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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edltioc. 



spreads with Ughtnlng-Uke rapidity. It also 

 attacks red currants and gooseberries, but 

 the results are not so serious on thwn. 

 Spraying with bordeaux helps to some de- 

 gree, but is by no means a specific. The 

 extermination of the white pine adjacent to 

 the fruit belt appears to be the only sure 

 remedy. 



P. Falconbridge, who died in Leamington 

 on October 10th, was engaged in the fruit 

 business in Grimsby for fifteen years before 

 he went to iLeamington about three years 

 ago as maaager of the Krie Co-operative 

 Fruit Company, which position he filled for 

 two years. Last December he organized the 

 Essex Fruit Growers' Fruit Co., of which he 

 was manager until his death. 



The branch of the Dominion Canning Co., 

 at Niagara-on-the-)Lake, closed down last 

 week after the shortest season it has ever 

 had. 



According to Provincial Inspector Big- 

 gar, the number of peach trees affected with 

 yellow or little peach is again greatly reduc- 

 ed in number this year. They are not ex- 

 pected to exceed 1,500 or 2,000 at the most. 



The first car load of fruit raised by the 

 Canadian Club Fruit campaign at St. Cath- 

 arines was shipped recently from the local 

 headquarters to iMontreal for shipment to 



Great ^Britain. This car load consisted of 

 450 cases, each containing a dozen 12-quart 

 sealers of fruit. The weight of each case 

 was 60 pouods, which brought the total 

 weight to the large amount of 27,000 lbs. 

 Kach case is securely packed. 



The Vineland Canning Company is being 

 wound up. The buildings and plant are re- 

 presented as having a fixed value of $168,- 

 960.74, but the real value is estimated at 

 about half of that. It.s .'^tock of canned goods 

 was hypothecated to the Imperial Bank. 



When the 35th battalion left Niagara for 

 the ftont, it was presented with 150 baskets 

 of delicious grapes by local fruit growers. 

 These were shipped on the Toronto steamer 

 and were to be distributed to the men on 

 the train en route to iMontreal. 



Inspector Elliott has notified the St. 

 Catharines iPark Committee that about 250 

 shade trees throughout the city are in- 

 fected with San Jose Scale and that It Is 

 n^eoessary for the council to have the trees 

 porayed this year at an estimated cost of 

 $200. 



Beamsville fruit dealers have sent a letter 

 of protest to G. E. Mcintosh, of Forest, 

 transportation agent of the 'Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association, in reference to the 

 lack of accommodation at the Hamilton, 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS 



Gooseberries — Josselynl Josselynl Red Jacket, Downing, Pearl. 

 Houghton. Currants — Perfection 1 Perfectlonl Ruby, Cherry, White 

 Grape, Lee's Profile, Champion, Black Naples, Black Victoria, Boskoop 

 Giant. Raspberries — Herbert! Herbertll Herbert!!! Plum Farmer, 

 Cuthbert, IVIarlboro, Brinckle's Orange, Golden Queen, Strawberry- 

 Raspberry. Garden Roots, Strawberry Plants, Rhubarb. Write for 

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WM. FLEMING. Nurseryman, 496-4th Avenue W., OWEN SOUND, ONT. 



You set the hour-he'U wake you up 



If it's two-thirty to 

 get the milk to town, he 

 calls you right on the 

 dot. If it's five o'clock 

 when work is light, Big 

 Ben lets you get the ex- 

 tra sleep. 



Dod^e him around-^ftoo today 

 — five tomorrow — give him a 

 thorough try-out. Any hour 



you say suits Big Ben. Just 

 arrange it with him at bed time. 



It's his business to get you up on 

 tJmeandhedoesitloyally— punctu- 

 ally— cheerfully. He stands seven 

 Inches tall; has great, strong keys 

 that make him easy to wind; a big, 

 deep-toned gong that makes him 

 pleasing to hoar— a round, jolly face 

 that makes him easy to read. 



