October, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



VII 



TKe Canadian Horticviltxirist 



Contents for October 



Picking Grapes Near Lake Huron . . . Cover 



Photograph by Sallows 



Fruits and Fruit Crcwing 



Apple Growing in Quebec . . . . I?. Brodie 235 



A new Fr\iit Market Wanted in Toronto . . 236 



Feed Orciiard Trees with Proper Manures . . 237 



Use of Sand in Transplanting 238 



The Plum Glut This Year ... C. C. Peltit 239 



Photograph of Exhibition by Pringle and Booth 



Grapes Near Lake Huron . . . W. Warnock 240 

 Packing Apples in Boxes . . . .A. NcNeill 240 



Flo-wer Garden and La-wn 



Bulbs for the Window in Winter . Wm. Hunt 241 



Photographs taken specially for The Canadian Horticulturist 



Lawn and Garden Hints for October .... 243 



The Fall Care of June Roses . A. K. Goodman 244 



Preservation of Seeds 244 



Forcing Plants by Ether . . . . J. E. Howitl 245 



The Fragrant Freesia Wm. Htitit 246 



Making Root Cuttings 246 



Vegetable Department 



Growing Celery Easily ..../. IV. Rush 246 



Forcing Lettuce Under Glass . Eugene Davis 247 



How Montreal Melons are Grown . . R. Brodie 247 



Vegetable Crop Situation 254 



General 



The Largest Nursery Firm in Canada .... 248 



Photographs by Pringle >ad Booth 



Editorials 2^2 



Fruit Crop Reports 256 



Notes from the Provinces 257 



The Climate of the Okanagan Valley H. Gordon 258 



Poultry Department S. Short 259 



A Dominion Conference Next Winter .... 260 



At The Canadian National 262 



The Niagara District Exhibition ix 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 



^^"l*- xii 



Baski-ts, Boxes and Ladders v, 262, x 



Commission Merchants vii, viii.^se xi, 



Exhibition ' • 



^''■'■'"'=='=" ■ 262,' X, xi 



Flower Pots 



Furnaces 



Gasoline Engines ^H 



Greenhouse M.iterial j 



Hi>rticultiiral Books ^H 



Nursery Stock iii, 255. 258, 259, 260, 26, 



Paper for Fruit Wrapping- ^ 



Pianos and Org:ans -^^ ^^jjl 



Roofing .... 



" XI 



Rubber Stamps and Engravers ^-6 ^jj; 



Seeds. Bulbs and Plants .... v, vi. vii, viii, 256,'xii 

 Sprajmg- Machines and Insecticides . . . ; 2,7, xiv, xv 

 Steamship Companies ....... ii, 258! xv.'xvi 



Typewriters 



Veterinary Remedies ^^11 



Wat. r Tanks ... 



XIV 



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