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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1915 



BRUCE'S 

 SEEDS 



SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 



(Prices Prepaid) 



Bruce'8 Collection Floral Gems, 1 P^*- 

 each G variflics, I'ine Annuals, each separate, 

 m;iny colors, for 26c* 



Brnce'B Peerless Collection Tall NastiirtinmB, 

 1 pkt, t.ncli of (i finest varieties, separate colors, tor iJ,")c. 



Brace's Royal Nosemay Collection Swtet Peas, . 



1 pkt. each 6 superb sorts, separate colors, for 25c, •h, 



Bruce'e I'eerlcss Collection Dwarf Nasturtinms, 1 pkt. ench of 6 finest 

 .sorts, ::epar;ite colors, for 25c, 



Brnce's Knipire Collection Asters, 1 pkt. each of 4 magnificent varteties, 

 separate, all colors, for 25c. 



Brnce's "A" Vejtetable Collection, 6 pkts. different varieties, our selec- 

 tion, for 25c. , . , , 



Brnce's "B" VeBetable Collection, 12 pkts. different varieties, our selec- 

 tion, for 50c. ,.„ ... ,, ,, 



Brnce's "C" Vcaetable Collection, 11 pkts. different varietie.5 and >i-lb. 

 each, Beans, Corn and Peas, our selection, for 75o, 



•> D e Cr Our haniiaomely lllustrateil 1 IS-papo caUlogue of VocetaHe. Farm nn.l Flower Seeds. 

 mCC J'laiits. Bulbs. Poultry Supplies, Garden Implements, ele.. for WiU. Send for It. 



John A. Bruce & C-O., Litd. Established sixty-five years. 



Figure what your fence 

 costs you per year 



That is the only right way to figure the cost of fence— 

 the only real way to determine value. Judged on that basis 

 the so-called "cheap " fence becomes the dearest you could buy. 



For example— FROST FENCE at a reasonable cost will give you 

 twenty years of service. A "cheap" fence put up at the same time, costs 

 one-fifth less, but doesn't last half as long. Is there any question which fence 

 is the cheapest? 



For the man who want.s good, true, .solid value, FROST Fence is the only 

 logical buy. Have you ever noticed that users of Frost Fence as v/e\l as 

 dealers are invariably quite prosperous and up-to-date? Consider this, and 

 also the all-important fact that we make our own wire. This advantage 

 alone is easily sufficient to place 



Frost Fence First 



Every foot of wire used in FROST FENCE is best full-gauge No. 9 

 Hard Steel Wire. Then the galvanizing is extra thick and heavy— won t 

 scale off or succumb to the attacks of rust and weather. . 



There is extra reserve spring in the laterals to meet future contraction 

 or expansion. The lock, which is the crowning feature to FROST Fence, is 

 wrapped around both stays and laterals with a never-yielding grip, endmg 

 in a doubly secure tie below. 



Write us direct if you can't get FROST FENCE. We 

 may need an agent in your locality. 



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Frost Wire Fence Co., Limited, Hamilton, Ont. 



Fruit FJics ; Mr. R. Morrill, of Mirhigam, 

 who dealt with peach j^rowinjf ; Prof. T. 

 D. Jarvis, who spoke, on the Marketing of 

 Fruit, and by F. Johnson, who dealt with 

 Grape Culture. The following day the 

 convention was continued in St. Catharines. 

 Mr. W. A. McCubbim spoke on the control 

 of Peach Canker and Brown Rot, Prof. Jar- 

 vis urged the use of express by small pro- 

 ducers instead of sending by freight. 



An address- on vineyard conditions and 

 manipulation was givem by Mr. J. H. Burk- 

 hard of St. Josephs, Mich., who among 

 other things 'urged the spraying of vines, 

 whether they needed it or not. The speak- 

 er advocated the use of fertilizers. Domin- 

 ion Fruit Commissioner, D. Johnson, favor- 

 ed the use of advertising as an aid in dis- 

 posing of the fruit crop and intimated that 

 the Dominion Government purposes endeav- 

 oring to promote the consumption of 

 peaches. 



In reply to a number of questions relat- 

 ing to the fruit lands of Florida and Cali- 

 fornia, Mr. Morrill advised his hearers to 

 stay at home. .\ peach orchard owned by 

 him in Texas had caused him somewhat 

 heavy losses. Mr. Burkhard advocated the 

 adoption in Ontario of a law to prevent the 

 shipment of immature grapes. Such a law 

 is in force in Michigan and has given sat- 

 isfaction. Other speakers during the meet- 

 ings were Dr. C. C. James, Dominion Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture ; Prof. R. Har- 

 court, Guelph ; F. C. Hart, of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Toronto ; and F. M. 

 Clement, Vineland Stn., Ont. Following the 

 convention of the Central association a ser- 

 ies of local meetings were held at Fonthill, 

 St. Davids, Jordan Station, Beamsville and 

 Stoney Creek. 



British Columbia Fruit 

 Growers' Association 



Special emphasis was laid on three points 

 at the annual convention of the British Co- 

 lumbia Fruit Growers' .■\ssociatioin held in 

 Victoria, B. C, Januan,' 26 and 27. These 

 were the taking of action to obtain an in- 

 crease in the tariff which would prevent the 

 dumping of fruit from the Pacific Coast 

 states on the markets of British Columbia, 

 the perfecting of the methods of cooperation 

 followed throughout the province and the 

 reduction of expense, both in the orchard 

 operations and in marketing methods as 

 well. 



President W. C. Ricardo, of Vernon, ad- 

 vocated the use of improved methods dur- 

 ing 1915. He said that the 1914 crop had 

 been 20 per cent, greater thain that of 1912. 

 During 1915 it was going to be possible for 

 the growers to obtain their boxes at a lower 

 cost. 



Secretary R. M. Winslow, of Victoria, B. 

 C, reported that the executive committee 

 had devoted special attention to obtaining 

 publicity for British Columbia fruits. The 

 general returns had been the lowest record- 

 ed im recent years, due largely to the large 

 crop in the United States and to war condi- 

 tions. There had been an improvement in 

 transportation conditions. The membership 

 of the association was 876. 



Sir Richard McBride, Provincial Premier, 

 strongly advocated an increase in the tar- 

 iff on fruit. He claimed that the peach and 

 apple market in Vancouver was often shot 

 to pieces by the slaiughtering of Washington 

 State fruit on the Vancouver market, when 

 the Seattle market was overstocked. Similar 

 views were expressed by Hon. Price Ellison, 

 IMinister of Agriculture, and by W. E. Scott, 

 Deputy Minister of Agriculture. An ad- 



