June, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



157 



Vegetable Crop Conditions 



THE cold, wet weather this spring has not 

 l)een favorable to the growth of early vege- 

 tables. Everything is late. The situation 

 in the various districts is outlined in reports 

 from crop correspondents of the Ontario \'ege- 

 table Growers' Association, as follows: 



OTTAWA DISTRICT 



Billings Bridge. — Hot -bed stuff is in good con- 

 dition. Lettuce is very cheap and plentiful; 

 there is a large local supply and a quantity of 

 imported. There is plenty of rhubarb for the 

 demand. Radishes are scarce ; green onions 

 very plentiful. Fall roots are getting scarce. 

 Imported cabbage is plentiful. About the 

 average acreage of crops will be grown as last 

 year. — T. Mockett. 



TORONTO DISTRICT 



Humtjer Bay. — Although the weather has Ijeen 

 cold, the lan^ has worked nicely, and many 

 crops are in. Spring crops are about two weeks 

 later than usual. Dutch set onions are doing 

 well. Carrots, beets, turnips and onions promise 

 to be a fair crop. There is a slight increase in 

 the acreage of early cabbage. Not many peas 

 are sown yet. Large patches of celery have 

 l)een planted, and large quantities of early 

 jxptatoes. It is to be hoped that gardeners will 

 ieep up the price of rhubarb to. 20 cents, and 

 onions 3 doz. for 25 cts. — J. W. Rush. 



PEEL COUNTY 



Clarkson. — With a favorable season, a heavy 

 crop of |X)tatoes should Ije harvested, as nearly 

 all the land planted has been heavily manured. 

 Sweet corn is l)eing planted rather extensively, 

 but will be late on account of the continued cold 

 weather. A numlier of gardeners have lost their 

 tomato plants. Growers who depend on trans- 

 planting to cold frames have had a trying time 

 growing their plants. Those with plenty of 



hot manure will be all right. All vegetables will 

 l^e late this year. — W. G. Home. 



HAMILTON DISTRICT 



Early out -door vegetables will be about two 

 weeks late. Until the last few days there has 

 been but little growth. Asparagus has been 

 scarce and is worth from about $1 to $1.25 a 

 doz. bunches; spinach, $1 a bu. ; green onions, 

 2 doz. for 25 cts.; rhubarb, 30 cts. a doz. 

 bunches; lettuce, 40 to .50 cts. a doz. heads; 

 radish, 30 to 40 cts. a doz. bunches. Potatoes 

 are still high and selling at 81.25 a bag. New 

 potatoes will be about three weeks later than 

 usual. Tomatoes promise a light crop owing to 

 difficulty in raising the plants. The acreage of 

 tomatoes has decreased greatly the last year or 

 two and this year the decrease is more noticeable 

 than usual. — Jas. A. Stevens. 



WELLAND COUNTY 



Niagara Falls South. — Everything is about 

 two weeks late. Seeding is only partly done. 

 Spring sown lettuce and spinach is making slow 

 growth. Hot-house lettuce is scarce and in 

 good demand. Early plantings of sweet corn 

 are reported to have rotted. Early seed po- 

 tatoes are selling at $1 a bu. ; late, 80 cts. 

 Several growers have lost tomato plants by 

 frost. — Thos. R. Stokes. 



, ESSEX COUNTY 



I.^amington. — Vegetable growers are busy 

 planting melon seed; there promises to be the 

 largest acreage that has ever l)een grown here. 

 The change in the duty has had a great influence 

 in this line. Tomatoes are now being planted in 

 the field. A much larger quantity will be on the 

 market this year. The tobacco business is 

 apparently overdone with the promise of low 

 prices, and many new men are trying their 

 hand at early tomatoes. Sweet corn is being 



planted largely; also, wax beans. Cabbage is all 

 in the field, and is looking well. Onions have 

 been planted quite extensively; also, potatoes. 

 As a usual thing, potatoes are up and growing 

 well at this season of the year, but are only 

 now coming through the ground even though 

 sprouted under glass. Asparagus is on the 

 market, as also hot-house cucumbers at $1.60 a 

 11 qt. basket. A few hot -house tomatoes are in. 

 — E. E. Adams. 



KE.VT COUNTY 



Chatham. — Vegetation has made very little 

 growth. Onions, beets and carrots are not 

 much above ground. Transplanted beets have 

 dam[3ed off considerably and will not be as plenti- 

 ful as usual. Lettuce continues to be scarce, 

 and the price keeps at 15 cts. wholesale. A 

 small quantity of asparagus is being offered at 

 about 30 cts. 'a lb. Tomato plants are looking 

 fairly well but have required careful nursing. — 

 Fred. Collins. 



WELLINGTO.N- COUNTY 



Guelph. — Owing to the cold, backward weather 

 during the first 10 days of May, the crops are 

 somewhat later than usual. Early seeds 

 planted the latter part of April are not much 

 above ground. Heavy frosts have occurred on 

 the nights of May 10 and 11, and, as a result, 

 several growers have lost some of their tomato 

 plants, which means a serious loss to them, and 

 will also largely decrease the supply of plants 

 for the general trade. Green onions and lettuce 

 are the only vegetables being marketed to any 

 extent at present. The warm weather ushered 

 in on May 13 will greatly increase the amount of 

 work, as more and more land is becoming dry 

 enough to work. — H. S. Peart. 



The Picton Horticultural Society held an 

 interesting meeting recently at which Prof. H. 

 L. Hutt of the O.A.C., Guelph, delivered a 

 lecture. 



Reliable Plants for Spring Planting 



ROSES 



SNOW QUEEN (Frau Karl Druschki or White American Beauty). 

 The new German Rose which has made such a sensation. 

 Flowers exceptionally larg;e and snow white. Strong grower 

 and free bloomer. 



BABY RAMBLER. This new Rose is of dwarf habit and con- 

 tinually blooms from Spring until frost. At the approach of 

 cold weather the plants can be potted and brought in the 

 house, where they will bloom throughout the winter. 



Also Baron Prevost, Crimson Rambler, Dorothy Perkins, 

 Madame Plantier, Marshall P. Wilder, Margaret Dickson, Paul 

 N'eyron, Ulrich Brunner, White Ramblers, Yellow Ramblers, and 

 a general assortment of extra hardy field-grown Roses which 

 cannot fail to give satisfaction. 



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EVERGREENS 



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 auresceus (a most beautiful bronze and golden coloured dwarf 

 growing arbor-vita;), Austrian, Scotch and White Pines, all sizes. 

 Retinospora; in variety, and the leading varieties of Thuyopsis, 

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