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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 19 IS 



Own These 

 Two Ladders 



VOU needed a ladder last 

 ' winter to get at your 

 roof, take tne snow ofT, and 

 to fix tlio chimney. YOU 

 NEED LADDERS NOW IN 

 YOUR ORCHARD. You need 

 a long ladder often, «very 

 year — and you also need a 

 step-ladder. We make sev- 

 eral other varieties not 

 .?hown, which are especially 

 for Frudt Picking: purposes. 



Do you know that 75% of 

 the homes in Canadian 

 towns and cities own no 

 ladder? Just carelessness 

 and neglect — not the cost. 



Look at the extension lad- 

 der at the right. Notice the 

 extension features. It locks 

 automatically at every runjf. 

 Light and strong and sound- 

 ly made, as are all 



Stratford Ladders 



OW look at the step-ladder illustrated 

 below— the type of ladder wanted 50 

 times a year in every home. A strong 

 ladder, well 

 braced. No bet- 

 ter model made. 



N 



Go to your 

 hardware deal- 

 er and ask him 

 for the "Strat- 

 ford" model. If 

 he can't or 

 won't supply 

 "Stratford" lad- 

 ders, communi- 

 cate with us. 

 Ask for our lad- 

 der catalogue B 



We are prepared to supply Co-operative 

 Assooiatlons with their requirements in 

 ladders. 



Stratford Mfg. Co., Ltd. 



STRATFORD, ONT. 



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Limited 



SOUTHWELL, NOTTS., ENG. 



FREE LAND 



For the SETTLER in 



NEW ONTARIO 



Millions of acres of virgin soil obtain- 

 able free and at a nominal cost are call- 

 ing for cultivation. 



Thousands of farmers have responded 

 to the call of this fertile country and are 

 being made comfortable and rich. Here, 

 right at the door of Old Ontario, a home 

 awaits you. 



For full information as to terms, regu- 

 lations, and settlers rates, write to 



H. A. Macdonell 



Director of Colonization 

 Parliament Buildings, TORONTO 



HON. JAS. S. DUFF, 



Minister of Agriculture 

 Parliament BIdgs., Toronto 



WESTERN FAIR 



London's Popular Exhibition 



September 10th— 18th 



Fruit and Flowers a Prominent 

 Part of this Great Exhibition 



$30,000.00 in prizes and attractions. Special piogramme twice 

 daily. Fireworks evei'y night. New Steel Grand Stand. 

 Single fare over all railways west of Toronto. Prize lists, 

 entry forms, and all information from the Secretary. 



EVERYBODY COME 



W. J. REID, President. 



A. M. HUNT, Secretary. 



Ontario, Durham, Northumberland and 

 Prince Edward, applet generally promis* 

 a fair to good crop, nobably 60 to 70 pei 

 cent, of that of last year. Duchess auc 

 other summer apples are reported a nearlj 

 full crop. Fall apples medium, Spies oulj 

 fair. Greenings fair to good, Baldwins and 

 Kussets good. Ben Davis very good. Peari 

 and sour cherries very good. 



Halton arxl Wetitworth Counties.— All 

 varieties of apples generally reported a fail 

 to light crop only, with Spies and Kings bet 

 ter than other varieties. Early and late 

 pears are variously reported a failure to a 

 good crop, averaging probably fair, with 

 Keiffers good. Plums and cherries a full 

 crop. 



Niagara District. — Elberta peaches are a 

 fair to good crop with other varieties very 

 good. Early and late pears generally light, 

 with the exception of Keiffers, which pro- 

 mise a good crop. Plums probably will be 

 a medium crop only, reports varying greatly 

 from very light to good. Cherries generally 

 do not promise as big a crop as last year. 

 Frost also is reported to have caused con- 

 siderable damage to cherries and plums, 

 many growers reporting a heavy drop of 

 fruit. Currants, gooseberries, raspberries 

 and blackberries give promise of a good crop, 

 though considerable winter killing of rasp- 

 berry canes Is reported. Grapes, especially 

 back from the lake and in low places, suf- 

 fered considerably from the frost of May 

 27th. Probably the total crop will be af- 

 fected 25 per cent, or more. 



Fruit generally through the Niagara Dis- 

 trict is reported looking well, but not grow- 

 ing very much at the time the reports were 

 sent ,in, owing to continued cold weather, 

 many growers looking for a heavy drop of 

 fruit. 



Norfolk. — All varieties of apples give ixro- 

 mise of a light to fair crop only. Pears are 

 a fair crop. 



Middlesex reports heavy damage from 

 frost of all varieties of fruit, most corre- 

 spondents stating that the fruit crop is prac- 

 tically ruined, with the possible exception of 

 Spies, which were hardly in bloom at the 

 time of the frost. Fruit prospects were fair 

 up "Until the time of frost. 



Lambton County suffered severely In many 

 parts from the frost, especially orchards on 

 low-lying lands. Generally speaking, the 

 Lambton apple crop will be light, though 

 Kings and Russets are fair to good. Peaches 

 on low land are also severely frosted. Plums 

 are a medium crop. Pears light. 



Huron, Grey, Bruce and Simcoe report a 

 fair to light crop of apples, the frost doing 

 severe damage In many sections, some re- 

 ports stating that the crop was practically 

 ruined. 



Canning factories generally seem to be 

 offerin'g prices If anything a little below 

 those of last year. Prices reported for straw- 

 berries range from $1.50 to $1.60 per 24-qt. 

 crate; for raspberries, $1.60 to $1.68. 



British Columbia 



A conference was held recently between 

 the managers of the fruit shipping associ- 

 ations of the Okanagan Valley and Mr. W. ^ 

 B. Lanigan, Assistant Freight Traffic Mana- ' 

 ger of the C.P.R. Following this conference 

 it was announced that substantial reductions 

 wooild be made in the rates on car-load lots 

 of fruit and vegetables between 0kana.gan 

 points and Vancouver. The new rate on 

 apples, soft fruits and vegetables will be 

 SOc a 100 pounds, as against a former rate 

 of 40c on apples and 4Sc on soft fruits. A 

 crate of peaches can be shipped to the coast 

 for 6c and a box of apples for 13%c. Favor- 

 able through rates to points served by the 



