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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, igo8 



would have to be watchful and careful and 

 keep their orchards clean by spraying, for 

 he had noticed a few apples on exhibit that 

 showed evidences of lack of spraying. He 

 further stated that if the growers of Koote- 

 nay were to get the best results it would be 

 necessary for them to concentrate upon a 

 few varieties, the ones which they can grow 

 best, and then market together and on a 

 large scale. 



Mr.. Porter had struck a key note. The 

 difficulties of selling and transportation are 

 the problems that are worrying the growers 

 the most just now. The markets are ready 

 to buy their fruit, they have long since 

 proved that they can produce the stuff, but 

 the difficulties mentioned have yet to be dis- 

 posed of. The operations of the local asso- 

 ciation along this line have been singularly 

 unsuccessful during the present year and 

 many ideas are being suggested, of which we 

 shall hear more later. 



The fruit crop this year is very good._ A 

 number of new orchards are coming into 

 bearing which will increase the output 

 materially. The Covert estate at Grand 

 Forks will produce about 25 car loads of 

 fruit. Some 15 cars from this district are 

 being shipped to Australia. More were 

 wanted but this was all that could be sup- 

 plied of the varieties called for. 



A noticeable feature of the past season 

 was the splendid sample of peaches. Tho^e 

 on exhibit from Grand Fork at the Nelson 

 .fair could not be improved upon anywhere. 

 One grower has signified his intention of 

 planting five acres of peaches next spring. 

 This, in view of the fact that even the most 

 enthusiastic Kootenaians have not claimed 

 the Kootenay to be much of a peach dis- 

 trict, is very gratifying. 



Saskatchewan 



In the province of Saskatchewan one 

 would hardly expect to find a vineyard, yet 

 Mr. Walter Shreeve of Prince Albert has one 

 in miniature. Although the vines are young 

 they withstood the storms of last winter 

 and are doing well. The varieties are Ives 

 and Concord. 



While not on a large scale, Mr. Shreeve 

 has demonstrated in man^ ways what can 

 be grown in small fruits of all kinds. His 

 strawberries and raspberries grow early and 

 are on the market earlier than those many 

 points further south. He grows a large as- 

 sortment of vegetables as well and has green 

 peas in the local market in early July. 



Annapolis Valley, N. S. 



R. J. Messenger 



While ideal weather is giving the farmers 

 an excellent opportunity to pick apples, it 

 is feared that the extremely warm weather 

 will injure the keeping qualities of our 

 fruit. In almost all cases it is fully ripe. 

 Nonpareils, Baldwins and even Bishop Hop- 

 kins leave the trees very easily. We have 

 been highly favored in the absence of wind. 

 In quality and coloring, the fruit is excel- 

 lent. Never before in the writer's memory, 

 liave we had such clean, highly colored 

 fruit. I picked some Blenheims to-day 

 (October 19) that were as highly colored as 

 Kings. The crop is, in most cases, show- 

 ing up beyond the estimates of last month, 

 and a larger percentage than usual will 

 pack. 



Buyers are beginning to wake up. A 

 steamer was loaded at Annapolis about the 

 middle of October with Kings, Ribstons, an 1 

 Baldwins principally. The prices paid were 

 ,$2.00 for Kings, $1.75 for Blenheims aid 

 $1.50 for other varieties. Some winter fruit 

 has been bought for $2.00 a barrel, packed, 

 but the farmers are slow about taking this 

 fip-'ire for their best varieties. 



Picking is about done and apples are 

 moving to warehouses. Barrels are very 

 scarce; a natural outcome of the underesti- 

 mate of the quantity. 



The New Brunswick Cold Storage Co will 

 receive quite a quantity of apples from this 

 county. These will go into cold storage, be 

 shipped across in season and sold in the 

 English Markets. 



The Horticultural Show at Kentville, in 

 the opinion of authorities, excelled anything 

 yet put upon the continent The sound, 

 sane judgment of Messrs. Smith and Mc- 

 Neill, who placed the awards, won the res- 

 pect and admiration of all those who knew 

 what commercial show apple.s ouglit to be. 



for the best two barrels or six boxes, one or 

 more varieties, and the other is for the best 

 exhibit of not Ic-s than three varieties of 

 apples grown in the East Kootenay district 

 of British Columbia, for which five acres of 

 irrigated land is offered as first prize. 



Manager H. J. Neely has made arrange- 

 ments for the storage of apples received be- 

 fore the show opens, for which no chargo 

 will be made except in the carload conte-' 

 For this, a nominal fee will be charged. 



Exhibition Dates Changed 



The dates for the holding of the fifth an- 

 nual Ontario Horticultural Exhibition have 

 been moved forward one day, to enable the 

 opening being held on the evening of 

 Thanksgiving Day, November 9. It is ex- 

 pected that the exhibition this year will 

 eclipse any previous effort of the association 

 and will be the largest exhibition of its 

 kind ever held in America. 



The exhibition has outgrown Massey Hall 

 and will be held this year in the St. Law- 

 rence Arena, King Street, East, Toronto. 

 This is the building that has so successfully 

 accommodated the Horse Show, the Auto- 

 mobile Show, and various other large public 

 functions. The exhibition will continue 

 during the entire week. Each evening there 

 will be a programme in which the regiment- 

 al bands of Toronto will take part. 



