement in trees this season as 

 a result of this propaganda. 



The Fruit Growers' Association has done 

 more than this for the fruit industry this 

 spring. It has been soliciting offers of 

 small fruits — strawberries, raspberries, cur- 

 rants and gooseberries, with a view to the 

 establishment at Charlottetown of a branch 

 of the Winslow preserving works of Mont- 

 real. Quite an amount of small fruits are 

 grown here ; indeed, this is an ideal straw- 

 berry land, and, as well as the great profit 

 in the sale of fresh fruit from our straw- 

 berry-beds when the season is bare else- 

 where, it will be a good thing to be able 

 to sell at paying prices the stock unfit for 

 basketting and the table. 



Toronto 



The members of the Toronto Horticul- 

 tural Society have recently been visiting 

 some of the largest greenhouses and pri- 

 vate conservatories, in the vicinity of Tor- 

 onto. This has proven a popular move, 

 and the members turned out in large num- 

 bers. 



The places visited recently were The 

 Steele-Briggs Seed Co., J. H. Dunlop, Sir 

 Henry M. Pellatt, and the florists in Bramp- 

 ton, which included the Dale estate ,R. Jen- 

 nings and W. Fendley. 



At liiB receptioii given to the members 

 by Sir Henry M. Pellatt and 

 ; Lady Pellatt, on March 28th, at 

 tfeeir conservatories, over 150 members ac- 

 cepted the invitation. It was an education- 

 al treat for the members to see the many 

 specimens that have been so well grown by 

 the gardener, Mr. McVittie. After the con- 

 servatories had been visited, luncheon was 

 served, at which Lady Pellatt presided. 



The excursion to Brampton on April nth 

 was a splendid success, two special cars 

 being almost filled. The flowers were at 

 their best, the date being just one week 

 before Easter. 



The mrtnbership of the Toronto Society 

 is now greater than any time in its history. 

 It will not be long in reaching the 300 

 mark. 



Montreal 



E. H. Wartman, Dominion Fruit Inspector 



Once more I am at work at Montreal 

 after an absence of two and a half months 

 in Colborne, Ont., district. This village 

 can boast of many expert apple packers. 

 The fruit houses, capable of holding 100,- 

 000 barrels for re-packing are well worth 

 looking into by those who contemplate 

 building frost proof apple houses. These 

 houses have been well tried in weather 

 ranging down to 25 degrees F. last winter, 

 and the apples were never known to keep 

 i 'better. As many as 140 cars of apples were 

 i shipped from this village in one month 

 ~ which, for quantities, few other places can 

 ■boast of in Canada. The 100,000 barrels 

 j;" re-packed here graded about 50 per cent. 

 ; No. I quality ; the other 50 per cent, were 

 - mostly exported and the No. 3 quality re- 

 : turned little or nothing in many cases. 

 : , Odds and ends of apples from all over 



Canada have flooded the Montreal market. 

 About 1,000 barrels of apples were offered 

 by Montreal Fruit Auction Co., on April 

 13th, which is the largest quantity I have 

 ever seen at this late date. The prices 

 were very low, especially No. 2 and No. 3 

 grades. In a large city like Montreal, the 

 most fastidious can find fruit to suit their 

 taste. We have peaches and pears from 

 South Africa,strawberries from South Caro- 

 lina, tomatoes and oranges from California, 

 hot-house grapes from England, all in good 

 order, and inviting. 



Apples, of course, are the cheapest fruit 

 in the market, the auction price for No. 3 

 quality being 75 cents to $1.00 a barrel. 

 Still, if one wants a strictly No. i barrel- 

 of the old reliable Spy he will have to pay 

 $4.50 for them, and there is no grumbling. 



Manitoba 



Wm. J. Cunningham, Dauphin 



There is not much fruit grown in this 

 section. One great drawback is the large 

 quantities of inferior nursery stock that 

 Canadian and American firms are shipping 

 in here. A lot of inferior stuff also comes 

 from Brandon. There is not an apple, 

 plum or cherry tree to be seen in Dauphin. 



There is land for a distance of fifty 

 miles around here that would be fine for 

 fruit growing. The land is well watered 

 and sheltered, but the ordinary class of 

 trees do not do very well. I have grown 

 some Russian varieties with fairly good 

 success, and the people promise that as 

 soon as they see it will do well, they will 

 buy the stock. 



Fruit Crop Forecast 



The present appearance of most kinds of 

 fruit trees and bushes, indicate that they 

 have come through the winter in fine condi- 

 tion. While still early to make predictions 

 regarding the coming season's crop, all re- 

 ports from growers are optimistic. For 

 each issue of THE Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist, growers in all fruit districts from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific are requested to con- 

 contribute brief notes on fruit crop condi- 

 tions and prospects. 



l'islet county, que. 



