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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June. 1915. 



NEW AND RARE SEEDS 



Uni<iue collection. Hundreds of vari- 

 eties adapted for the Canadian cli- 

 mate. Perennial and perfectly hardy. 

 Own .saving. Catalogue free. 



Perry's Hardy Plant Farm 



ENFIELD, MIDDUESEX, ENG. 



THE RAIN 

 • ystem MACHINE 



ow IRRICAXION Write fot six boolci on indoor and 

 outdoor irrieation. 



The Skinner Irrigation Co.,-' Wai.rSi.,Tr.r.o. 



Cabbage Worms Destroyed by Dust- 



'"g ^'t^ Hammond's Slug Shot 



So used for 30 years. SOLD BY ALL SEED DEALER&. 



For pamphlets worth h.iviiig, write 



B. HAMMOND, FUhkill-on-Hud<on, New York. 



Implements for Orchard and 



Vineyard 



Spring Tooth Harrows 



10, 15. or 17 Teeth 



The 10-Tooth size is in one Section and can be fur- 

 nished with handles for vineyard work when so 

 ordered. 



Spraying Outfits 



Small outfits on skids — large out- 

 fits on wheels. 



Vineyard Plows 



Both Walking and Riding Plows 

 especially built for orchard and 

 vineyard worli. 



Orchard Disc Harrows 



REVERSIBLE 

 To throw the dirt to or from 

 the trees or vines. 



ADJUSTABLE 

 Gangs can be adjusted as re- 

 quired. Extension can be 

 (furnished for working under 

 branches. 



Cultivators 



A great variety — for cultivating 

 small fruit — for vineyards — lor 

 orchards. 



Grape and Berry Hoes, 

 etc. 



TORONTO 

 MONTREAL 

 MONCTON 

 WINNIPEG 

 R E G I N A 



Masscy-Harris 



Co., Limited 



SASKATOON 

 YORKTON 

 SWIFT CURRENT 

 CALGARY 

 EDMONTON 



and bcHides them one cauldron on wheels, 

 was supplied for every twelve acres or so; 

 this moved up and down in a cross shape. 

 The cauldron was half full of coal tar, which 

 was lit by mean.s of pine branches; it was 

 occasionally sprinkled with water to in- 

 crease the denseness of the smoke. The fixt-d 

 fires were made of green pine branches, 

 litter, and green grass. By this means a 

 dense smoke was obtained, so that it was 

 difficult to find one's way about; this com- 

 pletely prevented further radiation ftora th< 

 ground. In case there Is much current oi 

 air, it is well to have extra cauldrons pro- 

 ducing smoke on the windward side. Ai 

 Preignac, in 1913, the cost of smudging on 

 three mornings in April for about five hour:, 

 each was about eighty-five cents per aero 

 for materials alone. 



Marketing this Year's Crop 



(Co-operative News, Berwick, N.S.) 



We have recently advised the manage- 

 ment of all companies to discuss with their 

 members the advisabiLity or otherwise of 

 supporting the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' 

 -Association extension of market scheme. Wo 

 trust that all companies will give this mat- 

 ter their most urgent attention, for slijuIJ 

 we have the 2,000,000 barrel crop w.iich 

 seems probable the present method of dis- 

 posing of the apple crop will be- tt»4a::y in- 

 adequate. 



A really live and vigorous system of mar- 

 ket extension is essential and of vital im- 

 portance, if we desire to maintain our posi- 

 tion on the English market. Should two 

 million barrels really materialize, the pres- 

 ent haphazard method of shipping the crop 

 will result in disaster. The English people 

 must be educated not only to eat apples, bat 

 to eat Nova Scotia apples. 



England can take care of about 3,000,000 

 barrels of imported apples and maintain 

 ialriy good prices. Let the importation ex- 

 ceed that quantity, the returns are alto- 

 gether unprofitable. 



As the greater portion of our 2,000,000 

 must be placed on the English market, there 

 is only a small balance left for the United 

 States and it is a safe prediction that the 

 United States will not be content with the 

 remnants. 



Whether we in Nova Scotia are alive to 

 the seriousness of the approaching fight or 

 not, our United States cousins are, for we 

 learn that they have already organized a 

 most formidable combine for the purpose of 

 extending their marketing operations in all 

 directions, including England. 



The huge combine will be known as "The 

 General Sales Agency of America" and em- 

 braces nearly all the large fruit concerns of 

 America, including such important organiza- 

 tions as The California Fruit Distributors. 

 The North Western Fruit Exchange, and 

 The North American Pruit Exchange. When 

 we see such names as Arthur Rule, Geo. A. 

 Chambers, Chas. Virden and William Far- 

 ley on the wo'king executive, we know that 

 we have an organization that intends to cap- 

 ture every market entered. 



Tile question is do we intend to act the 

 ostrich and hide our heads in the sand, so 

 that we cannot see the gathering clouds, or 

 are we going to immediately prepare to pro- 

 tpot our interests and secure for ourselves 

 an impregnable position in the English mar- 

 ket, which is our natural and only market. 

 Prompt action is essential and we relv on 

 our members to do their share by raising 

 a special fund to meet the situation. 