The entrance to the Arena and the Arena 

 itself will be lavishly decorated with bay 

 trees, plants, flowers, fruit and bunting. In 

 fact it will be almost impossible to recog- 

 nize the building after the decorators have 

 finished their work. The Arena will be div- 

 ided into four parts for the showing of 

 flowers, fruit, vegetables and honey. These 

 sections will be divided by colonnades and 

 arches. The effect of the whole will be one 

 of the most pleasing sights one could 

 imagine. The decorated dining tables, set 

 complete to seat eight persons, are expected 

 to be one of the features of the exhiljition. 

 There is great rivalry among the Toronto 

 decorators and caterers, to see who can set 

 up the most artistic and correctly set dining 

 table. This feature will attract thousands 

 of ladies who are interested in matters of 

 this nature. The whole building will be 

 comfortably heated, and there will be free 

 seats for those who wish to sit and enjoy 

 the music and the beautiful flowers. 



National Apple Show 



Fifty thousand square feet of apples will 

 be on display at Spokane. 'Wash., during 

 the National Apple Show to be held in that 

 city Dec. 7 to 12 of this year. It will be the 

 largest exhibit of apples ever made and to 

 house them, the big state armory building 

 and an additional structure five times as 

 large will be needed. Apples of all the 

 standard winter varieties will be included 

 in this display and every style of pack and 

 wrap will be demonstrated. 



Exhibits for the show are assured from all 

 sections of the world where apples are 

 grown successfully. North Carolina ha.-^ es- 

 tablished a cold storage plant for the collec- 

 tion of choice apples for the Spokane Ex- 

 position. British Columbia has appointed 

 agents at Kelowna and other points in the 

 fruit belt to collect apples for the National 

 Show. Many inquiries also, have been re- 

 ceived from Ontario and other Canadian 

 provinces, and it is exppcted there will be 

 a number of entries from this side of the 

 boundary. There are two special contests 

 for Canada, one having cash prizes of $175 



Horticultural Program 



The annual convention of the Ontan 

 Horticultural Association will be held in 

 the City Hall, Toronto, on NovembtT 10 and 

 11. The following program has been pre- 

 pared : 



NOVEMBER lOTH AFTERNOON .SES.SION 



2:00 p.m. — President's Address. 2:30 p.m 

 — Report of Secretary-Treasurer. 3:00 p.m. 

 Report of Superintendent. 



3:30 p.m. — "Laying Out and Planting of 

 Small Gardens," (with diagrams), by Rod- 

 erick Cameron, Assistant Park Commission-" 

 er, Toronto. 



4:15 p.m. — "Window Boxes, Baskets and 

 Rustic Stands," by Wm. Hunt, O. A. C, 

 Guelph. 



4:45 p.m. — "The Best Methods of Keeping 

 Summer-Flowering Bulbs and Tuberous 

 Plants," by J. McPherson Ross, Toronto. 



EVENING SESSION 



8:00 p.m.— "Some Gardens Visited in Eng- 

 land and Scotland," by R. B. Whyte, 

 Ottaw;i. 



"The Civic Improvement Movemr'nt in 

 Ontario," (with lantern slides), by Profes- 

 sor Hutt, O. A. C, Guelph. 



NOVEMBER I I TH MORNING SESSION 



9:30 a.m.— Election of Ofi^cers. 



10:00 a.m. — "The Necessitv of an Increas- 

 ed Legislative Grant," by Mr. W. Burgoyne, 

 St. Catharines. 



10:30 a.m. — Question box, grievances, etc. 



11:00 a.m. — "Results of Distribution of 

 Flower Seeds to School Children," by Mr. 

 C. A. Hesson, St. Catharines. 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



2:00 p.m.— "Best Half-Hnrdy Tub Plants 

 for Ornamentation of Grounds in Summer, 

 pnd How to Keep Them During Winter," by 

 Roderick Cameron. Toronto. 



2:30 p.m.— "'Perennial Borders," bv W. T. 

 Macoun, C. E. F., Ottawa. 



3:00 p.m. — "Lnbor Saving Tools for Gar- 

 den Work," by H. Simmers, Toronto. 



3:30 p.m. — "Notes on Some New Peonies," 

 by R. B. Whyte, Ottawa. 



4:00 p.m. — "Increasing Membersh-p," by 

 a member of Gait or Brampton Society. 



Vegetable Growers' Progranv 



The Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion will hold a one-day convention on 

 Thursday, November 12 in Toronto during 

 the week of the Ontario Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition. The following i:5 the program: 



MORNING SESSION 



9:00 a.m. — President's Address. 9:30 a.m. 

 — Discussion on President'.s Address. 9:45 

 a.m. — Report of Secretary-Treasurer. 



10:00 a.m. — Address on "Onion Growing In- 

 dustry," by A. McMeans, O. A. C, Guelp'i 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



2:00 p.m. — "Notes on Irrigation," by W. 

 T. Macoun, C. E. F., Ottawa. 



2:30 p.m. — "Onions," by A. McKenney. 

 Essex. 



3:30 p.m. — "Tomatoes," by Mr. Turnev. 

 O. A. C, Guelph. 



4:30 p.m. — "Combatting Insects and Fun- 

 gous Foes of Vegetables," by T. D. Jarvis, 

 O. A. C, Guelph; 