If your dealer hasn't him, a money 

 order addressed to his makers, 

 Westclox, La Salle, Illinois, will 

 bring him to you postpaid. $2.50 

 In the States— in Canada, $3.00 



Grimsby, and Beamsville IClectric road's 

 shipping platforms. The dealers claim that 

 while tlie Dominion Kxpress Company wants 

 their busia'ess, the railway makes no effort 

 to provide the aecessary Space or decent 

 shipping facilities. In the busy season the 

 preseat quarters are not half adequate to do 

 business properly. They are also asking for 

 a freight yard, instead of loading cars along 

 the main street. Although the fruit shed at 

 the G. T. R. is a long one, yet the shipments 

 at different times this season overcrowded 

 it, anld in the same petition the G. T. II. has 

 been asked to increase Its platform space at 

 this shipping point. 



Up to (Saturday, October 16th, the number 

 of loaded express and refrigerator cars of 

 fruit leaving the new station of Vinelaud 

 this season" was about 267. This Is the sta- 

 tion the G. T. R. refused for a long time to 

 build on the ground that there would not 

 be enough business to warrant its erection. 



The grape crop in the Erie and Chautauqua 

 belt, in 'New York state, extending over a 

 territory of more than sixty miles, is esti- 

 mated on good authority at only fifty per 

 cent, of an average crop. 



The annual convention of the Ontario 

 (Fruit Growers' Associatloa, which for sever- 

 al years past has been held In November, 

 will be held this year early in January. 

 There will be an unusually complete pro- 

 gram and an exhibit of fruits from the Ex- 

 perimental Stations. This change was decid- 

 ed upon at the last meeting of the directors 

 of the Association, the idea being to secure 

 a larger attendance at a time when the grow- 

 ers were aot so busy sis in November. 



Ontario Horticultural ConvcB- 

 tion 



The annual convention of the Ontario Hor- 

 ticultural Association will be held In the 

 Railway Committee Rooms, Parliament 

 Buildings, Toronto, on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, November 10th and 11th. The 

 programme is as follows: — 

 First Session. 



10.30 a.m. — President s Address. J. H. 

 Bennett, Barrle- 



10.50 a.m. — ^Treasurer's Report. C. A. 

 Hesson, St. Catharines. 



11.00 a.m. — Report of Superintendent. J. 

 Lockie Wilson. 



11.30 a.m. — General discussion on reports 

 and on matters pertaining to work of Hor- 

 ticultural societies. Opened by R. B. Whyte. 

 Ottawa. 



12.00 noon.— "Informal Planting or the 

 Home Grounds." iMIss Yates, Port Credit. 



12.30 p.m.— 'Round table luncheon. 



1.15 p.m. — 3-minute addresses. 

 Afternoon Session. 



2.15 p.m.— 'iBeautification of Country 

 Homes and Rural Improvement." R. A. Pen- 

 hale, St. Thomas. 



2.30 p.m.— Addresses by Fraternal Dele- 

 gates. American Civic and Kindred Associa- 

 tions. 



3 00 p.m. — ■'Rose Growing from an Ama- 

 teur's Standpoint." W. G. MacKendrick. 

 Toronto. 



3.45 p.m.— "Gardeners' Troubles. Maur- 

 ice Fauld. New York. 



■4.15 p.m. — Discussion. 



4.30 p.m.— "Horticulture in the North- 

 land." Mrs. Tjorne McDougall, Haileybury. 



5.00 p.m.— 'Wotes on New Plants, and 

 Plants not Well Known." Wm. Hunt, O. A- 

 C, Guelph. 



8.00 p.m.— "Wild Gardens." (Illustrated). 

 W. H. Child, TTamilton. 



8.30 pm. — "Town Planning from a Horti- 

 cultural StandDoint." Tho=. Adams, Conser- 

 vation Commission, Ottawa. 



