jN[;m-h, 1915 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Idcstroyed since the beginning- of the Scale 



Inspection work in Nova Scotia: 

 When Destroyed in 



Planted 1912 1913 1914 



1910 7 



1911 339 6 1 



, 1912 377 45 2 



1913 ........ 6 



1914 



Totals 723 57 3 



In regard to orchard spraying, Prof. 

 Brittain had conducted an investigation to 

 find the percentage of people who spra\- 

 and the percentage of orchard area spray- 

 ed. He showed a chart containing a lot 

 of statistics from which were gleaned the 

 following : 



Percent, of Per cent. 

 People Orchard 



Countv Who Sprav Area Sprayec! 



Kings ." 74 87 



Hants 12 32 



Amnapohs E. . . 43 67 



Annapolis W". . . !) 49 



Digby 3 7 



Work has also been done with the Green 

 Apple Aphis, and it was found : 



A spray of Lime-sulphur 23 Be, Black 

 Leaf-40 (i-I5C0) and flour paste applied at 

 the time the blossom buds are showing 

 pink killed 100 per cent, of the Aphis. 



A spray of Lime-sulphur 28 Be and Black 

 Leaf-40 "(1-900) applied at the time the 

 blossoms are showing pink, killed 100 per 

 cent, of the Aphis. 



A spray of Lime-sulphur 28 Be, Black > 

 Leaf-40 (1-1500) and flour paste applied 

 whem the leaf buds are half open killed 

 98.24 of the Aphis. 



It was found that the Green Apple Aphis 

 produced fourteen generations in one sea- 

 son. They produced their first young when 

 ten days old. The period of production 

 covered 10.6 days. The average life of 

 the Aphis after producing their last young 

 was 2,09 days. Average number of young 

 produced by single Aphis, 44.09; average 

 number of young produced in one dav, 

 3.05; average total life of Aphis, 28.08 

 days. 



Apple Shipments to Australia 



During- the .Australian fresh fruit im- 

 porting season of 1914 — from September to 

 December — the Vancouver and San Fran- 

 cisco steamers landed 122,015 cases of ap- 

 ples at Sydney, N.S.VV. In comparison 

 with the similar period of 1913 the ship- 

 ments of apples landed in .Australia from 

 tiic two ports were as follows : 



From Vancouver— 1913, 64,999 cases; I9H, 

 6<i,939 cases : decrease 4,060 cases^ 



From San Francisco — 1913, 17,5.32 cases ; 

 1914, 61,076 cases; increase, 43,544 cases. 



In 1913 it was impossible to ascertain 

 what proportion of the apples shipped at 

 Vancouver was of British Columbia ori- 

 gin, but in the season of 1914 the steamers' 

 manifests disclose that 8,264 cases shipped 

 at that port were of Ignited States origin. 

 Hence, if the figures q.re correct, the .-\us- 

 tralian importations of Canadian apples in 

 1914 were 52,675 cases. The shipments from 

 British Columbia were beautifully packed 

 and landed in excellent conditiom. Some 

 consignments were transhipped to Mel- 

 bourne and importers are arranging for 

 largrer shipments next season. 



AUSTR.AMAN EXPORTS OF .APPLES 



The exports of apples from Tasmania 

 in 1914 aggregated 2,103,712 cases— easily a 

 record of the principal apple growing state 

 of the Commonwealth. The shipments 

 comprised 766,703 cases to the Limited King- 



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