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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



August, 1908 



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Canadian National 

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Aug. 29th to Sept. 14th, 1908 



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Nico-Soap 



Editor, The CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST: 



In the July issue of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist, an article appeared over my 

 signature entitled, "Some Spraying Mix- 

 tures," in which I inadvertently made the 

 mistake of saying that "Nico-Soap professe.s 

 to kill all insects and their eggs by contact." 

 This was a mis-statement, as Nico-Soap 

 claims only to kill insects by contact. The 

 writer had been reading the advertising mat- 

 ter of Nico-Soap and another insecticide, 

 , and mentally "got things mixed." 



The article was rather bitter in its tone, 

 I admit, and was born of the feeling that 

 the farmer is the one who gets "pulled" 

 oftenest and is the least able to stand it; 

 and in my zeal to aid my brother farmer, I 

 am often unjust to others. I regret that the 

 mistake was made and hope that those 

 who are testing the merits of Nico-Soap 

 may not be biased in their judgments, or in 

 the reports of their experiments, by the 

 error made in the article. — K. J. Messenger, 

 Bridgetown, N. S. 



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Metal ceilings and walls are fire proof 

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Those who are tired of the yearly expense 

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Exceptional Bargains in Pianos — Square 

 Pianos by such well known manufacturers 

 as Steinway, Chickering, Haines Bros, and 

 the famous Heintzman & Co. instrument, 

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 onto, at such remarkably low prices as $75 

 to $150. These instruments have been put 

 in good condition and all that is asked in 

 payment is 50c to 75c a week. 



Foreign Money in Our Orchards 



p. J. Carey, Dominion Fruit Inspector, Toronto 



The practice of foreign dealers reckless- 

 ly advancing money early in the season to 

 all classes of men,, to operate in the or- 

 chards is responsible for a great many of 

 the troubles of the apple business. This 

 system encourages the wildest and most un- 

 businesslike transactions in the way of pur- 

 chasing and handling of fruit. The busi- 

 ness man who is using his own capital 

 and wants to work on a business basis has 

 little chance against such opposition. 



We would have a much healthier tradi 

 if the orchard operations were in the hand- 

 of the growers or reputable dealers wli' 

 have their own money invested. Then 

 when our fruit is properly and hone.stl.\ 

 packed, we are ready for the Englishmai. 

 and his money and will be prepared to giv. 

 him a square deal. 



Items of Interest 



Orchard meetings were held in June in 

 Ontario at Wicklow, Colborne, Brighton 

 Wooler, Castleton and Warkworth. Thi . 

 were addressed by Mr. A. McNeill, Chief, 

 Fruit Division, Ottawa and Dominion Fruit 

 Inspectors Carey, Rutherford and Brown 

 The meetings were largely attended. Thi 

 subjects discussed included orchard culture, 

 spraying and orchard pests. 



It is reported that the brown tail moth 

 has entered New Brunswick. This summer, 

 many specimens have been seen and it is 

 known that they are coming from Massa- 

 chusetts. The steamers plying between St. 

 John and Boston have been closely watched 

 and it has been learned that on every boat, 

 scores and perhaps hundreds arrive and at 

 once settle themselves in their new quarters. 



Last month a number of orchard meeting 

 in British Columbia were addressed by Proi 

 W. F. Thornber, Horticulturist of the Wash- 

 ington Agricultural College, Pullman, Mr. 

 M. H. Dobie, Victoria, B. C, and other 

 authorities. See report in next issue. 



A neat little booklet entitled "A School 

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 Hammond's Paint and Slug Shot Work? 

 Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York. It con 

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The exhibits of fruit from British Col 

 umbia at the Dominion Exhibition in Cal 

 gary last month were a credit to that pro- 

 vince and received many favorable com- 

 ments. 



Fifty Dollars Buys a Piano — At the sum- 

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