June, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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at least, practically all to itself. This will result 

 to the great financial benefit of the publication. 

 The prospects of the Horticultural Publishing 

 Company, Limited, were bright before the new 

 postal regulations took effect. They are doubly 

 bright now. During the past eight months the 

 circulation of The C.^nadian Horticulturist 

 has increased from 4,000 to 7,000 an issue, or 

 practically doubled. If any of our readers 

 ' would like to subscribe for some of the $3,000 

 in stock still unsold, they are invited to write 

 ; us immediately for a prospectus giving full 

 J particulars. This will be the last opportunity 

 our readers will have of obtaining stock in this 

 company. 



The Canadian HoRTictJLTURisT was inform- 

 ed just previous to going to press that Mr. 

 H. S. Peart. B.S.A., of the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Guelph, has been appointed to the direc- 

 torship of the new experimental fruit station at 

 Jordan Harbor, Ont. While we are unable to 

 have the information confirmed, we have 

 reason to believe that it is authentic. 



Hig'H Prices for Apples 



The largest organization of fruit growers in 

 Ontario for commercial purposes is the Georgian 

 Bay Fruit Growers', Limited. There are about 

 400 members and this is expected to be 

 increased to 1,000 in the near future. The 

 orchards of the members range in size from two 

 to 40 acres. The association has established a 

 brand that is unquestioned. The organization 

 is on the stock company plan. During the past 

 winter, prices received for the apples of the 

 association have been excellent. The following 

 is the returns of one shipment made at a time 

 when some shippers were getting returns scarcely 

 sufficient to pay freight and other expenses: 



Thomson st Mathieson, Glasgow. 

 (A. S. Chapin, Toronto Representative) 

 April 27. 1907 — Sold by auction 337 barrels 

 Georgian Bav ajjples e.x S.S. Cassandra. 



No. 1. Ben Davis, . . 135 26 at 20/ 



107 " 19/ 

 slack^ 2 " 14/ 

 135 



No. 2. Ren Davis. . . 123 41 at 17/ 



15 " 16/6 

 65 " 16/3 



slack^ 2 " 11/ 



123 



No. 1. .M. Spys 37 2 at 32/ 



14 " 30/ 



SS. . 4 " 29/ 



SS.. 15 " 28/ 



slack. . 1 " 25/ 



slack. . 1 " 15/6 



37_ 



No. 2. N. Spvs 36 28 at 20/ 



SS. . 5 " 19/6 

 slack. ^ 3 " 18/ 

 36 



No. 1. Baldwin 1 1 at 25/ 



No. 2 Baldwin 1 ^ 1 " 18/ 



No. 1. Mann I ^ l_ " 26/ 



No.2. G. Russet 1 1 " 20/ 



No. 2 .Mixed 2. . . .slack. ." 1 " 16/ 



slack. . I " 13/ 



337 2 



Information Needed 



Lid. The Canadian Horticulturist: The 

 Canadian Horticulturist is strongly advocat- 

 ing the spraying of trees and bushes and rightly 

 so. Permit me to suggest that our government 

 might well afford to spend some money in 

 advising the practice through the daily and 

 serai-weekly newspapers. There are hundreds 

 of farmers and others interested who do not 



take any'horticultural paper and are not awake 

 to the necessity of fighting the pests of the 

 orchard. 



I would suggest also that the San Jose Scale 

 and other [lests be described more often so that 

 they may be recognized on appearance. While 

 the experimental farm issues bulletins on this 

 subject that are all right, inquiry will show that 

 there is still a great amount of ignorance on this 

 matter. It might be largely overcome by 

 educating the fruit growing public by means of 

 a generous and intelligent use of the press. — F. 

 Williams. Ottawa. 



One of Our Friends 



An old and valued subscriber to The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist is Mr. Chris Firth, of 

 Durham, Ont. He came to Canada in 1872, 

 and settled in Hagersville, Ont. For five 

 years he remained there, and during that time 

 was a member of the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association. Then he moved to Durham and 



Mr. Chris. Firth 



for a few years did not keep in touch with the 

 association. In about 1883, Mr. Firth again 

 ioined the association, and subscribed to The 

 Canadian Horticulturist. Since then, he 

 has been a constant reader and friend of the 

 publication After a quarter of a century's 

 connection with the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association and The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist. Mr. Firth writes: 



"Only those of us who have been connected 

 with the association and subscribers to The 

 Canadian Horticulturist for a number of 

 years, can understand and appreciate the great 

 improvement that has been made in the publica- 

 tion during the past couple of years. It has 

 advanced rapidly and now may be ranked as 

 one of the leading, if not the leading, horticul- 

 tural journal on the continent." 



