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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



January, 1515 



OKINNER 



YSTEM 



OP IRRIGATION 



THE SKINNER IRRIGATION CO. DEPT.R., TROY. OHIO 



THE RAIN 

 MACHINE 



Write for Btx books on 

 indoor and outdoor irri- 

 iratioD. 



BLACK CURRANTS 



Last year we sold a large quantity 

 of Black Naples plants to leading fruit 

 growers, and are looking forward to an 

 increased sale for the coming year. We 

 are prepared to sell No. 1 2-year-old 

 plants at .$45.00 per 1,000. 



We have also a few thousand first- 

 class Lawton Blacliberry plants. 



J. E. HENRY & SON 



WINONA, ONT. 



Strawberries 50 varieties 

 Raspberries 13 varieties 

 Seed Potatoes 



10 varieties 



FREE CATALOG 



THE LAKEVIEW FRUIT FARM 



H. L. McCONMELL & SON, PORT BURWELL, ONT. 



PRUNING 



With a FAVORITE saw will save you 

 a great amount of time and labor. 



Leading orchardiats throughout the 

 United States and Canada use them 

 and say they are the handiest tool 

 ever invented. 



For descriptive circular and prices ' 

 write to our Canadian Agents, Jas. E. 

 Johnson & Bros., Simcoe, Ont. 



Fruit Growers* Saw Co. 



SCOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK 



BARTLETT PRUNING TOOLS 



are designed on scientific principles, 

 made of the higliest grade 

 materials and sold on tlieir 

 merits. 



We make a complete line. In- 

 cluding our JOINTED POLE 

 TREE TRIMMER, and will 

 be glad to send catalogue and 

 booklet on pruning upon request. 



y No. 18, Pruning Saw 

 \ Price $175 



No. 777, Two Hand Pruner 

 ^ 26-ia. Ash Handles, $2.00 



Your dealer can supply you. 

 If he does not, mall money order 

 to us and we will ship prepaid. 



No. 18 BARTLETT MFG. CO. No. 77 

 4 Boydell Building DETROIT, Michigan 



Fruit Market Reports 



' 0. JohoiM, Frnit Commiiiioner, OtUwa 



Since about the first of October, the fruit 

 commissioner's office has been receiving 

 from various sources and distributimg to 

 the public, frequent tek-Rraphic reports up- 

 on the fruit situation from all points of 

 view. At the centres of production, for in- 

 stance, the Annapolis Valley, the Lake On- 

 tario counties, Georgian Bay, the Okanagan 

 Valley, and elsewhere, services of the fruit 

 inspectors are employed. They were in- 

 structed to acquaint themselves thoroughly 

 with the conditions in these localities, the 

 manner in which the fruit was being har- 

 vested, the grades which were being ship- 

 ped, the likelihood or otherwise of fruit 

 going to waste, in fact, any information 

 which they might consider of value. Similar 

 reports are obtained from reliable sources 

 in some of the states across the lime. In 

 this way the fruit commissioner is contin- 

 ually in touch with the main features at 

 the points of production. 



Messages are also received from the in- 

 spectors in the large distributing centres. 

 They are in close touch with the conditions 

 in these markets and are able to give in- 

 formation regarding the demand for fruit, 

 the wholesale prices, the grades which are 

 arriving, etc. This information is distri- 

 buted at frequent intervals to the producer, 

 who is in this way able to size up the gen- 

 eral market situation. Besides these re- 

 ports from Canadian markets, cables are 

 being sent from London, Liverpool, Man- 

 chester, and Glasgow. All such messages, 

 whether they be by cable or telegram, are 

 supplemented by frequent amd more lengthy 

 reports by mail, which have been found to 

 be of great use. 



For the distribution of all this informa- 

 tion, the columns of the daily press have 

 been a most effective medium. Special 

 efforts, however, have been made to send 

 this information direct to all cooperative 

 associations and to larger shippers. Any- 

 one,, in fact, who is desirous of receivimg 

 these reports direct from the commission- 

 er's office, can do so by making appli- 

 cation . 



Fruit Inspection in Nova Scotia 



G. H. Vrsom, Chief Inspector for the Maritime 

 Provinces 



The work of fruit inspection in Nova 

 Scotia was conducted in a different way last 

 vear than in former years. The custom 

 heretofore has been to place most of the 

 inspectors at Halifax, and the fruit was in- 

 spected between the cars and the ship's hold 

 as the former were being unloaded. Last 

 season all but two of the inspectors worked 

 in districts where the fruit was grown and 

 at the fruit houses along the railway lines. 



Each inspector was allotted a section to 

 look after. He travelled from place to 

 place inspecting any fruit which he found 

 packed and eave instruction and demom- 

 strations in places where the actual pack- 

 inir was being done. During the fall, when 

 the fruit was being gathered, the inspectors 

 visited orchards and packing houses and 

 eave instructions in packing and .grading 

 fruit. Thev also inspected the packages, 

 most of which were barrels. 



The section assigned to each inspector 

 was not so large thnt he could not go over it 

 everi' few davs. This enabled him to keen 

 verv close tab on the fruit packed and shin- 

 ned from his section. In addition to the 

 .Annapolis Val'ev, which produces the bulk 

 of the Nova Si-otian crop, considerable fruit 

 is growm in the south of the province, in 

 the counties of Lunenburg, Queens, Shel- 



FREE 



Our Trappers Guide 

 Supply Catalotr and 



Price List. 

 Write today, address 



TO JOHN HALLAM LIMITED 



Desk F-66 TORONTO 



I Ship your 



FURS 



SPRAY 



ss h'xpensi 



3rjO,000 people use llrowiv' s Aulo Si r . 

 ' to sjvcthein work — iiKJin-y. hii i' 

 -4 Kal- opacity. 40 &\ les and s .c i 



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BROWN'S. 



MANAGER WANTED 



Competent Manager and Salesman want 

 ed for the Erie Cooperative Co., Ltd., 

 Leaming'on, Ont. (Growers and Shippers 

 of Fruit and Vegetables). Duties to 

 commence April ist, 1915. Applicants 

 state experience and salary expected, 

 enclosing references. Applications re- 

 ceived till January 30th, 1915. 



GEO. M. ROSS, Secretary 



LEAMINGTON, ONT. 



Earns Many Times Its 

 Cost in a Season ! 



That's what this 8PRAM0T0R will do oti 

 vour farm. It will earn you a profit th.. 

 very first year. This style SPRAMOTOi! 

 is built to supply the demand for .a g«<>d 

 rig at a moderate price. It is equally suit 

 able for spraying trees, row crops, potri- 

 toes, vineyards, mustard and wec<Ls: also 

 does your painting and whitewashing ;it a 

 tenth the cost of hand work. We make the 



fobramotbr 



It isn t a SPRAMOTOR unless we made it 



in many styles and sizes, from ?6 up to 

 $350. There's a SPRAMOTOR for every 

 need and one that will just fit your re- 

 quirements. 



Do this to-day! Write asking for a-copy 

 of our free valuable treatise on Crop 

 Diseases, fully illustrated. Whether you 

 buy a SPRAMOTOR or not^ you should 

 have this informative book. If at the 

 .same time, you give us an idea of your 

 requirements", we will send complete de- 

 tails of a SPRAMOTOR that willbeet do 

 your work. 



Made in Canada No Duty. to Pay 



SPRAMOTOR WORKS 



209 King St., LONDON, CAN. 



