November. 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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grown trees brought the owner between 

 $1,000 and $2,000. As a consequence, 

 there will be a great demand for E'bertas 

 next year, and we are in a position to 

 meet the demand." 



When the trees are eighteen or twenty 

 feet high, which size is attained after 

 being planted four or five years, a 

 picket of wood to the desired height of 

 the fence is nailed on to the trees. The 



In this Block there are 100,000 Seedling Peach Trees 



I 



THE HERBERT RASPBERRY 



In small fruits, a large acreage of a 

 general assortment was seen. All the 

 leading varieties of raspberries, black- 

 berries, currants and gooseberries are 

 grown in innumerable quantities. Par- 

 ticular attention has been paid to the 

 propagation of the Herbert raspberry, 

 which is rapidly coming into popularity. 

 The results of experiments at Guelph 

 and at Ottawa show it to be the most 

 productive of all red raspberries. Hav- 

 ing been originated at Ottawa, it is ex- 

 tremely hardy. It is of particular value, 

 therefore, to planters in the colder 

 sections of our country. The fruit is of 

 excellent quality. Raspberry growers 

 would do well to give it a trial. It will 

 make good. The stock of plants of this 

 variety growing on the Helderleigh 

 Nurseries appeared in the prime of 

 condition. 



C.AROI,IN.\ POPU\RS 



Not only are fruit trees grown ex- 

 tensively, but ornamental and shade 

 trees as well. A particularly fine block 

 of Carolina poplars was noticed. It 

 contains 40,000 young trees. This tree 

 is becoming very popular. Last vear, 

 Mr. Smith sold 20,000 within a radius 

 of twenty miles of the nurseries. It is an 

 extremely vigorous grower. It is up- 

 right in habit and handsome. Its use 

 for street planting is unsurpassed. For 

 windbreaks, it is especially valuable. 

 Its chief value, however, is as a fence 

 post. The trees are planted in a row 

 where the fence is required to be erected. 



wires are strung thereon and secured 

 by staples. Carolina poplar fences are 

 the strongest, cheapest and most beauti- 

 ful tree fence that can be erected. 



There is an outstanding feature of 

 country or rural improvement that is 

 not emphasized or recognized as it 



its civilization. The planting of trees 

 along the roadside and around the farm 

 homestead is something that should not 

 be neglected. Many varieties and 

 classes, of trees for the purpose are 

 grown at the Helderleigh Nurseries, 

 among them Norway spruce, of which 

 some 100,000 will be ready for sale next 

 spring. 



There is a good Une of ornamentals 

 on the nurseries. In roses, Mr. Smith 

 thinks a great deal of Dorothy Perkins. 

 It is a rapid grower, handsome, and a 

 good mate for Crimson Rambler, the 

 old reliable, of which they have a good 

 stock. Strong field-grown roses of all 

 varieties, both budded and on their own 

 roots, are grown. There is a large stock 

 also of self-clinging Virginia creeper, 

 Ampelopsis Hirsuta. I/ike the Boston 

 ivy, this is a hardy vine and cUngs 

 to any smooth surface. It is just the 

 thing for northern districts where Boston 

 ivy is too tender. 



STAFF OF AGENTS 



On the staff of employees are 300 

 agents. Mr. Smith makes unusual ef- 

 forts to secure rehable men. Appli- 

 cants are required to furnish as refer- 

 ences the names of four responsible men 

 in active business. Of the large number 

 of men who apply for work as repre- 

 sentatives of this nursery, fully seventy- 

 five per cent, are refused, as they do not 

 meet the strict requirements demanded. 

 These nurseries have rightly gained a 

 wide reputation for reUability. This 

 is evidenced not only by thousands of 

 testimonials from individual growers, 

 but also from the fact that for a number 



The Packing Shed and Cellars for Wintering Stock 

 Capacity — 250,000 trees and 300.000 vines. In the foreground is a solid block of Ben Davis apple trees 



should be, and that is the advertisement 

 that it affords the community. Rural 

 improvement certainly is a striking ad- 

 vertisement of the progress of a coun- 

 try's refinement, and of the height of 



of years E. D. Smith has been supply- 

 ing the Government experiment stations 

 in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and 

 Ontario. This would indicate that every 

 confidence can be placed in the firm. 



