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THE CANADIAN HORTICUIJTXJRIST 



August, 1908 



New Brunswick 



S. B. Hathewajr 



The Fruit Growers' Association held a 

 series of orchard meetings at points along 

 the St. John River during- the last week in 

 June, that were very successful and much 

 appreciated. The speakers were G. H. 

 Vroom, of Middleton,' N. S., Dominion 

 Fruit Inspector, and S. B. Hatheway, sec- 

 retary of the association. A pump and 



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spraying outfit was used to demonstrate 

 making and applying Bordeaux mixtiire. 

 Instruction and practical work in pruning 

 and care of fruit trees also was given. 

 Evening meetings were held at Lakeville 

 Corner and Oromocto, where insect pests 

 and raising and marketing fruit, were dis- 

 cussed. 



People are beginning to take an inter- 

 est in the Fruit Growers' Association. If 

 the Government could be induced to give 

 an annual grant, as other local govern- 

 njents are doing, the advantages of having 

 such an association would be more forcibly 

 impressed on the public in general, and 

 on fruit growers, in particular. 



Nova Scotia 



G. H. Vroom, Dominion Fruit Inspector 



Fruit prospects in Nova Scotia at the 

 present time are fair, although, not quite 

 what we expected when the trees were in 

 bloom. Th canker worm did considerable 

 damage in some sections and shortened the 

 crop. Gravensteins are well set and up-to- 

 date are nearly free from spot, where pro- 

 perly sprayed. Kings are looking well. 

 Baldwin, Golden Russet, Ribston , Stark, 

 Ben Davis and Astrachan are fair. Falla- 

 water. Spy, Blenhem, Greening and many 

 others are light. 



The continued dry weather shortened the 

 strawberry crop and the price has been good 

 The retail price in Halifax during the third 

 week of July was 15 cents a box. Cherries 

 are a good crop ; plums and pears only med- 

 ium. The Halifax market is well supplied 

 with plums, peaches, pears and apples from 

 the south. The cranberry crop is promising 

 well in most sections and on good bogs. 



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 speak of, and the result is a pretty con- 

 siderable apple drop. The varieties dropp- 

 ing most are Greening, King, Ben Davis and 

 the early varieties, such as Gravenstein. 

 Many complain of a light set of Nonpareils. 

 The general opinion is that the crop here 

 is not as large in prospect as at last writing. 

 The weather has certainly been favorable 



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for clean fruit and thus far, very little spot 

 can be seen; still, August is the month for 

 the development of the spot. However, we 

 hope that with the more general spraying 

 this year. Nova Scotia apples will be bettir 

 than last year. 



Whether or not we merited the reputaticin. 

 last year Nova Scotia apples caught it fnuu 

 all sources. The Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' 

 Association has more than once discussed 

 the question of having the names of viola- 

 tors of the Fruit Marks Act published. 

 Such an action would be beneficial. We are _ 

 confident, however, that an improvemerit.;? 

 will be seen this year. 



In the best cared for orchards, the cover: 

 crops are sown and cultural operations have 

 ceased for the season. Small fruits are only J 

 raised on a small scale in this .section, and-i 

 very little commercially. 



Eastern Annapolis Valley 



Eunice Watts 



Although the year opened with unusually : 

 bright prospects, the dry weather and the.'; 

 insect pests have put a damper on the ex-, 

 pectations of many growers. The canker'! 

 worm got beyond the control of several or- 

 chardists in the apple belt under the North ■ 

 Mountain, where the devastation caused by_| 

 these caterpillars is a sight not easily to bel 

 forgotten. At Starr's Point, near Blomidon.a 

 whole blocks of orchards are defoliated, or' 

 as red as the soil on which they are planted. 



In some districts, blackberries are badly] 

 affected by the orange rust which is preva- 

 lent not only in plantations, but by the! 

 way side where it should be the duty of] 

 passers-by to dig up and burn plants affect- 

 ed, thus preventing the spores of this in- 

 curable disease from affecting cultivated] 

 patches.. 



Potato beetles are particularly active, not^ 

 only on their own hosts, but upon tomato j 

 plants and nicotianas. If by some mistake,^ 

 tomatoes are grown on grounil which wasl 

 occupied the preceding year by potatoes, thel 

 beetles will quickly devour them, unlessj 

 they are hand picked.for tomatoes are easilj^ 

 injured by Paris green. 



The woolly bear caterpillars have appear- J 

 ed in great numbers on a patch of broadj 

 beans, CVicia Faba) and are doing much 

 damage. Last year they attacked the onions.i 



Peas are suffering more than most things 

 for lack of rain and the apples are becoming 

 thinner. Where the cultivator is kept con-' 

 stantly at work the crops are not suffering to 

 any great extent; on the whole they look 

 well. 



Growers of strawberries who were fortun- 

 ate enough not to lose mucli of their crop 

 by the dry weather have made a good thing 

 this season as there was a demand for them 

 at a good price. Raspberries and blue- 

 berries quickly succeeded the strawberries, 

 but like everything else they need rain. 



During the past year, 62,844 barrels of ap- 

 ples have been shipped from Berwick Sta- 

 tion. This does not include bulk shipments. 

 Many other stations in the valley are not 

 far behind Berwick in their shipments. 



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 made by such well known manufacturers as 

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 to $150 hv the old firm of Heintzman & Co., 

 Limited, 115-117 King St. West, Toronto. 

 Thes(! instruments have all been put in 

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