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THE CANADIAN H O E T I C U L T U R I S T 



December, 1908 



Imperial Bank 



OF CANADA 



ESTABUSHED 1875 



Head Office - Toronto 



Capital Authorized, $1 0,000,000.00 

 Capital Paid-up. . $4,995,000.00 

 Rest, . . $4,995,000.00 



D. R. WILKIE - President 

 HON. R. JAFFRAY - Vice-President 



Branches in Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, 

 Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British 

 Columbia. 



Savinsrs Department at All Branches, Interest 

 aJlowed on Deposits of One Dollar and upwards 

 from date of deposit and credited quarterly. 



Farmers* Sale Notes Discounted 

 A General Banking: Business Transacted 



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 early tomato plants, etc. 

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some of Burlington irrigated celery this 

 year with excellent results. Irrigation is of 

 advantage, also, to small fruits. Generally 

 speaking, however, very little work in the 

 irrigation of small fruits and vegetables has 

 been attempted in Canada and the Eastern 

 States. Mr. Weaver, of Chatham, stated 

 that he had experimented successfully with 

 irrigating potatoes and sugar beets, the 

 potatoes being most benefitted. 



"The Value of Commercial Fertilizers to 

 the Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers" 

 was discussed by Mr. A. McKenney, of 

 Essex, the representative in that district of 

 the Department of Agriculture. He said 

 that growers must make individual experi- 

 ments to have the best results with fertiliz- 

 ers. Some years better returns are had than 

 in others. In 1907, results were favorable. 

 This year, owing to drouth, the influence of 

 fertilizers on crops was not marked. 



THE, TOMATO INDUSTRY 



Some observations on the tomato industry 

 in Ontario were mentioced by Mr. A. G. 

 Turney, of Guelph. He pointed out that 

 most tomatoes in the province were grown 

 for canning purposes. The acreage for this 

 purpose has increased from 800 in 1891 to 

 8,000 this year. There are 50 factories, the 

 majority of which have "been erected in the 

 past five years. Most tomato seed comes 

 from the United States. One ounce will 

 supply plants for one acre. There is not 

 much seed selection practised. It takes 

 about 175 days from planting to ripening 

 of the fruit. The average yield in Ontario 

 is 175 bushels an acre. Four hundred 

 busheds an acre would give a profit of from 

 $50 to $60. For fertilizing the soil, about 

 20 tons of manure are used per acre. Mr. 

 W. C. McCalla of St. Catharines calculated 

 that a crop of 450 bushels of tomatoes an 

 acre would cost from $65 to $75. The cost 



of growing depends, however, upon local 

 conditions. 



A paper on "Combatting Insect and Fun- 

 gous Foes of Vegetables" was read by Mr. 

 T. D. Jarvis, of Guelph. This will be pub- 

 lished in a latter issue. 



The president, Mr. R. H. Lewis, of Ham- 

 ilton recommended a reduction in th' 

 membership fee to the association from $1 

 to 50 cents. He pointed out that this would 

 result in a large increase in membership. 

 The recommendation was adopted. Among 

 the resolutions passed was an expression of 

 sympathy addressed to the widow of the 

 late Dr. Jas. Fletcher, Ottawa. It was re- 

 solved, also, that the variety tests con- 

 ducted last year by the members of the 

 association should be continued and on a 

 larger scale. 



At one of the sessions, the Hon. Jas. S. 

 Duff, Minister of Agriculture, was present 

 and delivered a short address. He said that 

 the association is one of the most important 

 in the province. He advised the executive 

 committee to distribute to all growers in 

 Ontario, whether affiliated or not, informa- 

 tion respecting the work of the organization, 

 experiments that have been conducted, 

 legislation that has been secured, and so 

 forth. The minister promised the assist- 

 ance of his department as far as practic- 

 able and as far as funds will allow. Mr. 

 Seeley, of Hamilton, suggested that the 

 association combine with the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association to bring influence to 

 bear at Ottawa in securing legislation that 

 would be in the interests of their respective 

 industries in the province. 



Ontario won the highest award (gold 

 medal) for a greneral display of fruit at the 

 Royal Horticultural Show in London, Eng'- 

 land, last month. All the British colonies 

 entered the competition. 



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