THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Fruit Conditions in Ontario are Favorable 



IK FECIAL reports received by ThE Cana- 

 k^ DiAN Horticulturist from correspond- 

 P ents in different parts of Ont. indicate 

 f that fruit trees and bushes have come 

 brough the winter in excellent condition. Simi- 

 kr reports have been received from the Mari- 

 ime Provinces. The reports from Ont. are as 

 follows : 



EASTERN ONTARIO 



Harold Jones, Maitland — "The winter has 

 been favorable to all tree and bush fruits. Ap- 

 ples are coming out in a bright, healthy condi- 

 tion, with fruit buds well developed, giving 

 promise of a full bloom. Plums and cherries 

 promise well, but may suffer by sudden change 

 to a low temperature. Strawberries are look- 

 ing well, but the acreage is below normal." 



W. T. Macoun, C.E.F., Ottawa— "Apple 

 trees apparently have come through the 

 winter well, and promise a medium to good 

 crop, judging by fruit buds. Pears, plums and 

 r-herries are not grown to any extent. Cur- 

 ants, raspberries and gooseberries came through 

 ihe winter well, but strawberries were badly 

 injured, and will be a light crop. Grape vines 

 are still covered. 



"There is no special boom in planting, and 

 no large plantations are being made. The Mc- 

 intosh and Wealthy apples are the popular 

 varieties." 



Elmer Lick, Oshawa — "Indications point to 

 a good crop of fruit of all kinds in Ontario 

 county. No winter-killing. Plenty of fruit 

 buds on apple trees. There has been a very 

 large increase in oyster shell back louse in many 

 orchards. There do not seem to be very 

 many new plantations of any varieties of fruit." 



NIAGARA DISTRICT 



A. W. Peart, Burlington^" Indications are 

 that fruit plantations generally have come 

 through the winter in good condition. With 

 the possible exception of a few of the more 

 tender varieties of peaches and Japan plums, 

 fruit buds appear to be sound and normal. On 

 low, undrained ground strawberries have been 

 damaged by heaving. The prospects are for 

 at least an average crop of fruits. 



"Some planting will be done chiefly along 

 the lines of strawberries, pears and cherries. 

 Increased attention is being given to spraying 

 and the better care of orchards." 



Linus Woolverton, Grimsby — "The fruit buds 

 give a fair promise of an average crop. Peaches 

 were a heavy crop last year, but nevertheless 

 give a fair promise for this season. Apples will 

 be a full crop. Pears and plums will be above 

 the average. Raspberries show well, but the 

 acreage has been lessened on account of low 

 prices. People here are annually planting a 

 large additional acreage of grapes, peaches, 

 pears and small fruits. Plums are not being 

 planted because of low prices. Very few Japan 

 plums are planted, because of their itiferior 

 quality." 



ESSEX COUNTY 



The outlook is for a full crop of cherries, 

 plums, pears, apples, and every peach tree of 

 bearing age is full of fruit buds, and if weather 

 conditions are favorable, there will be an 

 abundant supply. The fruit growers are very 

 busy spraying for fungous diseases, San 

 Jose Scale, etc., using the lime sulphur wash. — 

 E. E Adams, Leamington. 



Vegetable Conditions THrovigKout Ontario 



REPORTS received from the correspond- 

 ents of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' 

 Association, located in different parts of 

 Ontario, show that there has been a 

 marked increase lately in the amount of vege- 

 tables grown under glass, and that the acreage 

 in several lines of vegetables this year will be 

 considerably increased. The association is anx- 

 ious to secure more correspondents in the prin- 

 cipal vegetable producing sections and is willing 

 to pay for short monthly reports. The help of 

 growers in making these reports valuable is 

 asked. The following reports were written be- 

 tween April 20 and 24: 



"Cabbage and other winter stock are a drug on 

 the market. Radish and lettuce sell for 40c. 

 for first quality, and seconds about 25c. per doz., 

 and market pretty well supplied. Strawberries 

 badly winter-killed. Weather cold again and 

 no planting or sowing done yet." — F. Williams. 



" No outside work has been done. March was 

 a very bad month for hotbeds. Everything is 

 backward, but favorable weather will soon 

 1 liange that. The general plans seem to be for 

 the usual crop, but much also depends on the 

 f)lanting season. The market is overdone with 

 lettuce, as supplies are being shipped in and the 

 local hotbed crop, also, is ready. Quantities 

 i)f local green onions are on hand; also radish 

 ind rhubarb, the supply exceeding the demand. 

