Fruit — 



The Principles of Cooperation 5 



British Columbia Apple Week 14 



Improvement of Fruit by Bud Selec- 

 tion 27 



The Pi-c-Cooling- of Canadian 40 



Methods of Fruit Culture that are 



Successful 68 



Fruit Tree GraftiiTg for the Amatciix 60 

 Cherry Growing Practices in Quebec 61 

 Improvement Thxoueh Bud Selection 63 



PruninK Practices Explained 64 



Apple Advertising- — How the Move- 

 ment Started 72 



The Economic Handling of Fruit . . 86 



Pre-CoolinR- of ix. 



Factors of Success in Fruit Growing 90 

 Fall vs. Spring Planting of Fruit 



Trees 9S 



Obtainintr Records of Industrial 



Trees 95 



What Does it Cost to Grow a Barrel 



olf Apples? 121 



Concerning Future Production oif 



Apples 134 



Prairie Dealers' Comments on the 



Fruit They Handle 139 



Methods of a Veteran Fruit Grower. 145 

 Refrigeration Investigation at 



Grimsby 156 



Harvesting and Marketing the Bern.- 



Crojj 166 



Grape Vine Posts of Concrete 167 



Success in Strawberry Growing .... 187 



The Apple Situation 189 



Pointers for Exhibitors of 205 



Packing Fruit for Long Distance 



Shipment 207 



Grading and Packing Apples 209 



Standardizing the Apple 218 



Canada's National Dish 228 



Cherrv Pre-coolinir 229 



The .Apple Kintr of Eastern Canada. 231 



Packages and Packing 233 



Packages for Canadian Cherries .... 240 



Exhibit at Canadian National 240 



Fruit Growing Developing in Quebec 262 

 Niagara District Notes 263, 285 



Gardens — 



Simple Arrangement of a Home- 



Made 35 



Planning Small 63 



Your Garden of Dreams 67 



Board vs. Wire Fences 95 



The Planting Plan of a Prize 97 



How to Make a Lawn 100 



.An Amateur Rose Garden 126 



Basket Gardening 128 



Reminders for July 169 



Reminders for August 189 



Canadian Garden Worked by Irish 



Boys ; 211 



The Month's Work in the Garden . . 213 



Beneficial Effects of Fall Cultivation 232 



Suggestions for Octoher 235 



AcOTxr^isAments of a Market 



, •.'Ga'Td^ner .,,. 249 



,-TTie Vegetable and. Fruit 254 



•«juggestions for ->J<ivember 255 



. Experiences with 4:J>Torthem Ontario 



"** Garden »„ 275 



Ginseng — 



.Some Practical Pointers on its Cul- 

 tivation 234 



Greenhouse — 



.An .'\mateur's Home-Made 189 



Conserv.itory ind Greenhouse Con- 

 struction 192 



Cost of a 193 



Horticultural Societies — 



13, .39, 103, 133, 155, 175, 195, 217, 239, 

 258, 266. 



Hotbeds — 



Possibilities of the 37 



Insects and Diseases — 



Inspecting for Peach Wseases 2 



Cherry Fruit Flies 29 



Peach Canker 31 



Control of Orchard Pests 88 



Potato Diseases 126 



Troublesome Rose Pests and Their 



Cure 171 



Control of Vegetable vii. 



Green .'^pple Bug on Apples and 



Pears 269 



Common Vegetable Crop Insects and 



Their Control 271 



Irrigation — 



With Special Reference to the 



Skinner System 57 



Tests at Macdonald College 251 



Markets — 



Marketing Problems Demand Atten- 

 tion 23 



The South .African Market for Apples x. 

 Better Methods of Marketing Re- 

 quired 104 



South African .\pple Market 117 



Marketing the Peach Crop 135 



Better Methods of Marketing Re- 

 quired 156 



Home Markets Unreached by our 



Fruit 165 



Marketing Immature Fruit 201 



Marketing the N.S. ."X-pple Crop 209 



Essentials of Marketing Fruit 218 



Analysis of Apple Market Condi- 

 tions 260 



Marketing Conditions for Ontario 



.\pples vi. 



English Market Prospects for Apples 281 



Orchard — 



Cultural Methods in the 5 



Fertilization of 6 



Intercropping Young 62, 92 



Demonstration Orchard Work in 



Ontario 114 



Paint and Concrete in the 122 



Orchard Practice in Nova Scotia .... 125 

 Pruning Principles Simplified 147 



Demonstration Work in B.C 176 



Winter Injuries in 1915 185 



Orchard Reminders 188 



.'Approved Orchard Methods Again 



Prove Profitable 188 



Protection -X gainst Frost by the Use 



of Fire Pots 211 



Fall Work in the 250 



Orchard Methods of S. R Chute . . 254 



Plants— 



What House Plants Need to Help 



Them Thrive 33 



Simple Sprays for House Plants .... 34 



Feed the House Plant 36 



Obtaining an Early Start with 



Garden 65 



Plants for Shady Places 129 



Potting Plants 131 



Balsams in the Garden 170 



Room Plants in Winter 253 



Tender Plants in Cold Frames 254 



Winter Care of House Plants 276 



Seeds — 



Hints on Seed Selection 274 



Shinibs — 



Planting of 66 



Hardy Conifers 66 



Spraying — 



What Lime and Sulphur has done for 



the Fruit Grower 25 



Sprays and Spraying 96 



Spraying the Small Fruit Garden . . 30 



Spraying Experiments in N.S 32 



Spraying Cherry and Pear Trees . . . 123 

 Sprays that Yield Profitable Returns 149 



Garden Sprays 168 



With .Arsenates in Nova Scotia 169 



Sprays for Potatoes 190 



Transportation — 



Transportation Matters 176 



Transportation Conditions 224 



\'egetables — 



The .Amateur Garden 10 



Sprays for 37 



Law Covering Weights of ix. 



Growing Watercress 69 



A Specialist's Success in Celery 



Culture g9 



The Growing of Cabbage 96 



Vegetable Gardening for Town and 



City Lots 99, 130 



Growing Early Cucumbers Ill 



Cultural Hints on 153 



Potato Growing in New Brunswick.. 22^5 



Methods of Rhubarb Forcing 253 



Preparing the Vegetable Plot 125 



The Vegetable Garden 190, 212 



Vines — 



Climbers for Greenhouses 274 



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