November, 1915. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Powdery Scab Regulations 



Editor The Canadian Horticulturist: 



The special plant disease regulations re- 

 lating to Powdery Scab of potatoes wliich 

 have been in force since November 7, 1914, 

 requiring the inspection and certiflcation of 

 potatoes grown in the Maritime provinces 

 and Quebec before they could be shipped 

 either to the United States or any other 

 part of Canada were rescinded by order-in- 

 council on October the 8th, 1915. 



This action was .taken by the Hon. Martin 

 Burrell, Minister of Agriculture, who arrived 

 at the conclusion from investigations carried 

 on in Canada that the disease in question 

 did not warrant the drastic action that had 

 been thought necessary by the United 

 States in placing an embargo against all 

 Canadian potatoes. The effect of the United 

 States regulation barred Canada from the 

 United States markets and seriously ham- 

 pered the movement of potatoes within Can- 

 ada itself. Moreover, the investigation car- 

 ried on by the scientific staff of the Depart- 

 ment of Agniculture under the direction of 

 the Dominion Botanist revealed that Pow- 

 dery Scab did certainly not prove a destruc- 

 tive disease in this country which would 

 call for special legislative measures concern- 

 ing its control. 



The removal of the regulations now per- 

 mits potatoes to be shipped unrestricted 

 from one part of the Dominion to another- 

 Negotiations are under way to induce the 

 United States authorities who have already 

 removed their own domestic quarantines 

 against Powdery Scab, to also remove the 

 embargo still in force against Canada. It Is 

 hoped that the action of the United States 

 will be equally broad in its scope and that 

 the former relations in the potato trade will 

 be restored shortly. 



Yours very truly, 



H. T. GUSSOW, 

 Dominion Botanist, OttavvM. 



Vegetable Growers' Convention 



The annual convention of the Ontario 

 Vegetable Growers' Association will be held 

 in the "Railway Committee Roomi, Parlia- 

 ment Buildings, Toronto, on Tuesday, No- 

 vember 9th. The prjgiamme is m to.iovs: 

 Morning Session. 



9.00. — President's Address. F. P. Reeves, 

 Humber Bay. 



9.1 5. — Discussion. 



9.30. — iReport of Secretary-Treasurer. J. 

 Ijockie Wilson. 



9.45. — ^Discussion. 



lO.OO.^Report of Vegetable Specialist. 3 

 (' .Johnston. 



10.30.— Discussion. 



11.00. — Report of Delegate to American 

 Vegetable Growers' Convention, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. P. P. Reeves, Humber Bay. 



11.20.— "Fertilizers Best Suited for Vege- 

 table Crops in Ontario." Prof. Shutt, C.E. 

 P., Ottawa. 



11.50. — ^Discussion. 

 . 12.00.— Address by fraternal delegates 

 from Ontario Horticultural and American 

 Vepe.table Orowers' Associations. 



12.30.— ^Round Table Luncheon in Mem- 

 . ber.s' Dining Hall. 



1.15. — Three-minute addresses. 

 Afternoon Session. 



-.00.— Reports on Experimental Work Con- 

 ducted at O. A. C, and Central Experimental 

 Farms. J. E. Britton, and A. J. Logsdail. 



2.30.— "The Vegetable Work at Vfneland 



with Special reference to Seed Improve- 



nt." P. M. Clement, Jordan Harbor, Ont. 



:;. 30.— "Tomato Blight." D. H. Jones. O. 

 \ C, Guelph. 



4.00. — Discussion. 



4.15. — "The Skinner System Necessary 

 for Successful iMarket Gardening." Thoa. 

 Delworth. 



4.45. — ^Discussion. 



5.00. — "The Production and Preparatlja 

 of 'Celery for Exhiibitlons." John Harris, 

 Belleville. 



5.30. — Discussion. 



Evening Session. 



8.00. — "Problems in Marketing" Howard 

 W. iSelby, Philadelphia. 



8.15.— "Greenhouse Problems." C. W. 

 Waid, Lansing, Michigan. 



8.30.— Discussion. 



9.00- — "Injurious Insects Which Affect 

 Market Gardening." Arthur Gibson, C. E. P. 

 Ottawa. 



A booklet entitled "Pruit Growing in 

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 the Department of Agriculture at Petrolia. 

 This booklet was compiled by G. G. Bram- 

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 Lambton County, and is issued by the Lamb- 

 ton County Publicity Association with the 

 object of presenting the advantages of 

 Lambton County to prospective settlers. It 

 Is an attractive booklet, well illustrated and 

 fulfils its purpose. 



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