August, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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on equal terms with the rest of the Dominion, 

 if the same energy and intelligence are used. 

 It wss the object of this series of meetings to 

 discuss not only cooperation in selling but all 

 other questions in apple growing that may 

 be of special interest to the audience. The 

 program gave the fullest opportunity for asking 

 questions on all practical subjects. Any in- 

 telligent farmer in Prince Edward Island can 

 take an acre of suitable land worth, say, $50 an 

 acre, and by planting it to apples at an outlay 

 of less than .$50 more, can increase its value to 

 $400 an acre. 



Every farmer who plants a ten-acre orchard 

 on his farm will have work and revenue enough 

 to justify one more of his boys settling on the 

 old homestead rather than enriching some 

 other province with his brain and muscle. 



New DrunswicK 



J. G. Oilman, Fredericton 

 The morning of July 9 found us making our 

 first picking of Dunlap, Crescent and other 

 early berries. The show of green fruit was 

 good, and gave promise of a full crop. The 

 afternoon of same day found the berry crop 

 damaged beyond repair, by one of the worst 

 hail storms that ever visited this locality, beat- 

 ing the green fruit from the stems and bruising 

 the greater part that was left on. Later pick- 

 ings showed many bruised berries. 



The apple crop also is damaged to the extent 

 of 75% of bruised fruit. Fortunately the area 

 covered by the storm was not large, and good 

 average crops of both small fruits and apples 

 are being expected. The extremely late spring 

 made many crops late in starting, but the 

 favorable conditions for rapid growth that have 

 prevailed for the last eight weeks have brought 

 the crops on so fast that they are but little 

 behind the average year. The farmer's difficulty 

 is to keep up with the cultivator and hoe. 



Nova Scotia 



Xo event that has transpired in Nova Scotia 

 has better shown the impertance of having a 

 well -organized department of agriculture than 

 the recent invasion of the brown tail moth. In 

 Massachusetts a million and a half of public 

 funds have been spent in an endeavor to repress 

 this pest. It is estimated that upwards of a 

 million of private money has been devoted to 

 the same cause. These figures are sufficient 

 to indicate the seriousness of the invasion of such 

 a pest in Nova Scotia. However, through the 

 efforts of the provincial department of agricul- 

 ture, the pest has been located and its bounds 

 defined before the people whose trees were 

 being affected were aware of its presence. 



In Massachusetts it was different, for there 

 nothing was done by the commonwealth until 

 the caterpillars had done much devastation. 

 Another year without any public effort would 

 have meant that this serious pest would have 

 gained an almost impregnable foothold in 

 Nova Scotia. However, by prompt and strenu- 

 ous effort upwards of 3,000 nests have been 

 destroyed. As far as can be judged this consti- 

 tutes the largest proportion of nests actually 

 existing. 



Since the period for destruction has passed, the 

 department has been operating two spraying 

 outfits in those sections of Digby County where 

 wild apple trees exist in large numbers and where 

 little, if any, private spraying is done. These 

 spraying outfits are in charge of Mr. G. H. 

 V'rooni, of Middleton, who reports that they 

 are working very satisfactorily and assisting in 

 the further destruction of the caterpillars. 



Whether the brown tail moth can be absolutely 

 stamped out in Nova Scotia it is difficult to say. 

 However, it would appear as if, by this prompt 

 effort, it would, at least, be prevented from 

 ever gaining the strong foothold that it has now 

 in the New England States. 



Montreal 



£. H. Wortman, Dominion Fruit Inspector 



Montreal certainly has a live lot of fruit men, 

 up-to-date in every respect. Think of five cars, 

 California fruit, on July 18 sold by the Mon- 

 treal Fruit Auction Co. in two hours, in lots of 

 from one to 20 crates and boxes comprising 

 pears, plums, peaches and apricots, aggregating 

 a sale of $9,000. These five cars commenced to 

 unload after 12 midnight, and by 9 a.m. were 

 ready for auctioneer. Huyers with catalogs 

 of same in their hands were ready for business. 

 There was a very heavy bill attached to each of 

 these cars, about $700 to cover each car for 

 icing, duty and express charges. The fruit 

 put up by the several California fruit firms, 

 viz.. Earl Fruit Co., Producers' Fruit Co., and 

 Pioneer Fruit Co., is a credit to the state of 

 California. 



Strawlierries coming forward by hundreds of 

 crates toward the end of July in good order 

 was very unusual so late in the season. High 

 prices were a characteristic of season, the 

 general price being 9 to 12 cents for a four-fifths 

 quart box. A few fine raspberries came in 

 to-day and sold at 18 to 20 cents a box. 



New Brunswick has just commenced to ship 

 strawberries. One peculiarity in their package 

 is their octagon-shape boxes, with, the bottom 

 nailed three-quarters of an inch up the box. 

 By some it is thought to be a fraud, but such is 

 not the case. One box in crate rests on the other. 

 No lattice sections are between, the air space 

 being sufficient to protect the fruit. These 

 boxes contain four-fifths of a quart, therefore 

 are the size required by law. As the fruit ar- 

 rives here in perfect condition, a distance of 

 500 miles, what more could we desire? 



Montreal Island has been favored with fre- 

 quent showers and m(iderate heat. Vegetables 

 and fruits are all looking well. Duchess apples 

 to-day can be found measuring one inch across 

 the core ; this is good for so late a start. 



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