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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 191 5 



Planet Jr 



SeederCultivators 



The farm and garden tools that save 

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 Seeder, Wheel 

 Hoe» Cultivator 

 and Plow 



Soon pays for itself in the family garden 

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 them, hoes and culti- 

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No. 8 

 Planet Jr 

 Horse Hoc 

 and Culti- 

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Stronger, better-made, and capable of a 

 greater variety of work than any other cul- 

 tivator made. Non-clogging steel wheel. 



' No. 72 



_ Planet Jr 

 ^ 2-row, 2-horse Pivot- 

 wheel Cultivator 



Saves a man, a team and a cultivator 

 every day it is used. Cultivates 2 rows of 

 corn, potatoes, beans, etc., at one passage, 

 even if rows are crooked or of irregular 

 width. No wood used except for break 

 pins. 



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 HAMILTON, CANADA 



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Duchess there is a scarcity of early apples. 

 This shipper placed his apples in cold 

 storaffc prior to August 15th, then market- 

 ed them as they were demanded by the 

 trade during the latter part of the month, 

 making a neat gain on the transaction. 

 Similar trials were successfully made with 

 tomatoes, and with the shipping of ripe 

 tomatoes. 



SCIENTIFIC KXl'Eltl.MKNTS 



In additiom to the commercial use of the 

 plant the experim<'ntal cold storage labora- 

 tory that occupies a portion of the build- 

 ing has been used for scientific investiga- 

 tions connected with the cold storage and 

 pre-cooling of tender fruits. In this labor- 

 atory we have three different constant tem- 

 peratures, and here we are making records 

 on the behavior of all our tender fruits. 



The scientific part of our Grimsby work 

 is of great value to the grower. To illus- 

 trate this, I will cite our work with toma- 

 toes. We are running tests on the Earli- 

 ana. Chalk's Jewel, and Danish Export, 

 picked at three different stages of ripe- 

 ness, stored at 32 degrees, .39 degrees, and 

 45 degrees. These are stored in right 

 different kinds of packages. 



We have found that the Earliana and 

 Chalk's Jewel are of little use for cold 

 storage. The first variety will store in 

 fair condition for three weeks, while the 

 latter but little over a month. It is use- 

 less to try to store a tomato that is crack- 

 ed or injured in any way. The most of our 

 varieties in Ontario are too subject to 

 cracking about the stem end. A small- 

 sized tomato stores better than a large one. 

 For storage the tom.ato needs to be pick- 

 ed when turned to straw color, earlier than 

 this it will not color before it softens upon 

 removal, and if picked riper it will soon 

 become soft in storage. 



We have found that tomatoes wrapped 

 and stored in the four basket plum crate of 

 British Columbia keep better than when 

 stored in open baskets. Placing tomatoes 

 in woodwool proved better than wrapping, 

 while storing in a box having a sawdust 

 filler kent the tomatoes in the best shape, 

 especially where they were cracked. The 

 value of this work is to be seen at once 

 when I rite a grower who came to us and 

 wanted to cold store a carload of tomatoes 

 till Christmas time and get the big prices 

 paid for hothouse tomatoes. Our records 

 at the time did not encourage him, aind I 

 talked him out of it. He would have lost 

 the entire car had he stored the varieties 

 of tomatoes grown. 



Ontario Won the First Prize 



For two years in succession the Ontario 

 Department of .Agriculture has captured 

 the sweepstakes prize at the New York 

 State Horticultural Society's exhibition for 

 the choicest three boxes of apples grown 

 anywhere on the American continent. The 

 second win took place at the recent ex- 

 hibition of the society held in Rochester. 

 The coveted prize was won against all 

 comers. The prize apples were Northern 

 Spys. grown and packed by Mr. W. L. 

 Hamilton, Collingwood, a member of the 

 Fruit Branch staff. Mr.Leslie Smith, of 

 Wellington, another employee of the De- 

 partment, received second highest score. 

 This sweepstakes competition was the only 

 part of the prize list open to competition 

 from fruit grown outside the State. 



I like The Canadian Horticulturist better 

 all the time. Its arrival each month is like 

 a visit from an old friend. — Wm. Drum- 

 mgnd, Paris Swion, On;, 



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over I lo of the Hardiest, Newest and Best 

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