September, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Vll 



TKe Canadian Horticulturist 



Contents for September 



Harvesting Apples in Ontario Cover 



Photograph by Sallows 



Fruits and Fruit Growing' 



British Market for Canadian Fruit .... 207 

 Apples — From Grower to Consumer/. A. McBride 208 

 Packing Apples in Boxes . . . Alex. McNeill 209 



Photograph by Sallows 



Marketing Peaches • 210 



Photographs by Pringle and Booth (pages 210 and 211) 



Harvesting and Marketing Apples P. J. Carey 21 1 

 Pointers on Box Packing . . Robt. Thompson 2f2 

 Harvesting Blackberries . . . . H. S. Peart 212 



Flower Garden and Lawn 



Perennials in Manitoba . Dr. H. M. Speechly 213 



Photograph furnished by W. T. Macoun 



Canadian Novelties in Gladioli 214 



Lawn and Garden Hints for September . . . 215 



Protection for Perennials . . . . S. S. Bain 216 



Picking Fruits at Home 216 



Odd Hanging Baskets . 218 



Making the Herbaceous Border . E. By field 217 



Photographs furnished by the author 



Vegetable Department 



Blanching Celery 218 



Greenhouse Lettuce F. D. Ghent 218 



Marketing Melons W. G. Home 218 



Potato Diseases Douglas Weir 219 



Fall Work With Potatoes . W. A. Broughton 219 



General 



An Establishment that is a Credit to Canada . 220 



Editorial 224 



Vegetable Crop Reports 226 



Grants to Horticultural Societies 227 



Fruit Crop Reports 228 



Notes from the Provinces 229 



Recent Bulletins on Orchard Pests Wm. Lochhead 231 



Fruit Growing in Pr. Edw. Lsland A. McNeill 233 



Preserving Fruits and Vegetables ix 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 



Acetylene Lamp ... 234 



Banks viii, xii 



Baskets, Boxes and Ladders .... iv, v, 232, 22,^, x 



Colleg'es 230 



Commission Merchants .... vii, viii, 226, 228, xi, xii 



Exhibition v 



Fencing 233 



Fertilizers iv, v, 233, xiii 



Kireless Cooker ix 



Flower Pots xii 



Furnaces 234 



Gasoline Engines xii 



Greenhouse Material .... .... xi 



Nursery Stock iii, 229, xi 



Orchard and Garden Tools 228, xii 



Paper for Fruit Wrapping vi, 233 



Pianos and Organs iv, xiii 



Real Estate 226 



Roofing xi 



Rubber Stamps and Engravers xii, xiii 



Seeds, Bulbs and Plants vii, viii, x, xii 



Spraying Machines and Insecticides xiv, xv 



Steamship Companies ii, 231, xv, xvi 



Typewriters x 



Veterinarv Remedies xii 



Water Tanks xiv 



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