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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Lawrence, uiid any other desirable variety, cor- 

 rectly named. 



GRAPBS 



Class 8. 



Prizes of SIM, $1, and 75 cts. are offered for 

 Agawain, Concord, I.indley, Niagara, Vergennes, 

 Wilder, and any other desirable variety. 



Prizes of $2, $1.50 and $1 are offered fi>r black 

 graiies, best 9 lb. basket ; red grajjcs, best 9 II). 

 basket, and white grapes, best 9 lb, basket. 



Prizes of $3, $2.50, and $1.50 arc offered for 

 black grapes, best fancy package; red grapes, 

 best fancy package; white grapes, best fancy 

 package. 



DISPLAY FRUIT 



Class 9. 



Prizes of $25, $20, $10, $S, and $5. are offered 

 for best display of fruit in commercial i)ackages 

 exhibited by an agricultural or horticultural 

 S(K:iety, or fruit growers' association; table sjjace 

 limited to 30 S(| ft. for each exhibit. 



Prizes of $12, $8, S.'i, $4, and $3, are offered 

 for best display of fruit not in commercial 

 packages exhibited by an agricultural or horticul- 

 tural society or fruit growers' association; 

 table space limited to 30 sq. ft. for each exhibit. 



Vegetable Gro-wers are PusKing Matters 



Class 10. 



PRESERVED FRUIT 



Prizes of $2.50, $1.50, and $1, are offered for 

 best quart sealer of canned fruit of each of the 

 following: Hlackberries, Cherries black or red. 

 Cherries white or yellow. Gooseberries, Grai)es 

 black or red. Grapes white. Peaches white fleshed. 

 Peaches yellow fleshed. Pears, Plums blue or red. 

 Plums green or white, Ras])berries red, Rasp- 

 berries black, and Strawberries. 



Prizes of $2.50, $1.50, and $1 are offered for 

 best pint of jam of each of the following: Cur- 

 rant black, Gooseberry, Grape, Peach, Pear, 

 Plum, Raspberry, and Strawberry. 



Prizes of $1.50, $1, and 75 cts. are offered for 

 best half-pint jar of jelly of each of the following: 

 Apple, Crab Apple, Currant red. Grape, Quince, 

 and Raspberry red. 



Prizes of $3, $2, and $1 are offered for Gra[)e 

 Juice, imfermented. best 1 qt. bottle 



The MarKeting of Vegetables 



J. W. Rush, Humber Bay, Ont. 



One of the secrets of success in the market- 

 ing of vegetables is to have the right thing at 

 the right time, put up in the right way. The 

 Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association is fair- 

 ly well organized, and it has adopted The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist as its official organ. 



It would be a good plan for our association to 

 arrange a system of bunching for early vege- 

 tables. For early beets six in a bunch, nicely 

 graded, might do. Let the large ones be put 

 in bunches and the smaller ones in bunches in- 

 stead of mixed together as we so often see them. 

 Radishes, three-quarters to one inch in diam- 

 eter, 10 in a bunch. In the smaller ones 12 to 

 14 would make a nice saleable bunch. Carrots, 

 very early and of nice size, one inch in diameter, 

 might go six in a bunch, and very early onions 

 12 in a bunch. Later on, when the onions are 

 larger, six in a bunch might do. Other vege- 

 tables could be bunched in the same way. 



If bunches of regular sizes were adopted by 

 our association, we would know when we see 

 market prices quoted, what was meant. Bunches 

 Of the size mentioned would sell for 40c. per 

 dozen, and retail for five cents per bunch. I 

 give these suggestions to set the ball roll- 

 ing, and would like to hear from others on the 

 bunching question. 



A Warning. — The Horticulturist has re- 

 ceived word that some fruit growers and farmers 

 in different parts of Canada are using as a remedy 

 for insects, certain substances placed in a hole 

 bored in the trees. Although the folly of this 

 practice has been exposed many times in our 

 columns. The Horticulturist again directs 

 the attention of fruit growers to the fact that 

 remedies of this kind are absolutely useless. 



MANY" im|xjrtant matters were discussed at 

 a meeting of the directors of the Ontario 

 Vegetable Growers' Assn. held in Toronto 

 June 21. It was re|K>rted that the assn. 

 has branches at CHtawa, Kinpton, Napanee, 

 Toronto, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Brantford, 

 Sarnia, Tecumseh, and Chatham, with a total 

 membership of 426. Directors were present from 

 most of these branches, those in attendance being 

 Messrs. !•'. F. Reeves, the pres. of the assn. ; Jos. 

 Rush, R. Lankin, Geo. Syme, T. Dellworth and 

 A. W. Shuter, of the Toronto branch; T. Mock- 

 ett, of Ottawa ; W. A. Broughton, of Sarnia; D. 

 Rocheau, of Tecumseh; \V, A. Emory, of Ham- 

 ilton; A. McMeans, of Guelph; and the sec'y. 

 H. B. Cowan. 



It was decided not to hold the celery com- 

 [wtition that had been pro|)osed. A letter was 

 read from the Kingston l)ranch asking what 

 by-laws are in force in the different cities to 

 |>revent the purchase of vegetables on the mar- 

 ket before a certain hour in the morning. The 

 meeting decided to gain this information from 

 the different cities and to make it public. 



On the tariff question it was decided that as 

 the assn. has already laid its views before the 

 government, nothing further lan be done imlil 

 the government informs the House of Commons 

 what its intentions in this matter are, when, if 

 it is necessary, a special meeting of the directors 

 will be called to discuss the government's in- 

 tentions and to decide on the taking of such 

 action as may be deemed necessary. 



