August, IMS. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



195 



Recently we have received a copy of the 

 book entitled "Tie Cherries of New York," 

 by U. P. Hedrick. It is a remarkably fine 

 volume. It constitutes the fourth mono- 

 graph on the fruits of New York State, pre- 

 pared by the horticulturist of the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Besides 

 describing fully the leading varieties of 

 cherries grown in the state, the volume con- 

 tains many full-page color plates of cherries 

 that are practically exact reproductions of 

 the fruits shown. These illustrations, with 

 the notes that accompany them, are highly 

 educational in character. Not every provin- 

 cial or state institution can afford the ex- 

 pense involved in issuing publications of 

 this character. We would like to se© more 

 of this work done by national departments 

 of agriculture, in order that they might then 

 be adopted as standards for the country at 

 large. 



i PUBLISHER'S DESK 



Our front cover illustration this month 

 shows the gathering of the cherry crap in 

 a Kelowna, B.-C., orchard, one of the pioneer 

 orchards in that district. Note the China- 

 man. Chinese laJborers are used extensively 

 in some of tihe fruit districts of the prov- 

 ince. The photograph is toy C H. E. Hud- 

 son, Kelowna, B.C. 



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In this issue oif Tthe Canadian Horticul- 

 turist, considerahle attention has been given 

 to the subject of greenhouse construction. 

 Year toy year the numtoer of private con- 

 servatories and greenhouses in Canada is 

 increasing. As many readers of Th« Cana- 

 dian Horticulturis-t are anxious for informa- 

 tion of this character, we purpose giving 

 more attention to it as space permits. 



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Occasionally helpful and interesting 

 papers on horticultural subjects are read at 

 meetings of local horticultural societies. As 

 a rule, nothing more is heard of these papers. 

 We would like to have the authors of these 

 papers, or the secretaries of the socieites, 

 send us copies of them or the originals, in 

 order that they may toe published in full, 

 or extracts from them may toe used in The 

 Canadian Horticulturist. 



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'Fruit growers may obtain splendid re- 

 sults by representing The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist in their districts and introducing it 

 among their friends. We desire to obtain 

 more representatives in the leading fruit dis- 

 tricts and have an interesting offer to make 

 ■to responsible parties who may write us in 

 regard to this. 



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Although we had expected to announce in 

 this issue the results of our contest tor the 

 best piece of poetry extolling the merits ot 

 the apple, and referring to it as Canada's 

 national dish, the award of the judge of the 

 competitiom, Prof. T. G. Bunting, of Mac- 

 donald College, Quelbec, had not been re- 

 ceived at the time of going to press. As soon 

 as tihe result is known, we will advise the 

 winner by letter and will putolisb the results 

 and the winning poem in our September 

 issue. 



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The September issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist will be our fifth ANNUAL 

 PALL PACKING AND EXHIBITION NUM- 

 BER. As usual, it /will be crowded with 

 unusually interesting lUustrationa and 

 Hrticles by well-known authorities in the 

 leading fruit districts of Canada. Prof. J. 

 W. Crow, of the Guelph Agricultural Col- 



lege, one of the best-known fruit judges in 

 Canada, will contribute an article on "The 

 Judging of Fruit." Mr. F. H. Grindley, of 

 the Fruit Commissioner's Office, Ottawa, 

 will write on "Needed Improvements in our 

 Marketing Methods." A subject that has 

 toeen attracting more and more attention in 

 recent years has been the possitoility of 

 using fire pots as a means of preventing 

 damage toy frosts. Extensive experiments 

 in this direction have toeen carried on at 

 the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 

 The results of these experiments will be 

 described toy Mr. M. B. Davis, in an article 

 entitled "Fire Pots as Protection Against 

 Frosts." Rev. Father Leopold, the former 

 President of The Quebec Province Fruit 

 Growers' Association, saw a fruit grading 

 machine advertised in The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist by an American firm, and pur- 

 chased it for use in the orchard of the 

 Agricultural College at Da Trappe, Que. It 

 Ihas proved a success. Its operation will toe 

 described in our September issue. Mr. A. 

