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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, h)!^ 



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G. M. HILL BOX 42 FRUITLAND. Ont. 



"Sprayed 16,000 Trees— No Repairs" A 



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— so says one of our thousands of satisfied customers. Mr. J. A. Bingaman Pillow, 



Pa. He did the work with a Goulds "Pomona" Sprayer, shown below. This two 



hose, four-tiozzle sprayer can't be beaten for use in small orchards, and where 



labor is cheap. Is used in large orchards— several machines taking the place 



of a large power outfit. Wearing parts are of solid bronze. Large steel 



air chamber gives uniform pressure. Easily adjusted and cleaned. Fits 



any barrel. It's only one of 50 styles and sizes of hand, barrel and 



power sprayers, made at the largest pump works in the country. 



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Apples o! Quality 



CAN ONLY BE GROWN 



WHERE PUMPS WITH POWER ARE USED 



The Bean pumps are fam- 

 ous from Coast to Coast for 

 their power, pressure, capa- 

 city, durability, and effi- 

 ciency. These are necessary 

 elements for «ucicesfrf"nl 

 spraying. When a g-rower 

 l>uys a Bean pump, his 

 troubles are oyer and his 

 expense- and cost of main- 

 tenance are reduced to a 

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Bean Pumps are not de- 

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 perfect sprayers, built to do 

 hard work every day and all 

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They are equipped with the 

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NIAGARA BRAND SPRAY CO., LIMITED 



BURLINGTON - ONTARIO 



markets, thc-y must continue to feed the i \- 

 port market with hijfh-class fruit and thi 

 new and wider markets which are evem n 

 bein- exploited. .-Ml this must be done, Ijui 

 let us consider, too, the poorer classes, let 

 I's interfere with the pedlar trade and jfi"" 

 their customers better fruit at more !• 

 sonable fitfures. .As lon>f as the kxow •- 

 vets a fair price for his product, a price 

 that will pay him for his fruit and for his 

 labors, it matters little to him what couj 

 it follows after it leaves the orchard. 



We are told that even now there is a dan- 

 K-er of over-production in Canada, that un- 

 less new markets are found, conditions will 

 rapidly become more and m're unsatisfac- 

 tory. Make an effort, then, to increase 

 consumption at home by sellin^r some of 

 our fruit through more economical chain- 

 nels, and by catering to a class of people 

 who have either considered fruit as a lux- 

 ury when they have boujfht it, or who have 

 never been able to buv it at all. 



The Control of Orchard Pests 



.Speaking at the recent convention of the 

 N'ova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association, 

 Prof. Brittain, provincial entomologist, 

 said: "The problem of fruit growing to- 

 day is largely the problem of ecomomic 

 control of orchard pests, which take a heavy 

 toll each year of the farmers' profits. Fire 

 Blight or Pear Blight has been discovered 

 in W'olfville, Starrs Point, Port William.-, 

 and Annapolis Royal. Timely and con- 

 certed action may bring it under control. 

 It is one of the most serious problems con- 

 fronting the fruit grower. It appears in 

 four forms, viz.. Blossom Blitrht, Twig 

 Blight, Body Blight, and Hold Over Blight. 

 Blossoms affected with the disease take on 

 a scorched appearance. It spreads to buds, 

 twigs, branches, which when affected, carry 

 small heads of a yellowish fluid which ooze 

 through the bark and cankers filled with 

 yellow exudate may eventually appear. The 

 best cure is effected by cutting off several 

 inches below the affected part and burning 

 the twigs. The knife used should be kept 

 disinfected or the disease may be aggra- 

 vated and spread worse than before. The 

 cut surface, too, should be disinfected. 

 Corrosive Sublimate tablets dissolved in 

 water make a good disinfectant for this 

 purpose. The handiest method for using 

 this disinfectant is to carr\' a sponp^e, wet 

 with the solution, attached to one's wrist 

 by a string, and use it as a swab when- 

 ever a cutting is made. 



The false Tarnished Flamt Bug is ano- 

 ther of the fruit growers' enemies. It looks 

 like a laro-e over-grown .^phis. It is very 

 active and appears in the spring about 

 the time the blossoms fall. It pricks the 

 leaves, scars the twigs, and proturbances 

 appear on surface of apples attacked and 

 the inside becomes punky. Pears affected 

 become corky or woody. The young insects 

 are wingless and they do the most harm. 

 From 50 to 75 per cant, of the crop is 

 affected in sOTie orchards. It is a very 

 active carrier of Fire Blight. 



The best control for the False Tarnished 

 Plant Bug is a spray of Black Leaf 40, 

 three-quarters of a pound to one hundred 

 gallons of water when the blossoms are 

 falling. 



Prof. Brittain outlined the success of the 

 campaign rirainst the San Jose Scale in. 

 the Vallev. The results were most grati- 

 fying and showed the wisdom of the legis- 

 lation enacted on the importation of young 

 trees from sections badly infested with the 

 scale. Following is a record of the trees 



