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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 1907 



You Can't Cut Out 



A H<)« SPAVIN or 

 THOKOLtiliriN, but 



ApsORBiNE 



will clean them off, ami you work the 

 hor.se same time. l>oeH not hllstiT or 



remove the hair. Will tell you more It 

 yon write. 82.00 per bottle, delivered. 

 Book 4-C free. 

 ABSORBINE, JR.. for mankind, 



SI. 00 bottle. Cures Varicose Veins, Vari- 

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 (ieuuiue mfd. only by 



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SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND 



Established two centuries 



Horticviltxire at Macdonald 



The orchards and gardens of the Horticultural 

 Department of Macdonald College cover about 

 70 acres, of which 00 acres are cultivated crops 

 at the present time. The orchard extends over 

 about 25 acres, and contains the leading hardy 

 apples, some cherries, pears and plums: the lat- 

 ter mostly of Americana origin. The commercial 

 part of the orchard is so planted that upwards 

 of 50 cultural and fertilizing experiments can be 

 conducted across the orchard, using three trees 

 of each variety for each experiment. 



The variety test orchard of five acres is made 

 up of four trees of a kind. This part of the 

 orchard will doubtless ijresent a more or less 

 broken appearance, owing to some sorts under 

 test not proving suitable or hardy. 



The orchard is so laid out and roads so con- 

 structed that one driving along the roads can 

 get full view of all the different varieties grow- 

 ing, and the various culture methods adopted. 



At the present time the orchards are sown to 

 peas, potatoes and beans. A strip of ground 

 three feet at each side of the tree is kept culti- 

 vated, so that all of the trees have had similar 

 treatment. No manure has yet been applied, 

 exce]3t in the variety test orchard, which was 

 mulched last winter with manure. The inten- 

 tion is to manure the whole orchard this fall, 

 and next spring to start all culture and fertilizing 

 experiments. 



Twenty-one acres are in potato crop this year. 

 The bulk of the area is from seed that was on 

 the farm when purchased, and the name of the 

 variety is doubtful. Those sorts in acre lots 

 that are doing best are "Irish Cobbler," "Money 

 Maker" and "Carman No. 1." The potatoes, 

 from the seed of which we have not the correct 

 name, have made an uneven growth, due partly 

 to the seed not being properly matured last fall 

 when dug, and partly to dry rot to which this 

 variety is very susceptible. Care was taken to 

 plant only good, disease-free seed, but with the 

 greatest care some diseased ones are missed and 

 get planted. It is the intention to discontinue 

 this variety. 



A series of interesting experiments are being 

 conducted on plots one-third of an acre each, 

 using the home-grown seed, by planting medium 

 whole potatoes, small whole, medium cut in 

 two through the seed end, large tubers cut to 

 three eyes, and large tubers cut to two eyes. It 

 is the intention in the future to follow this line 

 of experiments, having in view the getting of 

 information as to the best cultural and fertiliz- 

 ing methods, and the most practical way of 

 selecting and planting the tubers. 



The bugs have been unusually plentiful this 

 season and nie fact that they have had many 

 showers, rendered it necessary to spray five 

 times with Paris green. The season, too, has 

 been exceptionally favorable to the development 

 of blight, and although the vines have been 

 sprayed three times with Bordeaux, still blight 

 is noticeable, although very well under control. 

 The indications are that only a medium crop 

 will be harvested. 



An area of over an acre is given up to squash, 

 melons and pumpkins, which did well until 

 a heavy wind-storm, accompanied with rain, and 

 followed by bright, hot sun, blighted the leaves, 

 giving the patch the appearance of being touched 

 by a light frost. 



Over an acre is devoted to turnips, one acre 

 to carrots and one-third of an acre to beets and 

 parsnips. The area in cabbage is about one and 

 one-half acres, of which one acre is in early cab- 

 bage, the most of which has been marketed. 

 The "Paris Market" is the earliest of the ox- 

 heart type, followed in a few days with the 

 "Early Spring," the best early variety of the 

 drumhead type. The late sorts are mostly 

 Danish Roundhead. One acre is in onions, 

 which are doing well. 



Our neat little book catalog will be sent 

 free on request. — The Canadian Horticul- 

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THE AMATEUR'S PRACTICAL 

 GARDEN BOOK 



The bases of this work are the notes Written by 

 C. E- Hunn, gardener to the horticultural depart- 

 ment of Cornell University. The leading feature 

 of these notes was to answer the many questions 

 about the simplest garden operations which con- 

 tinually present themselves to the teacher of hor- 

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