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away fniin the crown, and when dug most of 

 them arc cut off; on one-year old trees the fib- 

 rous r(X)ts are close up and can 1)C siived. The 

 l>uds on tree trunlfs of two years' growth have 

 been lieveloped the previous season, and also 

 the trees are too high; and as a consequence, 

 there is no protection against sun scald and un- 

 due evaixjration. The trunks of two-year old 

 trees arc large and too tnuch of a tax on the 

 bruised roots — this can be remedied only in 

 part by pruning back. And furthermore, one- 

 year old trees can be headed at any height de- 

 sired while those of twice the age have heads 

 already formed in the nursery." 



MELONS FOR MARKBT, 



Among the many different crops grown by 

 fruit and vegetable men in the vicinity of Ham- 

 ilton are melons, and musk melons in particu- 

 lar. " It is not well for growers to depen<l upon 

 one kind of crop alone," said Mr. Walter Home, 

 of Aldershot; "it is always better to grow a 

 general a.ssortment of marketable prcxluce 

 rather than to specialize." Although this item 

 of general advice was voiced by Mr. Home, 

 yet he has had special success in growing musk 

 melons for market. In varieties, he grows 

 Early Citron, Rocky Ford and Paul Rose. 

 Early in May he starts the seed in the hotbed, 

 sowing about five seeds on an inverted sod, 

 say a cube four inches each way. About a 

 month later, if the weather is settled and no 

 danger of frost, these are set out in the field. 

 The early sorts are planted five feet apart each 

 way, and the late six feet. When thoroughly 

 hardened to the open, they are thinned out to 

 two or three vines in a hill. Cultivate often 

 and well. gl; ^ 



GROWING CELERV. 



The well-known market gardeners of St. 

 Catharines, J. Dunlop & Son, briefly outlined 

 to your representative their method of grow- 

 ing celery. In March the seed is sown in hot- 

 beds, in alternate rows with tomatoes. Dur- 

 ing the latter part of April, the plants are 

 transplanted to a cold frame; and about the 

 first of June, to the field. Mr. Dunlop grows 

 his celery on the level, rows 3 ft. apart with 

 plants 6 in. apart in the rows. He cultivates 

 the early varieties till the middle of July, then 

 puts 10 in. boards on both sides of the rows. 

 These boards bleach the celery without the 

 necessity and trouble of earthing up. These 

 early sorts, ready for market about Aug. 1, 

 are White Plume and Paris Galden Yellow. 



The late varieties, such as Hartnell's Per- 

 fection, are cultivated till later in the season, 

 and in Sept. a furrow is plowed up on both 

 sides to keep the stalks together. When frost 

 comes, the celery is dug and put in trenches 18 

 in. in width and packed solidly. Over tliis 

 trench is put V-shaped boards, and on the 

 approach of heavy frosts the whole is covered 

 with manure. The late sorts are ready for 

 market at Christmas. They can be kept in 

 the trenches, if undisturbed, all winter. When 

 trenches are opened, however, the celery must 

 be removed and stored inside 



chalk's jewel tomato. 



Mr. J. H. Broderick, of St. Catharines, grows 

 Chalk's Early Jewel tomato, and thinks it. is 

 the best general purpose tomato for his locality. 

 Although its name implies earliness, it cannot 

 be classed among the early varieties. It is 

 about a week earlier than Ignotum. "It is 

 well liked for canning," said Mr. Broderick, 

 "being round, smooth, solid in flesh and of 

 uniformly medium size. It is very produc- 

 tive; last season I picked and shipped 1,820 

 11 qt. baskets from 1,900 plants. Growers 

 should buy the seed from a firm that makes a 

 specialty of this variety." 



Gravensteins in P.E..I. 



In Rev. Father Burke's Prince Edward Island 

 notes that appeared in the January issue of 

 The Horticulturist, the Writer was made to 



say that in the jiaM the Blenheim apple was 

 known as Gravenstein. 



