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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1907 



Items of Interest 



^-" At a meeting of the Ottawa branch of the 

 Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association, held 

 recently, the question of using baskets in- 

 stead of boxes for tomatoes was discussed. No 

 definite action was taken. 



Lovers of flowers should read the offer of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist to give 10 

 gladiolus corms free to all readers who will send 

 in one new subscription for the paper. The 

 offer is good only until May 15 Take advantage 

 of it now. 



Several severe freezes have destroyed the 

 peach crop in this vicinity, and have damaged 

 the apples and plums, and the cold, dull weather 

 has been most unfavorable for the fertilization 

 of all the early blooming fruits.— B. S. Pickett, 

 Champaign, lU. 



All the leading varieties of strawberries, 

 raspberries and potatoes are grown and sold 

 by John Downham, Strathroy, Ont. Send 

 for lus catalog. 



All nursery stock should be fumigated with 

 the roots covered with earth so as to protect the 

 roots against danger from the gas. Some 

 nurserymen are a trifle careless and get in too 

 much of a hurry and the grower suffers. The 

 latter loses not only cash but time and labor. 

 — ^W. A. Hunsberry, Jordan Station, Ont. 



Do you want to try a new strawberry, and one 

 that has proved of superior merit by actual 

 test? If so, send one new subscription to The 

 Canadian Horticulturist, and receive 20 

 plants free. Read the offer in our advertising 

 columns. 



From Far-ofl' China. — The following letter was 

 directed to Mr. M. J. Henry, of Vancouver, B.C., 

 who sent it to us: "1 am directed by His Honor 

 the Commissioner to write and ask you if there 

 is a good fruit journal published in Canada. If 



there is, I am to ask you to be kind enough to 

 order it sent here for one year, addressed to me. 

 J. Gibbons, Port Edward, Wei Hai Wei, China," 



Worth Ten Times Its Cost. — Mr. W. H. Gibson 

 and I have repeatedly compared the cost of our 

 spraying outfit and the results, and we are prac- 

 tically certain that a Wallace Sprayer would pay 

 us supposing it cost $2,000 instead of $210 Our 

 orchards as yet have not reached maturity, the 

 majority of trees being about 10 years old. We 

 consider, therefore, that the machine will pay 

 us still better in the future. We are seriously 

 considering buying another, so that each will 

 have a machine. I am planting out 1,000 trees 

 on another farm that I have, and expect to have 

 to get a sprayer for there in a few years. Need- 

 less to say it will be a Wallace — H. C. Bowen, 

 Newcastle, Ont. 



Practical Books For All. — Any books on horti- 

 culture may be obtained through us at a reason- 

 able price. Every fruit grower, gardener and 

 amateur florist should write for our brief catalog 

 of 16 pages, which will be mailed free of charge 

 to all who are interested. The following are a 

 few of the books we handle and their prices: 

 "Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Marketing," F. A. 

 Waugh, $1; "Practical Fruit Grower," Maynard. 

 50cts.; "Vegetable Gardening," S. B. Green, 

 $1; "Garden Making," L. H. Bailey, $1; 

 "Gardening for Young and Old," Jos. 

 Harris, $1; "Home Floriculture," E. E. Rex- 

 ford, $1; "Practical Floriculture," Peter Hen- 

 derson, $1.50. Write to The Horticultural 

 Publishing Co., 506-7-8 Manning Chambers, 

 Toronto. 



One of the three most important elements 

 of plant food in the soil is potash. In fruit 

 trees, it produces fruitfulness rather than ex- 

 cessive wood growth. It has an influence on 

 the flavor and it causes the fruit to color up 



better. Fruit growers and gardeners should 

 use a certain amount of potash each year ■ 

 their soils. Write for further information 

 regarding it to the Dominion Agricultural 

 Offices of the Potash Syndicate, 1102-1103 

 Temple Building, Toronto, Ont. 



The Canadian Horticulturist for March is 

 a beautiful number, a positive credit to this 

 Dominion. Every orchardist and gardener 

 should subscribe for this 50 cent magazine. It 

 is equal to many dollar publications.^Bow man- 

 viUe Statesman. 



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ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO 



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BRITISH AMERICAN WAR 



SPECIAL eORRESPONDENCE 



Gasport, N.Y., April 15th, 1907 



Both American and British Horticulturists have declared war 

 against the San Jose scale, and in order to make effective the fight, 

 they have placed an order with the leading manufacturers of spray- 

 ing apparatus for ninety-nine of their gasoline power machines, 

 hundreds of their new ball shut-offs, thousands of their nozzles and 

 a great many more of their hand pumps than ever before. 



These orders are a direct result of the good work which the 

 "Friend" outfits have been doing in the past years. The Company 

 report that they have made shipment of eighty of the ninety-nine 

 liJOT machines sold this season and are filling orders promptly on 

 other lines. Every mail brings orders from as far west as Oregon 

 and as far east as Nova Scotia, and they have shipped many of 

 their machines into Australia, Egypt, etc. 



Every mail brings to the Company words of praise and com- 

 mendation from the most prominent Fruit Growers in the world, 

 regarding the machines and especially the spray nozzle which is 

 constructed that it takes the place of the usual cluster of nozzles 

 and the one is all that is necessary. They have carefully protected 

 their own ideas and warn all people to be careful what they buy, 

 as users as well as manufacturers of the infringed articles are liable. 



In this issue is pictured one of their complete machines at work 

 in one of Niagara County's orchards in the earh' spring. The 

 "Friend" nozzles and shut-offs attract considerable attention, espe- 

 cially on a cold day when dripping, clogging nozzles and leaky 

 shut-offs are the pest of the job. 



If you want to get in touch with a concern devoted exclusively 

 to the manufacture of spraying apparatus, who originate all of 

 their own ideas, write your wants to the 



"Friend" Manufacturing Company 



GASPORT, N.Y. 



Mention The Canadian Horticulturist when writing 



