THE CANADIAN HORTICUtLTURIST. 



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CONSIGNMENTS 



whether large or small, to the best 

 advantage on Toronto Market. 

 Stamps and pad furnished. We 

 will gladly answer any correspond- 

 ence. 



THE DAWSON COMMISSION CO. 



TORONTO LIMITED 



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niLl. THE -WE-EDS AND GRASS 



that deface your walks and drives with 



FAIRMOUNT'S WEED KILLER 



and do it effectively and thoroughly at small 

 cost. Imitations are not cheap. No failures in 

 1 1 years of severe test. 



LIST OF PRICES (F.O.B. PHILADELPHIA) 

 % gal. in tin (makes 25 gals, treating liquid), 

 75 cts.; 1 gal. tin (makes50 gals, treating liquid), 

 $1.25; 5 gal. keg (makes 250 gals, treating 

 liquid), $6; 10 gal. keg 'makes 500 gals, treating 

 liquid), $11; So gal. bbl. (makes 2,500 gals, 

 treating liquid), $45. 



Can You Hoe Out Weeds for the Same Money? 



Send orders to dealers or direct to 



The Fairmount Chemical Laboratories 



Only Makers. N.-W. Cor. Broad & Fairmount Ave. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA., U.S.A. 



JoKn B, Smitli & Sons 



Limited 



Cor. StracKan and Wellington Aves. 



TORONTO 



JOiBSMlTil^SONS. 



LIMITED. 

 \ TORONTO / 



\ SASH BAR ( 



ALL WOODWORK. 

 FOR GREENHOUSE 

 XCONSTRUCTION/ 



Manufacturers 

 . . of . . 



LUMBER 



LATH 



SHINGLES 



DOORS 



SASH 



BLINDS 



SILOS, ETC. 





Clear Cypress for Greenhouse Work 



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USE FOSTER'S POTS 



STRONG 



DURABLE 



LIGHT 



"*t BEST MAOt 



1 FOSTER'S J 



STANDARD 



POT 



POROUS 



AND 



SMOOTH 



Drop us a post card for Catalogue and Price Ust. 



The Foster Pottery Co., Limited 



HAMILTON - ONTARIO 



car. This pays in the saving of ice alone, be- 

 sides its 'advantage in extending the keeping 

 period of the fruit. For best results, fruit 

 should be wrapped and the paper for wrapping I 

 should be lighter than newspaper and heavier 

 than tissue paper. Shippers should use uni- 

 form packages for ease in loading cars, and for 

 appearance on the market, to say nothing of 

 increasing the selling price. Only the higher 

 grades of fruit should be shipped to the west. 



Airways the Same Standard 



A. McNeill, Fruit Division, Ottawa 



In reply to a complaint that certain apples 

 were not good enough for the No. 1 grade, 

 though thus marked, a grower says: "I sup- 

 posed the year would have quite a lot to do 

 with governing the trade. If the strict letter 

 of the law is put in force with regard to No. 1 

 apples there will be very few in this neighbor- 

 hood." 



It cannot be too generally impressed upon 

 packers and growers that the description of a 

 No. 1 apple never varies. Our export apples 

 reach many persons who have no idea of the 

 crop conditions in Canada, and this export trade 

 could never be built up except by maintaining 

 a uniform quality in our No. 1 grade. A No. 

 1 apple in any year is an apple practically with- 

 out blemish and of good size and color. 



PicKing' Cherries for Market 



The cherry, unhke most other fruits, does not 

 separate readily from the stem or tree. If 

 pulled it is liable to be bruised or torn. The 

 common way is to catch the stem with the 

 thumb and finger and tear the fruit from the 

 tree with others in the same cluster, and put 

 them in quart boxes or half bushel baskets for 

 the market. In recent years, however, there 

 has been an increasing demand for "clipped 

 cherries." There are several reasons why 

 dealers prefer them to those that are pulled. 

 The buyer wants fruit and not stems, Long 

 stems and clusters occupy too much space in 

 the box, and with the dried brown calyx they do 

 not present the bright, pleasing appearance of 

 the "chpped" fruit. Some growers claim that 

 the trees from which the cherries have been 

 clipped are in better condition for a crop the 

 next year than those from which the fruit has 

 been pulled. In puUing, many buds, small 

 twigs and fruit spurs are injured, bark stripped, 

 etc. 



There are several methods of clipping. Some 

 use shears in one hand and try to catch the fruit 

 in the other. This is not satisfactory because 

 the hand is too small to hold many, and some 

 fall to the ground. Some spread sheets under 

 the trees and shear off the cherries and let them 

 fall into it. The sheets are more or less in the 

 way of the ladders and pickers, and the fruit 

 must all be gathered up and separated from 

 leaves and twigs that fall and are, consequently, 

 sometimes bruised. 



An instrument has been devised that will 

 shear and catch the fruit and at the same time 

 is easily managed with one hand and not too 



ERMANENT meadows 

 should have an annijal 



dressing of 500 pounds 



per acre of a fertilizer contain- 

 ing eleven per cent. Potash 

 and ten per cent, available 

 phosphoric acid. 



This will gradually force out 

 sour grasses and mosses from 

 the meadows, and bring good 

 grasses and clovers; thus in- 

 creasing the quality as well as 

 the quantity of the hay. 



Our practical book, "Farmer's Guide," 

 gives valuable facts for every sort of crop- 

 raising. It is one of a number of books on 

 successful fertilization which we send on re- 

 quest, free of any cost or obligation, to any 

 farmer who will write us for them. 



Address, QERMAN KALI WORKS. 

 93 Nassau Street. New York. 



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Special Glass for 

 Greenhouses 



GOOD QUALITY, FLAT. EVEN 

 THICKNESS AND WELL CUT 



PLATE 



MIRROR PLATE 



WIRE GLASS 



PRISiMATIC GLASS 



And all other kinds of Glass used for 

 Duilding purposes 



Pilkington Brothers 



MONTREAL Limited TORONTO 



VANCOUVER WINNIPEG 



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Baskets 



We are Headquarters for 

 all kinds of Splint Baskets 



VENEER 



supplied for the pro- 

 tection of trees from 

 mice during winter 



FRUIT PACKAGES 

 A Specialty^ 



SEND FOR OtIR PRICES 



THE OAKVILLE BASKET CO. 



OAKVILLE, ONTARIO 



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