September, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



227 



fair crop. Corn is fairly good. Cabbage is 

 plentiful and the winter crop is better and 

 larger than was expected. There is a large 

 crop of celery. Beets, carrots and turnips are 

 a good crop. Large parsnips had poor ger- 

 mination and crop is light. Onion crop is 

 good and fairly large. Early cauliflowers were 

 a failure, and late ones are not doing as well 

 as they should. Potatoes are a good crop and 

 of excellent quality.— T. Mockett. 



PEEL COUNTY 



Clarkson. — All vegetables are suffering from 

 want of rain. Early potatoes are small and a 

 light crop; late kinds are looking fairly well. 

 Early corn is coming in freely; later varieties 

 are not filling up well, and will not mature 

 unless rain comes very soon. Onions are look- 

 ing well. Pickling cucumbers look well and 

 promise a good crop. Early tomatoes are a 

 fair crop; late ones are looking well, but dry 

 weather may cause them to rot. They are 

 oominencing to do that now. Melons are look- 

 ing well, and may turn out a good crop, though 

 late.— W. G. Home. 



Grants to Horticultural Societies 



Items of Interest 



There will be two fruit canning establishments 

 established in the Okanagan Valley, B.C., this 

 year, one at Peachland and the other at Kelowna. 



The Society for Horticultural Science will 

 hold its fifth annual meeting at the Jamestown 

 Exposition in connection with the 31st biennial 

 meeting of the American Pomological Society, 

 Sept. 24, 25, 26, 1907. 



In various sections of southwestern Ontario, 

 much was done to crops in late July and 

 early August by the variegated cut w(jrm, 

 Peridronia saucia. The biological department 

 of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, 

 investigated the trouble and suggested reme- 

 dies. In another issue, a description of the 

 pest will be published, with remedies. 



The London, Hamilton and Toronto branches 

 of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association 

 held successful picnics during August. The 

 president of the Ontario Association, W. J. 

 Bushel], of Kingston, attended the picnics of 

 the Hamilton and Toronto branches. All 

 three picnics were favored by fine weather 

 and large crowds. 



At an orchard meeting held recently at Mr. 

 John Robertson's, Inkerman, P.E.I., the ques- 

 tion was asked, "Shall we use fillers in orchard 

 planting?" Mr. A. McNeill, chief of the 

 Fruit Division, Ottawa, replied: "Do not use 

 fillers unless you are very scarce of land." This 

 is a question of general interest, upon which the 

 readers of The Canadian Horticulturist are 

 requested to contribute letters for publication 



The Kamloops District. — Fruit is not" at' pres- 

 ent produced in large quantities in the Kam- 

 loops District. There have been, however 

 many acres planted to fruit trees during the 

 past few years which will soon be producing 

 orchards. If we may judge from the productive- 

 ness of the old orchards in this district and the 

 quality of fruit produced, Kamloops will soon 

 be shipping hundreds of cars of fruit of the 

 highest quality. — A. E. Meighen. 



Read our popular premium offer on page vi , 

 and secure free one Maynard plum tree, worth 

 •1.50, 



"I have been using Aljsorbine for the last 

 three months and have great faith in it. I 

 first tried it on a colt that got his leg cut in a 

 barb wire fence. It healed up, but began to 

 swell. I applied Absorbine, and it removed 

 Uie swelling in twelve days, " writes Mr. F. 

 O Ncill, Wolseley, Sask. .\bsorbine is a pleas- 

 ant remedy to use. It does not blister or re- 

 move the hair and the horse can be used dur- 

 ing treatment. Read the advertisement in 

 another column. 



THIS year, for the first time, the horticultural 

 societies in Ontario have received their 

 grants under the new act governing horti- 

 cultural societies. In the past the socie- 

 ties received practically fixed grants, irrespec- 

 tive of the value of the work they were doing. 

 This year the grant has been distributed on 

 the following basis as described in the act; 



.\n amount not exceeding $8,000 shall be 

 subject to division among the horticultural 

 societies of the Province as follows: 



[a) $2,400 shall be subject to division among 

 all the societies in proportion to the total 



number of members in the preceding year. 



(6) $4,800 shall be subject to division among 

 all the societies in proportion to the tot^ 

 amount expended by each society during the 

 preceding year for horticultural "purposes, as 

 shown by their sworn statement. 



(c) In addition to the above, $800 shall be 

 subject to division among the horticultural 

 societies in cities having a population of 30,000 

 or over, in proportion to the number of mem- 

 bers in the current year. 



Divided upon the foregoing basis the grants 

 to the societies this year have been as follows; 



Barrie. 



