May, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



133 



Opening' of the Veg'etable Season 



THE crop correspondents of the Ontario 

 Vegetable Growers' Association report that 

 market gardeners are planning for a good 

 season this year. Weather conditions so 

 far this spring, however, have not been con- 

 ducive to active work. For work with hotbeds, 

 the weather has been particularly bad. The 

 season as a whole has been late. Not much 

 plowing has been done. Even greenhouse crops 

 have not done as well as usual, but there is a 

 good demand, especially for radishes, lettuce 

 and rhubarb. It is probable that onions will 

 be planted extensively this spring; the acreage 

 will be increased on account of seed prices. A 

 large acreage of potatoes also will be planted. 

 Other classes of vegetable will be planted as 

 usual, but it is rather early to estimate the 

 extent of the crops. 



OTT.\WA DISTRICT 



Billings Bridge. — For hotbeds the weather 

 IS spring is bad. Radishes are scarce ; lettuce 

 plentiful Lots of rhubarb on the market. 

 Turnips, beets, carrots, onions and potatoes are 

 plentiful. Cabbage is a glut on account of im- 

 ported goods. Local celery is pretty well cleaned 

 up. — T. R. Mockett. 



LENNOX AND ADDINGTON 



Napanee. — Potatoes will be planted largely; 

 seed is not plentiful and selling at 90 cents a bag. 

 Table potatoes are selling at SI a bag. Onions 

 likely will be grown quite extensively. Other 

 vegetables will be planted on a limited scale. 

 — E. M. Sherman. 



TORONTO DISTRICT 



Humber Bay. — The season is very late. Not 

 much plowing has been done. Some peas and 



nacli have been sown. The greenhouse and 



I bed crops have not done as well as usual 

 owing to the cold and cloudy weather. In To- 

 ronto, there is a good demand for all roots and 

 vegetables at good prices. — J. W. Rush. 



Bracondale. — Outside rhubarb is not showing 

 yet. Fall spinach will be very scarce. All 

 kinds of greenhouse goods arc in great demand, 

 especially radishes and rhubarb. — A. W. Shuter! 



PEEL COUNTY 

 Clarkson.— A large acreage of potatoes will be 

 planted this spring. The tubers have paid well 

 the last three years and constitute one of Clark 

 son's main vegetable crops. — W. G. Home. 



WELLAND COUNTY 



Niagara Falls South. — Spring onions and 

 rhubarb have made very little growth. Aspara- 

 gus is scarcely showing above th? ground. Spin- 

 ach, parsley and salsify are winter killed. Onions, 

 on account of seed prices, will be planted on ari 

 increased acreage. Potatoes are bringinj; 7o cts 

 a bu. Canners are contracting for produ-e a'i 

 last se.".so:i's pii'cs; beets, $7 a ten, beans, wix 

 and green, $30; corn, $8; tomatoes, 25 cts a 

 bu.— Thos. R. Stokes. 



HAMILTON DISTRICT 



Hot house growers have been very successful 

 with lettuce this spring, getting from 50 to !)0 

 cts. a doz. Green onions are not over-plentiful 

 at 20 to 25 cts. a doz. bunches. Rhubarb is not 

 plentiful yet, but the demand is good at <.)0 cts. 

 to $1 a doz. Inichs. Radishes are bringing 35 

 to 50 cents a doz bnchs. Dry onions are 

 scarce and are worth .^1.25 a bu. Potatoes are 

 selling at about .$1 a bag; the price is exiJected 

 to rise soon. — Jas. A. Stevens. 



WELLINC.TON COUNTY 



Guclph. Early tomatoes, cabbage and cauli- 

 llowcr are now in the .seed Ijeds. No great in- 

 crease in acreage will l)e planted, as the growers 

 mostly do their own work, and will not be able 

 .0 handle nitire than already undertaken. One 

 {rower is doing a very good business growing 

 .ucuml)ers, toniat(K"s, cauliflower and onions 

 or pickhng puriK)ses and intends to increase 

 us acreage of cucuml)ers and onions as he finds 



a great demand for good pickles. Very few 

 vegetables will be grown for shipment, as the 

 local demand is quite brisk for a good product. 

 Early potatoes, onions, cabbages, cauliflowers, 

 celery and corn are the crops most commonly 

 grown in this district. — H. S. Peart. 



KENT COUNTY 



Chatham. — The weather has been unfavorable 

 for hotbeds; many have been completely de- 

 stroyed. Potato planting has commenced. The 

 acreage in vegetables probably will be about 

 the same as last year. Hotbed lettuce has made 

 its appearance. Winter vegetables are about 

 gone. Potatoes are selling at 90 cts. a bag bv 

 the load.— Fred. Colhns. 



ESSEX COUNTY 



Leamington. — Tomato growers are all busy 

 with their plants and hot houses and the pros- 

 I^ects for the coming crop are promising. Many 

 new meii are going into the growing tomatoes 

 for canning on account of the prospective poor 

 market for tobacco. At 25 cts. a bu. some men 

 are led to believe that they pay well. All the 

 leading growers, however, do not grow them 

 any more. — E. E. Adams. 



LAMBTON COUNTY 



Sarnia — Not much work has been done as yet. 

 Plants in greenhouses and hotbeds are doing 

 well. Also cabbage in cold frames. — W. A. 

 Broughlon. 



Vegetable Notes 



E. E. Adams, Leamington, Ont. 



If vegetable products in this district are not 

 handled in some manner different than they 

 have been in the i)ast, very little money will be 

 made by many who are going into the line of 

 early vegetable growing. Far too much stufT 

 is sent into some markets while others are short. 

 The better plan is to sell f.o.b. at point of ship- 

 ment in place of indiscriminate shipments to 

 commission men. Probably the evil will cure 

 itself in time. 



Meetings were held recently by Mr. A. E. 

 Sherrington, of Walkerton, in the interest of 

 the cooperative movement. Just what will come 

 out of it is hardly in view yet. The larger 

 growers are unanimous for it, while some are 

 undecided, and others prefer to handle their own 

 business, and let the other fellow do as he likes 

 Whatever is done in the line mentioned, will 

 require careful handling, as it will be no child's 

 play to handle the large quantity of truck grown 

 here. 



A neat little booklet entitled "Potato Cul- 

 ture" is published by the Aspinwall Mfg. Co., 

 Jackson, Mich. It tells the story of potato 

 culture from the selection and cutting of the seed 

 to the harvesting and storing of the crop in the 

 fall. Many other items of interest also are 

 contained in this book. A copy may be had 

 on addressing the firm. 



Bulletin 105, Maryland Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, states that there is no danger of 

 injuring young trees by fumigation if reason- 

 able care is exercised in the operation. Care- 

 less fumigation, however, early in the fall be- 

 fore the wood has become thoroughly ripened, 

 the exposure to the wash while wet, or the use 

 of the chemical in too great (piantities, will re- 

 sult in injury. The exposure of the nursery 

 stock for 30 or 40 minutes in a gas made from 

 one ounce of potassium cyanide, two fluid 

 ounces of sulphuric acid and four fluid ounces 

 of water for every 100 cubic feet of air space 

 has been found to give good results. It was 

 noted that peach nui.sery stock was less injured 

 than apple stock with the same conditions 

 and that some varieties of apples show less re- 

 sistance than others. 



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