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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1915 



Patented Tree Pruners 



MADE IN CANADA 



Orchard 

 King 



Best in Quality. Easy to Operate. Strongly Made. 



MADE ONLY BY 



TAYLOR-FORBES COMPANY, Limited, GUELPH, Ont. 



Ask your Hardware Dealer for the TAYLOR-FORBES kind 



Special- --Effective February 12th 



"BLACK LEAF 40" 



DUTY FREE IN CANADA 



A The U. S.Dep'tof Agric. Says $30,000,000 



! is the jinnual damage done to the American fruit crop by insects. 

 Aphis CHUS(^s a considerable part of this loss and the standard in- 

 secticide recommended by experiment stations and spraying ex- 

 perts lot this and many other orchard pests is 



"BLACK LEAF 40»' 



Guaranteed to contain 40% Nicotine 



J THIS IS THE TIME TO SPRAY "BLACK LEA? 40" is not recom- 



forAiipe Aphis— just as the leiil nieiidi'd tor all insects; but for 



buds show green. Don't delay 

 till the foliage gives the Aphis 

 protjctiou. Use "BLACK LEAF 

 40" when buds are like the one 

 shown in this picture. Write us 

 lor AiPle Aphis Bulletin. 



Aphis, Pear Psyla, Hop Louse, 

 and many othersoft-bodiedsuck- 

 ing insects it has proven to be a 

 highly effective and a very eco- 

 nomical insecticide. 



^ 



Black M 



niCOTINE-SULPHATE 



2 Pounds IVice$Z-5J 



MANtS ZOO &ALS. 

 EFFECTIVE 3PBAY. 



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LET us HELP YOU PROTECT YOUR ORCHARD 



If your deiiler will not supply 5'ou \vith"Hhiok Leaf 40", send us P. O. Money Order for 

 $2.50 and we will send you, express prepaid, u 2 pound c:in that will msike 200 gallons of 

 etlective spraying solution. If you are in doubt about the insecticide you need, write us, 

 send specimens, or give descriptions of your insect enemies and we will help you to And 

 tht^ proper insecticide. 



KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO. Dept. E, Louisville, Ky. 



INCORPORATED 



Armstrong; Kettle River, James Rooke ; 

 .Arrow and Slocan Lakes, Thomas AbricI ; 

 Nelson and Lower Kootenay, James John- 

 stone; Kasio and Upper Kootenay, E. Nor- 

 man ; Cresto and East Kootemay, James 

 Compton ; Gulf Island, .Mex. Law; Lytton 

 to Kamloops (including West Lillooett, 

 C. E. Barnes; Peachland-Westbank, J. L. 

 Vicary. 



Manitoba 



The annual comvention of the Manitoba 

 Horticultural and Forestry Association, he'd 

 in Winnipeg-, February 18 and 19, was the 

 most successful annual gathering ever held 

 by this organization. The managememt of 

 the Manitoba .Agricultural College, where 

 all the session but one were held, made ex- 

 cellent provision for the accommodation of 

 the convention, and the attendance, espec- 

 ially at the women's session, was gratify- 

 ing. Mrs. V'ialoux, of Charleswood, occu- 

 pied tne cftair during the women's sessiou, 

 while the president. Dr. H. M. Speechly, 

 presided at all the other "sessions. The re- 

 port of Secretary-Treasurer Brodrick, was 

 particularly satisfactory. 



Apple Shipments 



The shipment of apples from North Amer- 

 can ports for the season up to February 

 15th, amounted to 2,101,792 barrels. Last 

 year for the same period shipments were 

 1,598,327 barrels, and the vear before 2.521,- 

 650. ... 



Liverpool has been the principal receiving 

 port both last year and this. Liverpool in 

 the present season has handled 860,000 bar- 

 rels, London coming next with 478,000, and 

 Glasgow with 442,0CO. 



New York has been the chief port from 

 which shipments were made, 700,000 barrels 

 going from that port, 584,000 from Halifax, 

 and 365,000 from Boston. 



Items of Interest 



Reports presented at the annual meeting 

 of the Welland County Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation, held at Marshville, Ont., showed 

 that the members had averaged $2.10 a bar- 

 rel for their total pack. Most of the fruit 

 was exported although some was shipped 

 to the west. 



Reports from the Niagara District indi- 

 cate that the peach trees have come through 

 the winter in excellent condition. It is 

 hoped that last year's light crop will be fol- 

 lowed by a large yield this year. 



A deputation of fruit 8'rowers from the 

 Niagara District waited on the government 

 at Ottawa during February, and asked the 

 government to see that purchases of jam 

 for the British army are made from Cana- 

 dian factories which have a large surplus 

 on hand. Unless disposed of this surplus 

 will affect the prices of fruit this year par- 

 ticularly black currants. One canning fac- 

 tory has reported that it has enough jam 

 on hand to last for five years. 



The annual meeting of the directors of 

 the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion for the presentation of financial reports 

 and the election of officers, was held in 

 February. The secretary reported "encour- 

 aging progress in membership and a satis- 

 factory financial condition. The following 

 officers were elected : President, F. F. 

 Reeves, Humber Bay ; first vice-president, 

 J. J. Davis, London ; second vice-presi- 

 dent, C. McCoonell, Aylmer; secretary- 

 treasurer, J. Lockie Wilson, Toronto. 