 E. Adams, the secretary of The United 

 'Fruit Growers of Nova Scotia, Ltd., will ex- 

 plain how the fruit growers of Nova Scotia 

 market their crop by co-operative methods. 

 Prof. T. G. Bunting, of Maodonald College, 

 Quefbec, will contribute an interesting ar- 

 ticle, the subject of which we are not as 

 yet able to announce. The floral articles 

 will also be strong. Space does not permit 

 of our enumerating them in detail. Adver- 

 tisers are urged to send copy early for 

 space in the September issue, as it will toe 

 at a premium and the best places noc al- 

 ready spoken for will soon be disposed of. 



LONDON. 



The floiwer show, held in Hyman HaU, 

 London, Ontario, this summer, under the 

 auspices of the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety, was one of tihe best displays ot 

 flowers ever seen in London. The members 

 took a deep interest in their exhibits, and 

 a friendly rivalry existed as to wiho could 

 make the best disiplay. Although the sea- 

 son was somewhat backward, there were 

 some beautiful displays of peonies and 

 roses. Several thousand visitors were in 

 attendance during ttoe two days of the 

 show, and expressed themselves as exceed- 



ingly well pleased. The London Horticul- 

 tural Society is doing good work, and many 

 homes tihrougihout the city are being beau- 

 tified through its influences. 



ST. THOMAS. 



During July, the St. Tliomas Horticultural 

 Society mailed an order t? Holland for 75,- 

 000 bulbs, mostly tulips and hyacinths, about 

 500 of the choicest tree and 'herbaceous 

 peonies, anid a few choice tropical plants. 

 Every bulb and plant was ordered by the 

 members of the society, and further orders 

 of several ttoousand were expected. This 

 year, nothing but the best-named varieties 

 of tulips have been ordered, mostly of the 

 Darwin sort, this toeing the educational re- 

 sult of the spring flower shows and liberal 

 advertising. The society planted 20,000 tu- 

 lips in the 150 public beds, every bed being 

 planted with a different variety of single 

 early tulips, all beds labelled with the 

 variety contained. 



Pinafore Park will receive 111 varieties 

 of herbaceous peonies, a half-dozen tree 

 peonies, 50 varieties of one dozen each of 

 the dhoicest tulips, three dozen assorted nar- 

 cissus and daffodils, 1,000 Japanese iris, one 

 dozen kaempferi Iris, and three dozen as- 

 sorted lily bulbs. The Board of Education 

 has not overlooked the schools, and is order- 

 ing over 8,000 tulips and 25 peonies. The 

 City Hall, Separate school, library, banks and 

 business houses have all joined in the good 

 work. 



Grants for Flower Shows 



Mr. W. E. Scott, Deputy Minister of Agri- 

 culture for British Columbia, has announced 

 certain e.\penditures in connection with as- 

 sistance to flower slhows given by Women's 

 Institutes throughout the province. The as- 

 sistance given may be summarized as fol- 

 lows:—- 



A per capita grant of 25 per cent, in 

 addition to the grant made under the au- 

 thority of the Agricultural Associations Act, 

 1914, will be given to Institutes holding 

 flower shows or an exhibition of women's 

 work, or a combined flower show and such 

 exhibition, in their own district. 



Prizes will toe offered for competition at 

 such stoows for collections of bulbs, sweet 

 peas, roses, dahlias, and perennials, or other 

 varieties as may toe decided toy the Institute, 

 the prizes to consist of books awarded by 

 the De,partment, as follows: Adults, 1st and 

 2n(l prizes. Juveniles, three prizes. 



A general view of a horticultural exhibition, held by the Calgary Horticultural Society, in 



.\ugust, 1914. 



