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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1915. 



Wilkinson Climax D 



REGISTIikh*) 



Ensilage and 

 Straw Cutter 



Our "B" machine, built especially for 

 the farmer. A combination machine 

 — it will cut and deliver green corn 

 into the highest silo or dry straw or hay 

 into the mow. 12-inch throat, rolls 

 raise 6 inchci and let close to knivci — solid, 

 compact cuttins aurface. Can change cut with- 

 ciii stopping. Can be reversed instantly. Direct 

 pneumatic delivery. Knife wheel carries fans. 

 No lodging, everything cm, wheel always in 

 balance. Steel fan case. 



Made in twosivtes— mounted oA]nmounIe<l- We 

 also makelargcr type machine for custom work. 

 Ask your dealer almut thiswfll-kn<iwn machine 

 and write us fur new catalog showiiitf ^iH styles. 



THE BATEMAN-WILKINSON CO.. 

 LIMITED 

 I 4fi8 C>mpl>cllAvt. 

 Toronto, C.D.d. 



The Entomological Division of the Do- 

 minion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 

 is distriOruting bulletin No. 9, entitled: "The 

 Army Worm," by Arthur Gibson, Chief 

 Aas.is1.ant Entomologist. The habits of the 

 worm and methods of destroyiag It are de- 

 scribed. 



The Annual Report of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association of Ontario for 1914 is being dis- 

 tributed by the Ontario Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



SANDER & SONS 



ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND 



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You'll tinil a hundred met for Che BisRel Stei'l Stone Boat. 

 Every Fruit Grower nteds one. Made in seTeral BtyleK and 

 sizes. Stiff, durable, unlireakable. 

 T. E. BISSELL Company Limited. ELORA, ONT. 



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WITH a good prospect of high prices 

 for farm products in sympathy with 

 the advance now taking place in 

 wheat and grains, the coming year should 

 be a good one to crowd production, and 

 make your iaxra.pay. 



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Bradley's Fertilizers 



They have been for over fifty years the 

 standard by which other fertilizers are 

 judged. They have always brought good 

 crops and improved the soil. They are 

 "crop producers and cost reducers." Old 

 friends will continue to use them. We in- 

 vite new ones to investigate their merits. 



Send for descriptive booklet. 



The American Agricultural Chemical Co., 



92 State Street, Boston 2 Rector Street, New York 

 Buffalo, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Etc 



"Experimental Results in Young Or- 

 chards in Pennsylvania" is the title of 

 bulletin No. 134, Issued in April by the 

 School of Agriculture, State College, Penn- 

 sylvania. The Wisconsin Agricultural Ex- 

 perimental Station at Madison, Wis., has 

 issued bulletin No. 252, entitled: "Potato 

 Seed Certification In Wisconsin," by J. G. 

 Milward. 



British Columbia 



Considerable attention is being given by 

 fruit companies in the Summeriand Dis- 

 trict to the export trade with Australia, New 

 Zealand, The Orient, South America and 

 South Africa. One firm has received more 

 foreign orders than it will be able to fill. 



The executive of The United Growers in 

 the Summeriand District has decided to 

 make a change in the method of grading 

 apples. Summer and fall varieties will be 

 packed in different groups. The O.K. brand 

 of the main crop will be reduced to twelve 

 varieties and graded Nos. 1, 2 and 3. These 

 varieties are: Delicious, Grimes' Golden, 

 Jonathan, Molntosh Red, Winter Banana, 

 Yellow Newton Pippin, Northern Spy, On- 

 tario, Wealthy, Wagner, Spitzenburg and 

 Winesap. The other varieties formerly 

 marketed under this brand and the best 

 varieties marketed last year under No. 2 

 special wil! form another brand similarly 

 graded into Nos. 1, 2 and 3. All others will 

 be shipped as orchard run under a third 

 brand, probably "Economy." • 



It is probable that a veneer box with solid 

 ends will be used for No. 3 apples, and a 

 slat crate for orchard run. 



Inspector Cunningham stated recently 

 that the financial stringency and low prices 

 obtained for last year's crop have not pre- 

 vented orchards being kept this year in even 

 better condition than they were a year ago. 

 In the Summeriand District 90 barrels of 

 Lime Sulphur were used in the spring as 

 compared with 20 barrels during the same 

 period last year. Much of this spraying 

 was against the Peach Borer, which caused 

 heavy losses last year. Peach Leaf Curl is 

 prevalent In some orchards. 



As a result of the change In the duty on 

 Black Leaf Forty, the price this year has 

 been $12.50 a can as against $18.50 last year. 



The Coldstream Estate has discontinued 

 its nursery. This will mean a considerable 

 loss to the fruit interests of the Province. 



Mr. Randall, who was the horticulturist at 

 the Coldstream Estate for a number of 

 years, has been appointed to succeed Mr. 

 Treese as Inspector for Summeriand and 

 Naramata. 



A conference of Union managers was held 

 in Vernon about the middle of May with 

 Mr. .Jackson, the new Manager of the Cen- 

 tral Agency, and with former Manager 

 Robertson. It was decided to reduce the 

 wages paid fruit packers. The price paid 

 for packing apple iboxes will be five cents 

 instead of six cents as formerly, and peach 

 crates two and a half cents instead of three 

 cents. iBasket packing will be done by day 

 work Instead of by piece work. Some ex- 

 perimental shipping will be done in connec- 

 tion with baskets for plums, cherries, 

 prunes, peaches, grapes, apricots and crab 

 apples. The baskets will be four, six and 

 eleven pounds, the latter being almost equal 

 to the ordinary peach crate or box. If they 

 prove successful tor the soft fruits they 

 mav be more largely used in future. 



The crate will be introduced for orchard- 

 run apples, replacing the box. Thus the 

 cost of orchard-run apples will be made as 

 low as possible. No. 3 apples will also be 

 shipped In crates. Arrangements will pro- 

 bably be made so that both orchard run 

 and No. 3 will be packed in the orchards 



