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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, igo8 



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 i FOR 



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The 



"Sovereign " 



is 



Unapproachable 



THE "SOVEREIGN" 

 HOT WATER BOILER IS 

 UNAPPROACHABLE IN 

 ITS ABILITY TO SAVE 

 COAL. ON EVERY TEN 

 TONS OF COAL, ORDIN- 

 ARILY USED, IT WILL 

 SAVE PROM ONE TO 

 THREE TONS 



The boilers that are" claiming a larger 

 first section imitate the " Sovereign " in 

 one point only. 



The " Sovereign '" is new in every integ- 

 ral part of its cons! ruction. All iniitiitions 

 arc old style patterns with a larger flrat 

 section added. 



The "Sovereign" has twenty points of 

 exclnsivc merit and to get all the .id van- 

 tages of improved boiler construction you 

 must get the genuine "Sovereign". 



Be posted. Write for our booklet. 



THE 



TAYLOR-FORBES 



COMPANY, LIMITED 



GUELPH 



1088 KING STREET WEST, - - TORONTO 



122 CRAIG STREET WEST, ■ - MONTREAL 



Annapolis Valley, N. S. 



Eunice Watts 



The Nova Scotia Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion is to be held in Kentville on Oct. 7, 

 8, and 9. The regular premiums offered 

 amount to $1,500; al.so special prizes of 

 .');l,200. It is expected that the fruit dis- 

 play at tills show will be the fine.st ever 

 seen in Canada. 



The weather so far (Sept. 14) has been 

 perfect for fruit growers. There has been 

 no frost to spoil the cranberries which have 

 never looked better. There have been no 

 .gales to scatter the apples or break the 

 boughs, which in many orchards are weigh- 

 ed down to the ground witli fruit, and the 

 days have been warm and sunny; making 

 work pleasant. Although some orchards 

 show a poor crop, on the whole the fruit 

 crop will be good and clean. 



Dealers are not so eager to offer big prices 

 this year for apples. Some of them are 

 offering $1.25 a barrel tree run, for the 

 whole orchard of good fall and winter fruit. 

 Others are offering $1.25 for Emperors and 

 Gravensteins, one's and two's packed. 



Potatoes began at 50 cents a bushel, but 

 have now dropped to 40 cents. Crops look 

 good. Mushmelons have ripened nicely out 

 of doors. Tomato rot {hfacrosporiiun 

 tomato) seems to be more troublesome than 

 in most years especially where the fruits 

 are in contact with ground. The woolly 

 aphis (Sckizoneura lanigera) has appeared 

 on the nursery stock, and appears to be 

 spreading. If these pests canot be checked 

 by kerosene emulsion the young trees will 

 probably be destroyed by the grower. 



The perpetual bearing strawberries, such 

 as the St. Joseph, are now fruiting where 

 the first flowers have been picked off, and 

 will continue bearing until frosts. They 

 are nice for home use, but not of much 

 commercial value. 



See our premium advertisement on one 

 of the front pages of this issue. 



WINTER PROFIT FOR 

 MARKET GARDENERS 



^^ANTED — Energ'etic men to act as 

 ' ' Ag:ent.s. Must be well acquainted 

 in their distrirts and furnish references. 

 Apply, Box O, The Canadian Horticul- 

 tu'ist. 



FOUNTAIN JENJREE 



Send tjs $1.00 to pay for Two 

 New One Year Subscriptions to 

 The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 We wjII send you as a premium 

 a 14 kt. Gold Fountain Pen. 

 These pens are guaranteed to 

 give satisfaction. A little work 

 on your part will secure one. 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



PETERBORO, ONT. 



Nova Scotia 



G. H. Vroom, Dominion Froit Inipector 



The Halifax Exhibition for 1908 is a thing 

 of the past. Owing to the early date on 

 which it was held — Sept. 2 to 10 — the fruit 

 show was not a creditable one for Nova 

 Scotia and did not fairly represent the 

 quality of fruit grown in this province this 

 season. The whole fruit show looked small, 

 immature and green and must have had a 

 tendeticy to injure, rather than to benefit, 

 this province commercially. Collections of 

 fruit and berries were shown from the fol- 

 lowing counties : Annapolis, Kings, Hants, 

 Digby, Cumberland, Colchester, Pictou, 

 Antigonish, Luftenburg and Halifax. 



W. F. Duncan of Wolfville carried off the 

 sweepstake prize for the province, as well 

 as the county prize for Kings. The fruit 

 prize for Annapolis went to Byron Chesley, 

 Clarence. And for Hants, to C. A. Dill. 

 For Digby, H. Rice got first and for Lun- 

 enburg, M. Wentzel; Cumberland, S. Har- 

 rison; Colchester, P. M. Anderson; Pictou, 

 Peter Jack; Antigonish, H. Thompson; 

 Halifax* John Barnes. W. S. Duncanson 

 had a fine display of grapes grown in the 

 open. 



The plate varieties of apples were poor, 

 with the exception of Early Bough, Wil- 

 liam's Favorite, Duchess, Astrachan, and 

 a few more of the early sorts. No fruit was 

 shown in packages and the absence of bar- 

 rels and boxes detracted from the general 

 appearance of the exhibit and gave it an 

 unfinished-look. 



■ The Maritime Experimental Farm, Nop- 

 pan, N. S., had a very creditable show of 

 fruit consisting of 20 plates of apples which 

 had been selected with great care by the 

 manager, Mr. Robertson. The one thing 

 that would impress an expert would be the 

 uniformity of the specimens on each plate, 

 also the clear, clean, skin of the fruit. Noth- 

 ing like fungus was to be found, and the 

 color was good for the season. Mr. Robert- 

 son also had a fine display of tomatoes, 

 grain and grasses. Alfalfa, with roots fully 

 two feet long, was a prominent feature of 

 this show. 



The fruit crop in Nova Scotia is larger 



All in the 

 choice. 



Coarse, 

 bitter salt 

 gives coarse, 

 bitter butter 

 — no matter how rich the cream 

 or how careful the work. 



Windsor Salt 



gives that smooth, firm quality — that 

 delicioua flavour and uniform colouring. 



Windsor — purest 

 and best of all salts 

 —is the least ex- 

 peusive. Costing 

 no more than 

 others, less poes 

 farther, besides 

 doing better work. 

 At grocers' every- 

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