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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1915. 



Protect Your Fruit 



BY USING 



WARNER'S 



APPLE BARREL PADS 



A pad placed in each end of the bairel holdt 

 the apples firm and abfolutely prevents them 

 from being bruUcd when heading the barrel 

 and shipping. 



It costs very little and pays well. 



R. B. Warner, inwood, Ont. 



—PRESERVE- 



Your l-'niit IhiH B(:ison with 



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 CRYSTALS 



A sugar that is absolutely pure 

 and fully guaranteed. If you are 

 buying sugar to feed BEES, be 

 sure to get Dominion Crystals. 

 Ask your Grocer for It. 



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FO|tjrEPS 



STAiilOAf?P 



POT 



We have a large 

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F(RN OR BULB PANS 



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 and Rimless Pans 

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HAMILTON, ONT. 



poned because the buildings on the Exhibi- 

 tion Grounds, where it was proposed to hold 

 the exhibition, were in use by the militia. 

 It is not certain as yet whether or not any 

 of these buildings will be available this 

 year. At a meeting of the directors, held 

 June 25, the secretary was requested to 

 ii-scertain if any of the buildings on the 

 Exhibition Grounds could be obtained for 

 the purpose of the exhibition. If It is found 

 that these will not be available, the man- 

 ager of the exhibition will ascertain if any 

 other building, such as the Arena, can be 

 secured. 



In the fruit section this year It is proposed 

 to discontinue offering prizes for barrel ex- 

 hibits. Prizes for cones of apples will be 

 offered again this year after having been 

 discontinued for a few years. There will 

 be very little, if any, change In the vege- 

 ' table and flower prizes. It is probable that 

 there will be an especially large exhibit of 

 honey and of good quality. 



Mr. Manton suggested that this year the 

 prize winners be asked to contribute their 

 prize money to the funds of the Ked Cross 

 Society, as it was proposed to do last year. 

 Action was deferred until the different or- 

 ganizations represented under the manage- 

 ment of the exhibition could be consulted 

 on this point. 



A feature of the meeting of the directors 

 was the presentation of a handsome leather 

 arm chair to Mr. E. T. Reed, the capable 

 and well-liked manager of the exhibition. 

 The presentation was made by Messrs. 

 Hodgetts and Manton. Words of hearty 

 appreciation of the good work that has been 

 done by Mr. Reed as manager were ex- 

 pressed by all the directors present. 



Niagara District 



As a result of investigations made by 

 W. A. McCubbin, of the Laboratory of Plait 

 Pathology, at St. Catharines, it has been 

 reported that powdery mildew has appeared 

 jn the vicinity of Jordan and Vineland on 

 strawberries. The disease generally is not 

 serious, but owing to favorable w^eather 

 conditions has assumed considerable im- 

 portance this year. The Vineland Experi- 

 ment Station is experimenting with reme- 

 dies. 



The fruit inspectors this year, in accord- 

 ance with the instructions sent out some 

 time ago by the Dominion Fruit Division, 

 have been watching carefully for shipments 

 of immature fruit and improper packing, 

 and as a result a number of growers have 

 had their shipments returned. 



The heavy frost the latter part of May 

 caused more damage than was at first an- 

 ticipated. Strawberries suffered heavily, as 

 have grapes and the more tender plants and 

 vegetables. 



The published report that large orders 

 for jam have been placed by the British 

 Government with Canadian jam manufac- 

 turers was welcome news. Most of the 

 factories have been carrying considerable 

 stocks of jams. This condition has not im- 

 proved the demand from the factories for 

 fruit. 



The staff of the Vineland Experiment 

 Station has been increased by the addition 

 of two graduateo of the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College in the persons of Messrs. A. 

 G. Harris and O. J. Robb. Mr. Robb is suc- 

 ceeding the late Mr. Lund in the conduct of 

 the vegetable department. 



Ontario Crop Prospects 



Fruit crop prospects in Ontario were de- 

 scribed as follows by the Ontario Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Fruit Division, the last 

 week in June: 



East of Toronto, including the counties of 



