June, 1908 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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not afford to purchase and operate one 

 themselves. The offer of Government aid 

 should make it possible for all growers to 

 have the use of a power machine at small 

 spense when operated co-operatively. 

 Xast year and this season, many growers 

 kve taken advantage of the Government's 

 proposition. As a result, it is reasonable 

 suppose that they will have more fruit 

 i superior quality when harvest time comes 

 m they have had before. The success of 

 lese applicants will advertise the scheme 

 ^roughout the province. The work will do 

 "touch to elevate the standard of the in- 

 dustry. 



NOTES FROM THE PROVINCES 



Many of our readers will notice that the 

 number of pages in this issue of The C.\n.'\- 

 lAN Horticulturist is less than usual. 

 While the size of the paper has been de- 

 creased for this month and probably will 

 !je the same for next, there is practically 

 he same amount of reading- matter as in 

 ur issue of standard size. The decrease is 

 iue chiefly to the falling off in the amount 

 f advertising matter carried at this season 

 if the year. 



The annual meeting of The Co operative 

 Fruit Growers of Ontario will be held in 

 Toronto on June 9th. Representatives from 

 all the local co-operative associations in the 

 province are invited to be present. 



lOur Premium Offer.— Lovers of flowers 

 111 this month have an excellent oppor- 

 Snity of securing- some choice material for 

 ^eir gardens by taking advantage of our 

 Bmium offer in this issue. Full partic- 

 Hars are given on another page. Do not 

 wait until the season for planting is past. • 



Winnipeg 



Geo. Batko. 



The season in the west so far seems to 

 be a very promising- one. Some winter 

 killing of trees and shrubs has occurred, 

 but the spring: has been an unusually fav- 

 orable one, opening out with but very few 

 frosty nigfhts and with just about enough 

 rain to put the ground in gfood shape. In 

 the Winnipeg: district — and no doubt 

 throughout the whole of the west — an un- 

 usually large amount of attention has been 

 paid to gardening this spring-. Larg;e num- 

 bers of trees have been sold in Winnipeg: 

 by the nursery firms during the past win- 

 ter, and reports show that tree planting- 

 has been undertaken on quite an exten- 

 sive scale throughout the three prairie 

 provinces. 



The need for a fuller expansion in the 

 market g-arden business about our cities 

 came up recently in an interview between 

 some of the Winnipeg- city authorities and 

 a delegation that waited upon them. It 

 was claimed that Winnipeg alone imported 

 about 500 carloads of vegetables each year 

 from outside points. This is in spite of 

 the fact that much land eminently suited 

 for veg:etable growing lies close about the 

 city. 



The Western Horticultural Society is pro- 

 posing to the rural schools of Manitoba a 

 series of competitions in the beautifying 

 of school grounds. There is need in the 



west for work along: these particular lines. 

 Strawberries have been sold in consid- 

 erable quantities here for about a month 

 and a half past, and are retailing- now for 

 25 cents a quart. A few lots of apples 

 have been coming: in up till this month, 

 but have now ceased to arrive. There is 

 always a good demand for fruits and vege- 

 tables here and tremendous quantities of 

 both keep coming from the United States 

 to supply the demand. 



Montreal 



E. H. Wartman, Dominion Fruit Inipector. 



Fruit prospects on the Island of Montreal 

 are promising. The crop is largely apples. 

 The trees have wintered well ; and fruit 

 buds, which are numerous, are swelling 

 fast. Still they are not beyond the danger 

 point. If two or three days cold wind, 

 from any point nearing freezing tempera- 

 ture, should prevail, especially when bloom 

 is opening, it would have a marked effect ; 

 however, I will not predict any such dis- 

 aster. Strawberry plants just uncovered 

 are looking well. 



We are reminded every day of the sunny 

 south. North Carolina strawberries are 

 arriving in good order and selling fairly 

 well around 17 cents a quart box in crates 

 containing 32 boxes. This is auction price 

 at Montreal Fruit Auction Co. Geo. Vip- 

 ond & Co. handled the first car of the 



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