May, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



131 



I like the kind of exercise that must be taken 

 to have best results. Caring for the fowls is a 

 source of health, without being at all severe 

 labor. 



In many concerns the bye-products are con- 

 sidered of importance. So with us. The drop- 

 pings from the fowls, mixed with dry sand and 

 own into an enclosed pile, makes the finest 

 ilizer for the gardens and berry bushes. 

 These are some of the reasons why I keep 

 Is. When the business is fairly well under- 

 d and judiciously carried on, there are fair 

 babilities for a moderate return, if one is 

 patient enough to wait. Beyond that, look out, 

 or you'll be sorry. 



Novelties in Veg'etables 



Ed. The C.'iNADiAN Horticulturist: I read 

 with interest the article from Mr. J. W. Rush, 

 of Humber Bay, Ont., in the March issue of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist. While I 

 agree with the greater part of it, there are one 

 or two sentences to which I desire to take ob- 

 jection, viz., "Let new varieties and novelties 

 alone Leave them for the college students 



to try; we have no time for such work." If 

 we had followed that rule in the past, what 

 varieties of vegetables would we be growing 

 to-day? The Marrowfat pea, Peachblow po- 

 tato, or would it be Fluke's or Carter's, Demi- 

 dur and Le Normand cauliflower, and so on? 

 Seedsmen will give us new varieties just as 

 soon as there is a demand for them, not before. 



With regard to Mr. Rush's proposal to leave 

 the testing to college students, I may say 

 that if Ontario Agricultural College students 

 were meant, the work probably would be both 

 pleasant and profitable to them, and was at- 

 tempted to some extent last year; but of what 

 value would their experiments be to the com- 

 mercial vegetable growers of the province? 

 Can the name of one leading variety of vege- 

 tables be stated that was introduced to the pub- 

 lic in that way? 



It certainly would be foolish to plant un- 

 tested varieties, but a little time spent in con- 

 sulting the catalogs of leading seedsmen in 

 Canada and elsewhere, and a small expenditure 

 made every year in securing and testing new 

 varieties, would be one of the most profitable 

 investments a vegetable grower can make. — 

 Thos. Delworth, Weston, Ont. 



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