Commendable Enterprise. — A Canadian firm 

 that is making much progress is that of Pilking- 

 ton Bros. They have imported large quantities 

 of glass for the trade and are now making 

 delivery. Since the first of this year, they have 

 taken orders for some 150,000 sq. ft. of glass for 

 florists in Canada. For vegetable men orders 

 to the extent of about 20,000 square feet have 

 been received. This year Pilkington Bros.' 

 sales of glass will easily total over 200,000 sq. ft. 

 for greenhouses. This is evidence of enterprise 

 on the part of the firm and of high quality in 

 the commodity that they handle. 



Selling Stra-wberries 



H. W. Dawson, Toronto, Ont. 



The strawberry grower who puts up his berries 

 with honesty and care always does better by 

 shipping on commission to some good commis- 

 sion house than by selling at home or delivering 

 at any particular point. We have several large 

 shippers who have given us their entire output 

 for three years past, and in talking to two of 

 them this week about selling their output this 

 year at a stated price, they refused. "Our 

 results the last two years have been so good," 

 they said, "that we will not sell, but will take 

 our chances on the market by sending them on 

 commission." 



The principal thing is to get the goods to 

 market fresh and in an attractive package, 

 something that is neat and clean, and to have 

 the baskets well filled. Many shippers have the 

 faculty of only filling their baskets about two- 

 thirds full and then they complain if they get a 

 much less price than their neighbors, when in 

 reality they are getting full value. I know of 

 shippers who are neighbors getting varying 

 prices for their berries. One in particular has 

 for the last three years averaged one c-ent a 

 quart more than any of his neighbors. This man 

 gives attention to small things. Others should 

 follow his example. 



Pointers on Spraying 



The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion has just issued Bulletin No. 98, entitled 

 "Spraying Demonstrations in Nebraska Apple 

 Orchards." The bulletin gives the results 

 .secured from the spraying demonstrations car- 

 ried on last year in six counties of southeastern 

 Nebraska by the Nebraska Experiment Sta- 

 tion and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

 The cost of spraying and the value of sprayed 

 and unsprayed fruit are reported in detail. 



The bulletin gives the following recommen- 

 dations for this year's spraying based on the 

 results secured last year: 



(1) Spray with Bordeaux mixture after the 

 cluster buds open, but before the individual 

 flower buds open. 



(2) Spray with Bordeaux and some poison, 

 such as arsenate of lead, Paris green, etc., as 

 soon as possible after the blossoms fall, and at 

 any rate before the calyx lobes of the apple 

 close. 



(3) Spray with Bordeaux and poison three 

 or four wteks after the flowers fall. 



(4) Spray with arsenate of lead about July 

 20. 



(5) Spray with arsenate of lead about August 

 10. 



Use Paris green at the rate of one-fourth 

 to one-third pound per barrel of Bordeaux. 

 Use arsenate of lead at the rate of two pounds 

 per barrel of Bordeaux or water. * 

 Make Bordeaux as follows: 



Bluestone 4 pounds 



Quicklime 6 pounds 



Water 40 gallons 



Slake the lime, dissolve the bluestone, dilute 

 each with half the required quantity of water, 

 and mix thoroughly. 



Use good nozzles and maintain a high pres- 

 sure as uniformly as possible in order to dis- 

 tribute the liquid in a mist-like spray. Take 

 care to reach all parts of the trees and to avoid 

 drenching any part. Careless spraying should 

 not be tolerated. — R. A Emerson, Nebraska 

 Experiment Station. 



In the horticultural kingdom the Ben Davif 

 apple stands only for the baldest commercialism. 

 TThe sole claim that can rightfully be made for it 

 is that it is a good seller. It flaunts its ruddy 

 inferiority to attract the eye of the injudicious 

 and ignorant. Almost as well might basswood 

 be used for pies as the Ben Davis apple. — The 

 New York Sun 



