November, 1917 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
43 
fee for membership before receiving check for premium; fee for an- 
nual membership, fifty cents. 
Members or others unable to attend the meeting may send fruit to 
the secretary, who will make entries and place fruit on exhibition. 
Transportation charges must be prepaid. 
All entries must be made on regular entry blanks which will be fur- 
nished by the secretary on application. 
F. Cranefield, Secretary W. S. H. S., Madison, Wisconsin. 
FlO. 1 FlO 2 Flo 3 
BERRY BOXES 
(’rates, Bushel Boxes 
and Climax Baskets 
As You Like Them 
We manufacture the Ewald Patent 
Folding Berry Boxes of wood veneer 
that give satisfaction. Berry box and 
crate material in the K. D. in carload 
lots our specialty. We constantly carry 
in stock 16 quart crates all made up 
ready for use, either for strawberries or 
blueberries. No order too small or too 
large for us to handle. We can ship the 
folding boxes and crates in K. D from 
Milwaukee. Promptness is essential In 
handling fruit, and we aim to do our 
parr well. A large discount for early 
orders. A postal brings our price list. 
Cumberland Fruit Package 
Company 
Dept. D, Cumberland , Wls. 
Buy Insecticides Now. 
Prof. H. F. Wilson, chief of 
the department of Entomology at 
the College of Agriculture, has re- 
cently made a survey of the in- 
secticide situation and reports as 
follows : 
Arsenate of lead, calcium arse- 
nate, and arsenate of zinc are the 
three insecticide materials which 
the grower may expect to use next 
season. Arsenate of lead is the 
only material which can be used 
with safety on the fruit trees. Ar- 
senate of zinc is an efficient poison 
for po + ato insects but does not ap- 
pear to be satisfactory for the 
control of cabbage worms. Cal- 
cium arsenate has proven to be a 
very satisfactory insecticide for 
both potatoes and cabbage. As 
this material is now selling at 
from 10c to 20c a pound less than 
arsenate of lead and Paris green, 
it should be the most desirable 
material to use for garden and 
fie’d crops next season. The low- 
est price o i wholesale lots of Paris 
green which I can secure at this 
time vary from 45c to 50c, indi- 
cating that the grower will be pay- 
ing all the way from 00c to 80c per 
pound by next spring. Powdered 
arsenate of lead can be secured as 
low as 46V c a pound in large 
quantities. These are retail prices, 
the wholesale prices being some- 
what lower. Calcium arsenate is 
being retailed at from 15c to 20c 
a pound in the paste form and 
from 31 VjC to 35c in the pow- 
dered form, depending upon the 
quantity. I have not been able to 
secure definite prices on arsenate 
of zinc but it is somewhat higher. 
The main point in all of this is 
that if these prices go up, the 
dealers, although they may secure 
these materials at the present 
price, will run the prices up as 
high as possible, and the growers 
are going to have to pay consider- 
ably more in the spring than they 
will if they buy their supplies 
now. 
Horticulture in Alaska, 
No doubt printing of notes on 
horticulture in Alaska seems to 
many of our readers a waste of 
good paper and ink. This may be 
so but the editor for many years 
has taken a keen interest in the 
development of horticulture in this 
far off region. As Alaska’s miner- 
al and forestry resources are de- 
veloped the raising of vegetables 
and fruits should keep pace with 
the increase in population incident 
to their deve’opment and even 
outrun it. The following clipped 
from a trade paper shows that al- 
ready the “export trade” in vege- 
tables may be a matter of great in- 
terest to Alaskan gardeners. 
Seattle, Sept. 28 — The Ryan 
Fruit Company, which firm will 
handle the Alaska rutabaga and 
turnip account for the North Coast 
territory this year, says that first 
shipments will begin about Octo- 
(Co 'tinned on pege 4‘) 
McKAY; NURSERY 
COMPANY 
MADISON, WISCONSIN 
Nursery Stock of 
Quality 
for Particular Buyers 
Have all the standard varieties 
as well as the newer sorts. Can 
supply you with everything in 
Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, 
Vines and Ornamentals. 
Let us suggest what to plant 
both in Orchard and in the 
decoration of your grounds. 
Prices and our new Catalog 
sent promptly upon receipt of 
your list of wants. 
Nurseries at 
Waterloo, Wis. 
Sweet peas may sometimes be 
planted in the autumn with good 
results. 