Village des Aulnaies. — Apple, plum, pear 

 and cherry trees have not suffered. Fruit 

 buds on apple and cherry trees arc abun- 

 dant and promising. The present indica- 

 tions of bloom on plum and pear trees are 

 not so encouraging. Small fruits have 

 come through the winter in good condi- 

 tion. — Auguste Dupuis. 



king's county, n.s. 



Kentville. — Fruit trees and bushes have 

 come through in grand shape and present 

 indications point to a large bloom and 

 no winter killing. An early spring is 

 looked for. It is too early to say any- 

 thing about insect pests. We have no 

 brown tail moth in this county, and spray- 

 ing is universal. I think orchardists will 

 be well rewarded this season.— M. G .De- 

 Wolfe. 



Port Williams. — Fruit trees have come 

 through the winter all right, and very 

 few have been killed. A good supply of 

 buds already, indicates a big crop of ap- 

 ples for 1908. — John Donaldson. 



YORK county, N.B. 



Fredericton. — The prospects for a good 

 show of bloom on fruit trees are good. Bush 

 fruits are coming through in good shape. 

 There is very little evidence of damage by 

 mice. Strawberry plants in exposed places 



or poorly mulched will show much loss but 

 were well mulched, they are looking very 

 encouraging. — J. C. Gilman. 



queen's county, P.E.I. 



Long River. — Trees and bushes wintered 

 well and now look fresh, but it is yet 

 to oearly to say anything about the bloom. 

 We look for a full crop this year. — John 

 Johnston. 



WENTWORTH COUNTY, ONT. 



Winona — Everything has come through in 

 fine shape and only a few of the more 

 tender varieties of peaches have been hurt. 

 They are not damaged much and the amount 

 of buds indicate a good crop. All kinds of 

 plums and pears are in godo shape, and a 

 heavy crop is looked for. — J. W. Smith & 

 Sons. 



LINCOLN COUNTY, ONT. 



Grimsby. — Fruit trees and vines are look- 

 ing very promising. — A. H. Pettit. 



OXFORD COUNTY, ONT. 



Ingersol. — Fruit trees and bushes look 

 very promising and should get no setback 

 from now on. If si^rayed carefully, big 

 crops will be in order. — J. C. Harris. 



ESSEX COUNTY, ONT. 



Leamington. — All varieties of fruit prom- 

 ise a big crop. The only exception is in 

 peaches. Those that are tender have many 

 dead buds but enough are left to ensure 

 a good crop. Most varieties promise a 

 full crop. — J. L. Hilborn. 



KENT COUNTY, ONT. 



Chatham. — Peaches show plenty of 

 bloom ; also apples and pears. Strawberries 

 and raspberries give full promise at pres- 

 ent. — Milton Bachus. 



BRUCE COUNTY, ONT. 



Walkerton. — Strawberries wintered well. 

 Raspberry canes are badly broken down by 

 the snow, which will lessen the crop fully 

 one-half. Plum, pear, apple and cherry 

 trees have come through in splendid con- 

 dition, but it is too early to say anything 

 about the bloom or crop. — A. E. Sherring- 

 ton. 



Giving Good Results 



As evidence of the value of Cooper's 

 Spray Fluids, advertised on another page 

 of this issue, the following letters have 

 been received recently by Mr. W. Staley 

 Spark, who is introducing the fluids into 

 Canada: 



Mr. G. Bruner, Olinda, Ont., wrote: — "I 

 am mailing you to-day, under separate 

 cover ,a specimen of apple wood, on which 

 1 sprayed the Vi Fluid, which you sent to 

 me. I used it on April gth, and have been 

 looking at it a couple of times with other 

 parties, and we are of the opinion that the 

 San Jose scale is dying, or is dead." 



E. P. Crowe, Windsor, N. S.— "I note 

 that the fluid played havoc with the tent 

 caterpillar nests on the trees I have gone 

 over. This Vi is certainly a good thing in 

 that particular, if nothing- more." 



S. Percival, Pender Island, B. C. — "I am 

 pleased to say that I was able to use a lit- 

 tle of. the spray on a few backward trees 

 and find it most effective in killing aphis 

 eggs, and consequently it must have also 

 easily killed spores of scab or black spot. 

 I have cheerfully told my neighbors about 

 the good results." 



I have been much pleased with THE Can- 

 adian Horticulturist, and received many 

 valuable hints from it. — T. M. Gavanza. 



