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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



fairly well Late melons and tomatoes k'""' 

 crop. — W. G. Home. 



HALTON COUNTY 



Burlington — The late tomato crop is a fair 

 average, though ripened too rapidly. Onions, 

 gtxxl liarvc.st and fair prices; celery, very dis- 

 appointing. Cauliflower and caljbage are a fair 

 crop with gcx)d [)rices. Late potatoes half a 

 crop, of poor quality. — J. A. Lindley. 



ST. CATHARINES DISTRICT 



Drought and continued heat have largely 

 stopped growth in vegetable crops and caused 

 premature ripening. Onions are small but cured 

 in fine- shape. Tomatoes only 50 % of a crop, 

 but well ripened ; [wtatoes will be only half of a 

 crop; good quality though somewhat .small. 

 Sweet corn for factory use alx)ut two-thirds of a 

 crop. — Roht. Thompson. 



WELLAND COUNTY 



Niagara Falls South. — Melons have broken 

 all crop records for both (juality and quantity. 

 The same of egg plant, peppers, squash, cucum- 

 bers and some patches of tomatoes. Sweet corn, 

 quality good, yield about two-thirds crop. Late 

 tomatoes, crop from one-fifth to two-fifths, 

 quality poor, small sized; pack short by 40%. 

 Onions, quality good though bulbs undersized. 

 Late ix)tatoes won't average two-fifths of a crop. 

 Cabbage, cauliflowers and Swede turnips are 

 badly infested with cabbage aphis, most plantings 

 being entirely ruined. Celery, poor; carrots, 

 beets and parsnips, atout half a crop. Fall 

 spinach scarce. — Thos. R. Stokes. 



BRANT COUNTY 



Scotland. — Onions are nearly all pulled and 

 a number of cars shipped. The yield is a little 



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TORONTO ==^—=—= — — — ONTARIO 



Mention The Canadian Horticulturist when writing 



l)elow the last estimate. Owing to c-ontinued 

 dry weather, the crop is in fine condition for 

 shipping. — E. G. Malcolm. 



KENT COUNTY 



Chatham. — Dry weather has seriously affected 

 the crops. Celery will be very scarce. Potatoe.s 

 are poor; tomatoes very plentiful and of g<»d 

 quality. Melons have been a good crop with 

 big demand. Cucumbers failed ; onions for 

 pickles, a great crop owing to the absence f)f 

 maggots. The onion crop has been good. Caul- 

 iflowers are a complete failure owing to dry 

 weather and rot. — Fred. Collins. 



ESSEX COUNTY 



Leamington. — Owing to severe drought and 

 very hot weather, crops have suffered severely. 

 Tomatoes ripened up quickly, and arc now almost 

 off the market. Potatoes will be the shortest 

 crop for years. Onions arc a fair crop. Carrots, 

 beets and other root crops will be light, except on 

 some low lands. Cabbage, not much grown; 

 cauliflowers, large but not of good color. Melons 

 are a fine crop. Cucumbers liave all been dried 

 out for want of rain. Celery, on low land is fine. 

 — E. E. Adams. 



LAMBTON COUNTY 



Samia. — Vegetation is at a standstill owing to 

 drought. We have had no rain since Aug. 26. 

 The growing season is over for fwtatoes, onions, 

 corn, etc.; but tomatoes, late cabbages, cauli- 

 flowers, celery, carrots, beets and parsnips have 

 not matured yet and need moisture. The crops 

 will be as follows' late potatoes, about ."iO/o of 

 an average crop; cabbage, onions, tomatoes, 

 carrots, beets, parsnips, under an average crop; 

 celery and turnips poor. — W. A. Broughton. 



A monstrosity in potatoes was sent from Red 

 Deer, Alberta, to J. A. Simmers, Toronto.'', It 

 weighs 3 lbs., 2 ozs., and is equal in size to' a 

 large Swede turnip. Who can beat that? 



A new potato has been evolved by Messrs. 

 Sutton & Sons, of Reading, England. It is 

 said to taste like a blend of asparagus and 

 turnips. 



A. Prosperoxis Gardener 



One of the oldest settlers or first white in- 

 habitantsjof the province of Ontario was Find- 

 lay Malcolm, 

 who came to 

 the township 

 of Oakland, 

 Brant Coun- 

 t y, in the 

 year 1798, 

 from Scot- 

 land. Mr. 

 Malcolm was 

 captain of a 

 vessel which 

 sailed be- 

 tween Amer- 

 ica and the 

 old land. 

 After a long 

 and honor- 

 able career on 

 the seas, he 

 settled in 

 what is now 

 the village 

 of Scotland in Brant County. He had the 

 said village named "Scotland," which shows 

 the true, lasting and loyal feeling that he had 

 for his native land. Mr. Malcolm had a large 

 family, one of w-hom, Duncan Malcolm, was 

 born on the high seas. Mr. Eugene G. Mal- 

 colm, whose portrait we reproduce, is a grand- 

 son of the said Duncan Malcolm, and is a pros- 

 perous and energetic farmer, always ready to 

 advance the interests of the farmer or gar- 

 dener. He is secretary of the Scotland branch 

 of the Ont. Veg. Gre. .\ssn. Mr. Malcolm 

 always takes a very active part and interest 

 in everything that is likely to be to the ad- 

 vantage of the locality in which he resides. 



Malcolm 