In calHng attention to this statement Father 

 Burke explains in a recent letter thai the Blen- 

 heim is a most successful apple in Nova Scotia, 

 much more so than the Gravenstein, which was 

 at one time considered to be her specialty, but 

 whose day now seems to be past. "We think 

 that we are growing Gravensteins here now 

 better than they can be grown anywhere else," 

 concluded the writer. 



WHo They Are 



Key to the group photograph of the dele- 

 gates at the Dominion Fruit Conference pub- 

 hshed on page 81. 



1 Walter Dempsey, Trenton, Ont. 



2 W. T. Macoun, Hort. Exper. Farm, Ottawa. 

 .3 W. j. Farley, Trenton, Ont. 



4 Norman Jack, Chaleauguay Basin, Que 



5 W. D. Albright, London, Ont, 



6 R. T. Goodfellow, Prince Albert, Sask. 



7 Geo. Vroom, Dom. Fruit Inspector, Mid- 



dleton, N.S. 



8 Robt. Brodie, Westmount, Que. 



9 Ralph Eaton, Kentville, N.S. 



10 Saxby Blair, Macdonald College, St. Annes, 



Que. 



11 Elmer Lick, Oshawa, Ont. 



12 John F. Scriver, Dom. Frtiit Inspector, Hem- 



mingford. Que. 



13 A. W. Peart, Burlington, Ont. 



14 G. Renaud, La Trappe, Que. 



15 G. C. Chapin, Toronto, Ont. 



16 J. C. Chapais, St. Denis, Que. 



17 R. J. Cochrane, Colborne, Ont. 



18 J. J. Philp, Dom. Fruit Inspector, Winni- 



peg, Man. 



19 Prof. F. C. Sears, Truro, N.S. 



20 R.W. Starr, Wolfville, N.S. 



21 B. W. Chipman, Comr. of Agri., Halifax, N.S. 



22 D. Johnson, Forest, Ont. 



23 W. J. Brandrith, Ladner, B.C. 



24 Prof. Hutt, Guelph, Ont. 



25 Dr. Wood, St. John, Que. 



26 John Fisk, Abbottsford, Que. 



27 David S. Manson, Winnipeg, Man 



28 Jas. Grant, Victoria, B.C. 



29 J. Innis, Chatham, Ont. 



30 R. J. Hamilton, Edmonton, Alta. 



31 G. C. Miller, Middleton, N.S. 



32 J. A. Ruddick, Dairy Comr., Ottawa. Ont. 



33 J. C. Metcalfe, Hammond, B.C. 



34 J. S. Scarf, Woodstock, Ont. 



35 Father A. E. Burke, Alberton, P.E.I. 



36 W. H. Bunting, St. Catharines, Ont 



37 W. D. A. Ross, Chatham, Ont. 



38 Alex. McNeill, Chief Fruit Division. Ot- 



tawa, Ont. 



39 R. W. Shepherd, Como, Que. 



40 R. M. Palmer, Victoria, B.C. 



41 Alfred Gifford, Dom. Fruit Inspector, Mea- 



ford, Ont. 



42 Martin Burrell, Grand Forks, B.C. 



43 E. H. Wartman, Dom. Fruit Inspector, Mon- 



treal, Que. 



44 P. J. Carey, Dom. Fruit Inspector, Toron- 



to, Ont. 



45 W. L. Smith, Toronto, Ont. 



46 I. W. Stephenson, Sheffield, N.B. 



47 A. E. Sherrington, Walkerton, Ont. 



48 Robt. Hamilton. Grenville, Que. 



49 Murray Pettitt, Winona, Ont. 



51 Maxwell Smith, Dom. Fruit Inspector, Van- 



couver, B.C. 



52 F. L. Dery, Dom. Fniit Inspector, Mon- 



treal, Que. 



53 P. W. Hodgetts, Toronto, Ont. 



54 J. W. Ford, Oakville, Ont. 



55 L. H. Newman, Ottawa, Ont, 



56 A. E. Dewar, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 



57 L. Woolverton, Grimsby, Ont. 



58 Prof. Jas. W. Robertson, St. Annes, Que. 



59 A. S. Chapin, Toronto, Ont. 



60 R. J. Graham, Belleville, Ont. 



61 E. D. Smith, M.P., Winona, Ont. 



62 H. H. Miller, Ottawa, Ont. 



63 ]. C. Ready, Charlottetown P.E.I. 