Belleville 



Bowmanville 



Brampton 



Brantf ord 



Cardinal 



Cavuga 



Clifford 



Clinton 



Cobourg 



Collingwood 



Dunnville 



Durham 



Elmira 



Elora 



Fergus 



Gait 



Goderich 



Grimsby 



Guelph 



Hamilton 



Hespeler 



Kincardine 



Kingston 



Lindsay 



London 



Midland 



Millbrook 



Mitchell 



Napanee 



Newmarket 



Niagara Falls 



Oakville 



Orangeville 



Orillia 



Ottawa 



Owen Sound 



Paisley 



Perth 



Pcterboro 



Picton 



Port Dover 



Port Elgin 



Port Hope 



Preston 



St. Catharines 



St. Thomas 



Seaf orth 



Simcoe 



.Smith's Falls 



Springfield 



Stirling 



Stratford 



Strathroy 



Thornbury 



Tillsonburg 



Toronto 



VankleekHill 



Walkerton 



Waterloo 



Windsor 



Woodstock 



Colborne... Special Grant 



No. of 

 Members. 



65 



116 



91 



119 



53 



68 



102 



143 



105 



82 



140 



100 



57 



55 



55 



63 



104 



41 



61 



93 



171 



80 



135 



184 



82 



168 



75 



53 



110 



57 



67 



58 



70 



102 



76 



273 



90 



116 



127 



166 



97 



60 



55 



97 



99 



287 



84 



142 



75 



140 



126 



62 



161 



140 



56 



65 



118 



57 



60 



152 



179 



93 



Grant on 

 Member- 

 ship. 



Grant on 

 Expendi- 

 ture. 



Total 

 Grant. 



6,368 

 181 



$25.00 

 44.00 

 34.00 

 45.00 

 20.00 

 26.00 

 39.00 

 54.00 

 10.00 

 31.00 

 53.00 

 38.00 

 22,00 

 21 00 

 21 ..00 

 23.00 

 39.00 

 16.00 

 23.00 

 35.00 

 64,00 

 30,00 

 51,00 

 69.00 

 31,00 

 63.00 

 28.00 

 20,00 

 41.00 

 21,00 

 25,00 

 22.00 

 26.00 

 38.00 

 29.00 



103.00 

 34.00 

 44.00 

 48.00 

 62,00 

 .37,00 

 23.00 

 21.00 

 36,00 

 37,00 



108.00 

 31.00 

 54.00 

 28,00 

 63 00 

 48,00 

 19,00 

 61,00 

 53,00 

 21,00 

 2-1,00 

 44,00 

 22,00 

 23,00 

 57,00 

 67.00 

 35.00 



$35.00 

 89.00 

 71.00 

 88.00 

 90.00 

 70.00 

 56.00 

 84.00 

 79.00 

 70.00 

 73.00 

 46.00 

 50.00 

 35.00 

 38.00 

 47.00 

 94.00 

 47.00 

 23,00 

 94,00 



147,00 

 70,00 

 72,00 



120,00 

 50,00 



130 00 

 48,00 

 44,00 

 56,00 

 79,00 

 80.00 

 37.00 

 52.00 

 61.00 

 63.00 



250.00 

 76.00 

 65.00 



106.00 

 71.00 

 47.00 

 61.00 

 30.00 

 58.00 



105.00 



304.00 

 45 00 



111.00 

 65.00 

 93.00 

 52 00 

 52.00 



105.00 

 72.00 

 24.00 

 34.00 



169.00 

 28.00 

 52.00 



101.00 



177 00 

 69.00 



Approxi- 

 mate Grant 



Received 

 ! under the 

 : Old Act. 



$2,400.00 $4,800.00 



$ 60.00 

 133.00 

 105.00 

 133.00 

 UO.OOj 

 96.00 

 95.00 

 138.00' 

 119.00 

 101.00 

 126 00. 

 84.00i 

 72 00: 

 56.00 

 59.00 

 70.00 

 133.001 

 63.00! 

 46.00 

 129.00 

 365.001 

 100. OOi 

 123.00 

 189. OOl 

 81.001 

 388.00 

 76.00 

 64.00 

 97.00 

 100.00 

 105.00 

 59.00 

 78.00 

 99.00 

 92.00 

 690.00: 

 110.00 

 109.00 

 1,54.00 

 133.00 

 84,00 

 84,00 

 51,00 

 94,00 

 142,00 

 412 00 

 70,00 

 165,00 

 93.00 

 146.00 

 100.00 

 71.00 

 166.00 

 125 00 

 45.00 

 58.00 

 317.00 

 50.00: 

 75.00 

 1.58. OOi 

 241.00 

 104.00 



$8,000.00 

 $140. OOJ 



S 71 00 



140.00 



82.00 



123.00 



138.00 



140.00 



104.00 



75.00 



78.00 



140.00 



71.00 



New 



59.00 



50.00 



41.00 



42.00 



91.00 



78.00 



44.00 



105.00 



350.00 



70,00 



61,00 



140.00 



73.00 



140.00 



,52.00 



68.00 



60.00 



140.00 



C.1.00 



52.00 



,59.00 



119.00 



60.00 



3.50.00 



37.00 



48.00 



123.00 



115.00 



78.00 



61,00 



42.00 



92.00 



102.00 



45,00 



New 



61.00 



68.00 



99.00 



62.00 



76.00 



93.00 



84.00 



31.00 



48.00 



140.00 



New 



85.00 



123.00 



!05,0O 



61,00 



$800,00 



