November, 1915- 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



261 



gent regulations in force and all shipments 

 receive a strict examination by the South 

 African Government officials. 



The season of arrival here for the Cana- 

 dian apple is a very favorable one, as dur- 

 ing October, November and December the 

 market is almost empty of apples, and good 

 prices are usually realized. It is understood 

 that arrangements are fairly complete for 

 the coming season's shipments, but as there 

 may be some new shippers consigning t r 

 the first time, it is best to state that the 

 apple which meets with most favor on this 

 market is a hardy, well-colored red apple, 

 medium size, grade or.p and two. Attention 

 is directed once more to the law in South 

 Africa re imported apnles- The fruit must 

 be sound and healthy in every way, or it is 

 not admitted into the country. 



A Danish Fruit Grower 



Readei^ of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 may be found in many foreign countries. 

 One of then is Mr. Hans Rasmussen, of 

 "Progres.s," Denmark. In a recent letter to 

 The Canadian Horticulturisit, Mr. Rasmus- 

 sen wrote lis as follows: 



My farm is twenty-six acres, of wnhlch 

 ten acres is planted in fruit, mostly apples, 

 the principal sort "being Cox Orange. A 

 couple of hundred trees are planted of a 

 local variety, Peterstrop Keinetta, This 

 sort has shown more resisting power 

 against disease, canker, etc., than sorts im- 

 parted from foreign countries. One and a 

 half acres is in raspberries (red). Some of 

 them are planted between fruit trees, as 

 sihown in the accoanpaniying illustratioji. 

 Two acres are in black and red curranifs 

 (the first pickings are shipped to England), 

 t'hree-quarteps of an acre in gooseberries, 

 one and a quarter acre in strawiberrieis, and 

 one and a half acres in asparagus. The as- 

 paragus is sold to the canning factory at 

 an average of eleven cents a pound. 



Last year my income from the sale of 

 asparagus amounted to four hundred dollars 

 an acre. The asa>aragus market requires 

 white shoots. The plants are set one and 

 a half feet apart in the rorw, and the rows 

 are sax feet aipart. In the sprJnig the plants, 

 or the rows, are covered with the adjoining 

 mould to a depth of ten inches, in order to 

 secure white sJioots of a length of eight to 

 nine inches. The shoots are cut twice each 

 day, to avoid the heads getting colored by 

 the aun and air by growing above ground. 



We also grow some hazelnuts, 1,111) 



bushes, some of which are planted be- 

 tween fruit trees, and some along the walks, 

 as can be seen to the left in the illustration. 

 In about four acres we grow garden aiid 

 flower seed, including carrot, aster, viola, 

 clarkia, etc. A plot is used for raising roots 

 of lily-of'the-valleiy. A co-operative associa- 

 tion has 'been organized for the sale of the 

 roots. They are shiipped to England. 



Regarding the illuatraticxn: From the left 

 liand side is seen, flnsit, myself; second, my 

 wife; third, our son; fouirth, our daughter; 

 fifth, our son (now in the United States) ; 

 sixth, seventlh eighth and nlntM, pupils; 

 tenth, our daughter; eleventh, teacher; 

 twelfth, irapil. 



My farm is acknowledged by the Govern- 

 ment of Agriculture as a isuitable one for 

 young folks to leaim fruiit growing and gar- 

 dening. I receive from the Government 

 about thlrty-tthree dollars for each i)upil, 

 male or female. Who has attended an agri- 

 cultural college or any other notable school, 

 and who stays here at least six months. To 

 fully understand this, I may add a few words 

 of further explanation. Without going into 

 details, I may state that much is being 

 done to help people to obtain a piece of land, 

 and not only to get hold of a tract, but also 

 to teach these people how to use and till the 

 ground, dn order to be able to make a fair 

 living on a small tract, say six to ten acres. 

 As fruit growing and gardening realizes 

 more money than ordinary farming, the 

 Government gives aid to movements work- 

 ing toward this goal. The iprice of farm 

 land, without buildings, is frequently two 

 luindred dollaais an aore. 



Tomatoes from Canada 



Claude Dyer, Canadian Commercial Agent 



A noticeable feature of the window dis- 

 plays in some of the belter class grocery 

 Sitores in the iLeeds district, England, has 

 been canned tomatoes of Canadian can- 

 ning. Taking advantage of the interruption 

 to supplies from Italy, canning companies 

 in Ontario have sent forward shipments of 

 canned tomatoes to the English market. 



This development is all the more interest- 

 ing in view of the information which has 

 been furnished .in former reports calling 

 attention to the opportunity for Canadian 

 eanners. In view of the likely curtailment 

 of the Italian supply, owing to causes aris- 

 ing out of the war. 



Douglas Gardens 



OAKVILLE, ONT. 



At the date of writing (15th Oct.) the 

 following named plants are showing 

 good bloom, viz.: 



BEDDING PLANTS— 



Antirrhinums — "Silver Pink." 



Pansies. 



Salvia — "Bonfire." 



PERENNIALS— 



Coreopsis — (Second Crop). 



Delphiniums — (Second Crop) 



Echinacea — (Rudbeckia) pur- 

 purea. 



Gaillardia. 



Hardy Asters— Nos. 22, 23, 26, 

 34 and 40. 



Helenium — 4 sorts. - 



Holly Hocks. 



Kniphofia — "Pfitzeri." 



Phlox — "Miss Lingard" (Sec- 

 ond crop) "Jeanne d'Arc." 



Shasta Daisies. 



Veronica Spicata. 



Garden makers would do well to keep 

 these plants in mind for late bloom. 



JOHN CAVERS 



The orchard of a faithful reader of The Canadian Horticulturist. Haii.s Ha.sniu.s.«ien. of I'rofe'ress, 



Denmark. The farm comprises 26 acres, of which 10 acres are In fruit. It is one of tlie largest 



fruit farms in Denmark. A description of It Is published on this page. 



Items of Interest 



A letter received by The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist from the firm of A. W. Kirkebye, 

 of Copenhagen, Denmark, states that there 

 is a large crop of Danish pears this year, 

 but that the apple crop is much below a 

 medium one, and that prospects of selling 

 Canadian apples there this season should 

 be good. 



The apple crop of the Wenatchee Valley, 

 Washington State, has been seriously dam- 

 aged by the Codling Moth. Infected apples, 

 packed in half-barrel crates, are being sold 

 in the middle west at seventy-five cents a 

 crate. The sale of this fruit is being vigor- 

 ously condemned by leading fruit growers 

 of that district, who are urging the authori- 

 ties to enforce the law prohibiting the 

 sale and shipment of infected fruit. 



An interesting display of tropical plants 

 was made at the recent Picton, Ontario, ex- 

 hibition by Mr. W. G. Ross, the secretary of 

 the Picton Horticultural Society. It in- 

 cluded! a banana tree which had been grown 

 in his office. Mr. Ross has grown orange 

 and lemon plants, as well as figs, without 

 the aid of a conservatory. 



In connection with the campaign con- 

 ducted by the Dominion Department of Agri- 

 culture to advertise peaches and plums a 

 meeting was held by the grocers in Ottawa, 

 who' decided that it would be better to spend 

 the money in display advertising than to 

 use it, as had been at first proposed, in the 

 offering of prizes for window displays. The 

 grocers pledged themselves to dress their 

 windows and to make as attractive displays 

 of fruit as possible, provided the Depart- 

 ment would conduct the additional display 

 advertising. 