A "Veteran's Advice on 

 Spraying 



Mr. W. H. Buntiqg, of St. Ortharines, Om 

 writes, Feb. 20th, 1906: "Peimit me to sav 

 that to the best of my judgment I beHe\< 

 'SCALECIDE' will be a valuable agent to tit- 

 used in controlling San Jose Scale. While I am 

 not prepared to unqualifiedly endorse it until 

 further experimental work has Ijcen carried on. 

 I have no hesitation in recommending it to 

 fruit growers, as worthy of a fair trial, wherever 

 scale is found to exist." 



Full particulars, prices and testimonials from 

 the most eminent specialists and foremost fruit 

 growers of America, sent on application to the 

 Spramotor Co., London, Ont., or B. G. Pratt 

 Co., II Broadway, New York City. 



KXTK.NSIVK SALES. Messrs. Stone & Wel- 

 lington Nurseries of Toronto, say that this year 

 will be one of the best in the history of their 

 business. Although the season has not yet 

 closed, they have s<jld up to date over 300,- 

 000 fruit trees, composed of apples, pears, cher- 

 ries, plums, peaches, etc.; over 360,000 small 

 fruits, including grape vines, raspberries, cur- 

 rants, gooseberries, and blackberry bushes; 

 130,000 shrubs, ornamentals, and hedgings; 

 70,000 evergreens, 25,000 roses and 10,000 

 herbaceous plants. They report that the larg- 

 est demand for commercial fruits is still for 

 such standard varieties as the Baldwin and 

 Ben Davis apple. Early Richmond and Mont- 

 morency cherries, Abundance, Red June and 

 Lombard plums. The demand for new varie- 

 ties such as the Maynard and Climax plums is 

 largely increased. Small fruits also are in verj' 

 large demand, due in a great measure to the 

 establishment of canning factories. 



GREAT IMPKOVEMENTS. The Little Giant 

 Sprayer Co. have made many improvements ia 

 their machine, notably in the Ys and elbows, 

 to remove all diminution of pressure. All right 

 angles have been done away with, and a surr 

 prise is promised their patrons in the new 

 clusters, as well as in the Ys. Patent nozzle! 

 tips will be furnished at 40 cents each. Form- 

 erly they cost 75 cents. The manager, Mr. 

 Palm, informs The HoRTictrLTURisT that the 

 sales have been large and the factory kept busy.' 

 The demand is said to have increased exten- 

 sively, and those who wish to have the ma 

 chine for the first spraying are advised to pi; 

 their order in advance, so that they may 

 be disappointed in delivery. 



A HANDSOME CATALOGX-'E. Reahzing thaf 

 the quickest way to increase business is to in- j 

 crease the number of people interested in cul- 

 tivating flowers, the Webster Floral Company,~J 

 ■ of Hamilton, have issued an excellent illu 

 trated catalogue in which the various Unes 

 plants and flowers are fully described. Hand 

 some premiums are offered with every $5.C 

 order. Directions for handling and plantia 

 are given, fib* 



FIXE PI>TMOUTH BOCKS. The general pli 

 of mating and selection practised by the Wo 

 view Poultry Yards, of London, C)nt., ensuti 

 satisfaction to those who purchase settifl 

 from that source. A neat Ijooklet contain" 

 a description of birds in each of the pens 

 been printed. Matings are made to prodti 

 general utility birds, exhibition males, exhit 

 tion females, etc. 



Plans for a new horticultural building at 

 Toronto exhibition have been submitted, 

 will be in the form of a cross with a dome centre 

 .50 ft. in diameter. The wings will be 220 ft 

 from extremity to extremity. The four will 

 accomodate respectively fruit, flowers, vege- 

 tables and honey. The cost will be about 

 $70,000. It is expected to have everything in 

 readiness for the show of 1907. 