The representatives from the different branches 

 repf)rted on what has been done by their branches 

 so far this year. These re|X)rts were very en- 

 couraging. Several of the branches have pur- 

 chased goods for their members at greatly reduc- 

 ed prices, interesting meetings have been held, 

 at which discussions on vegetable growing have 

 taken place, and some of the branches are 

 arranging to hold picnics during the summer. 



On motion of Mr. Rocheau it was decided to 

 have copies of the constitution printed in French, 

 as it is believed several branches of the assn. can 

 be formed in French sections. Methods of im- 

 proving the crop reports, which are obtained 

 monthly by the assn., were considered. 



It was decided to make a grant of $150. to the 

 vegetable section of the Ont. Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition, and in addition to pay the express 

 charges on all exhibits sent in from points outside 

 of Toronto. Prize-winning exhibits, and exhibits 

 on which the express charges have been paid, 

 will become the property of the assn. after the 



exhibition. It was decided to offer 3 prizes <■: 

 $12, $«, and $.5, or a total of $125, for the bt"-i 

 essays on the growing of each of the following 

 varieties of vegetables: jKrtatoes, cauliflower, 

 celery, tomatoes, and onions. Comjxjtitors 

 must be memtiers of the assn. and the essays 

 must deal with the soil and its preparation, 

 varieties, planting, cultivation, harvesting and 

 storing. Essays must not exceed 1,000 words. 

 The best essay will be read at the annual con- 

 vention and published in the annual rejxjrt. 



Mr. McMeans was asked to explain what 

 work is being done at the Guelph Agri. College, 

 for the benefit of vegetable growers. He re- 

 ported that the college is conducting vaiicly 

 tests in 55 kinds of onions, 28 of carrots, 55 o! 

 beets, 10 of salsify, 68 of radishes, 88 of toma 

 toes, 3() of cauliflower, and al)out 80 of lettuce. 

 Many of the varieties are practically the same. 

 The college is investigating also the germinalini; 

 power of the seed, and will publish a report on 

 this, giving the names of the seedsmen. This 

 latter announcement was heard with much 

 approval. Mr. Rush stated that he had lieen at 

 the college recently, and found that the college 

 was raising the same insect pests on their 

 vegetables as the growers. Mr. McMeans was 

 asked what was being done at the college to find 

 remedies for these fjests. He reported that 

 work along that line is lieing conducted by the 

 entomologist . 



On motion of Mr. Mockett, seconded by Mr. 

 Broughton, a committee, comjxjsed of Messrs. 

 Rush, Dellworth, and McCalla, was appointed 

 to visit Guelph and investigate the woik being 

 done there on behalf of the vegetable growers, 

 and in the combatting of vegetable insect pests. 

 The committee was instructed to prepare sug- 

 gestions for new lines of work that might be 

 taken up at the college, and to report on the 

 work now being done there, the result of their 

 investigation to be made known by Sept. 1. It 

 was decided to have a representative of the King- 

 ston branch, and two from the Ottawa branch 

 visit the Central Expt. Farm at Ottawa for the 

 same purpose. It is decided to hold the annual 

 convention of the assn. Nov. 8 and 9, at the time 

 of the Ont. Horticultural Exhibition, and to hold 

 a directors' meeting on .Nov. 7. 



The secy, was instructed to endeavor to make 

 arrangements to have a capable s[)eaker attend 

 meetings of the branch assns. during Oct. Con- 

 siderable enthusiasm was manifested at the meet- 

 ing, the belief being freely expressed that the 

 assn. will soon grow to much larger proportions. 



Spraying E-xperiments at Meaford 



T. B. Rivett. B.S.A. 



THE Ont. Dept. of Agri. is conducting e::- 

 periments near Meaford with Bordeaux 

 mixture to demonstrate the practical 

 value of spraying to check the ravages of 

 the apple scab. Previously this trouble has 

 been so great as to render the greater amount 

 of apples in this township unsaleable. 



Last year the results were not as satisfactory 

 as expected, so, in arranging this year's work, 

 fewer orchards were chosen, and these were the 

 pick of last year's experimentation. They are 

 8 in number, containing about 1,400 trees, and 

 situated within a radius of 5 miles of Meaford 

 and on 3 different concession roads, thereby 

 easily enabling the farmers in the township to 

 watch the result. It is the intention to spray 3 

 times and should the scab develop to any degree 

 a fourth application will be given. 



Poisoned Bordeaux is being used in all spray- 

 ings. The formula adopted is as follows: blue 

 stone, 4 lbs.; lime, 5 lbs,; Paris green, 8 ozs. ; 

 water, 40 gallons. The first spraying was ap- 

 plied in the early part of May, and was completed 

 before blossom; the second immediately after 

 bloom had fallen, and the third will be applied 

 in July. 



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We are testing, also, the value of lead acetate 

 as compared with Paris green as a poison. Two 

 blocks, side by side, were chosen, 1 being sprayed 

 with the above-mentioned formula, and the other 

 with two bbls. of lead acetate as a substitute for 

 4 ozs. Paris green. The lead acetate is some- 

 what harder to dissolve, but will stay in solution 

 longer. It spreads through the solution more 

 easily, and offers less obstruction in the nozzles. 

 The iKiisoning quality, however, will not be ^ 

 definitely ascertained until the fruit is mature. " 



Owing to some trouble occurring last year 

 with regard to the russetting of apples, test 

 trees have been left in every orchard, and a strict 

 record is being kept of the climatic conditions, 

 so as to observe the relation between atmospheric 

 conditions, spraying and russetting. The machine 

 used in this series of experiments is a gas power 

 machine, and is giving very fair results, the 

 power costing from $1.50 to $2 a day. 



We consider The Canadian Horticulturist 

 the leading horticultural magazine for our 

 province. All success to it. — M. S. Middleton, 

 Vernon, B.C. lU 