 There has been very little change in the amount 

 r)f vegetables grown under glass during the 

 winter, but the quantity of glass u.sed for the 

 spring crop has more than doubled." — T. 

 Mockett. 



NAPANER 



"From data obtained from the canning fac- 

 tory the vegetable crops in this section will be 

 about as follows: Tomatoes, 200 acres; sweet 

 corn, 160 acres; peas, 60 acres; beans, 47 acres." 

 — E. M. Sherman. 



TORONTO 



"It is too soon to report the prospects, as we 

 have scarcely started to plant, and we cannot 

 even guess at what we are going to have. With 

 regard to the greenhouse work, I may say there 

 has been a marked increase in greenhouse work. 

 Within about half a mile of me, about 10,000 

 feet of new glass has been erected this year and 

 a great deal more farther afield. Lettuce, I 

 believe, is the principal crop grown in the new 

 houses, but the demand seems to increase with 

 the increased production, as there has been a 

 ready sale right through the season." — C. Gib- 

 bard, Doncaster. 



NIAGARA FALLS SOUTH 



"Asparagus, green onions and rhubarb about 

 a week or 10 days ahead of last year; first out- 

 door grown sold this week. Planting of early 

 potatoes and peas general. Sowing of onions, 

 carrots, beets, and other seeds in full swing. 

 The ground is dry and works up nicely. Lettuce 

 and cabbage are being transplanted outside ex- 

 tensively. All tender vegetables under glass 

 owing to the open vrinter about 10 days ahead 

 of last year. Tomatoes and onions will be less 

 freely planted than last year by at least 25%. 

 Several new greenhouses have been erected. 

 All greenhouse stufT selling well and in good de- 

 mand. Commercial fertilizers are more ex- 

 tensively used than ever before." — Thomas R. 

 Stokes. 



ESSEX COUNTY 



"Tomatoes are growing very well under glass 

 Apparently there will be an increase of 25 % in 

 the plantings. Some of the larger shippers are 

 increasing their acreage, and some new men are 

 starting in a small way, while some who grew 

 them last season are out of it. Early cabbage 

 is being planted in the fields; an increase of 

 about 25 % in this crop is likely. Wax beans 

 will be in small supply. Red and green peppers 

 will be grown in about the usual quantity, which 



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I ANDSCAPE GARDENING, PLANS FOR 

 '-' PARKS, cemeteries, pubhc and private 

 pleasure grounds made. Drawings made to a 

 scale, so that any gardener may carry them out. 

 Correspondence solicited. Chas. Ernest Wool- 

 verton, Landscape Designer, Grimsby. 



WANTED — Persons to grow Mushrooms for 

 us in waste spaces or barns, in gardens, 

 orchards or small farms. $15 to $25 per week. 

 Send stamp for sixteen-page illustrated booklet 

 on Mushroom Culture and full particulars. 

 Montreal Supply Co., Montreal. 



FOR SALE — Old established tree nursery. 

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 Best sandy loam. Apply Thompson, 17 Queen 

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 for sale on easy terms. 



pHANCE OF A LIFETIME— Well-established 

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HARDY PERENNIALS delivered prepaid by 

 Mail or Express. Send 5 cents for descrip- 

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 Grimsby, Ont. 



FOR SALE OR RENT— Two Greenhouses. 

 Good condirion, 300 x 23 ft. Terms Easy. 

 F. E. and H. M. Richardson, Littleton, N.H. 



POR SALE — One of the best business chances 

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 cottage, 2 large greenhouses, newly built, 

 everything in first-class condition; in a city 

 with about twenty thousand inhabitants. 

 This is a fine opening for a wide-awake man to 

 make money easily. Good reasons for selling. 

 For particulars apply to J. P. Pitcher, Real 

 Estate, Brantford. 



p H. KINGSLEY-B.-VILLIE, F.R.H.S. (Quali- 

 ^' fied Fellow of The Royal Horticultural 

 Society of England), Consulting Landscape 

 Architect. Plans, Drawings and Specifications 

 prepared for the development of large and small 

 properties both in town and country. Address: 

 Winona, Ont. 



■yjT/ANTED— Young man with a few years' prac- 

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 good opportunity for advancement to man 

 capable with ornamental stock. The WebsTER 

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