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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
constant temperature at a moderate degree is the only 
means of holding delicate flowers over a long period. Such 
delicate blossoms as orchids cannot be held in storage at all. 
They are very sensitive to low temperature and cannot be 
successfully stored. What we, at present, need, are care¬ 
fully conducted cold storage tests with each of the impor¬ 
tant commercial cut flow r ers, coupled with painstaking 
physiological researches to determine the exact temperature 
and its duration, in order that the stability of the flowers 
may be preserved to the greatest extent and that their 
duration in an ordinary living room after their withdrawal 
from cold storage shall be greatest. Without these pains¬ 
taking researches we can never arrive at satisfactory com¬ 
mercial practices. The empirical rules which are followed 
today serve a very useful and valuable purpose. 
The value of the cut flower trade in any European coun¬ 
try or in America is sufficient to justify most painstaking 
and careful research along this line. It is to be regretted 
that more positive information cannot be given upon these 
important phases of the cold storage business at this time, 
but my studies have thoroughly convinced me of the neces¬ 
sity for careful and extended research into these most im¬ 
portant commercial fields for cold storage. 
MARYLAND STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
This society has issued a schedule of premiums covering 
the exhibitions which are to be held in the Fifth Regiment 
Armory, Baltimore, during the autumn of 1910. The 
premium list is comprehensive, including fruits, flowers, and 
vegetables. In addition to the horticultural exhibition the 
Cereal and Forage Crop Breeders Association will hold an 
exhibition, November 28 to December 2, when prizes will be 
offered for the best exhibits of wheat, oats, corn; and forage 
crops. This combination of societies with allied interests is 
highly to be commended. 
PACIFIC COAST ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
An account of the proceedings of this Association at its 
eighth annual meeting, held at Walla Walla, Washington, 
July 12-14, 1910, Fas been published in pamphlet form. 
Following the reports of officers and committees, it contains 
a dozen papers on timely subjects, several of them having 
special reference to the nursery business of the Coast, 
delivered by growers from Washington, Oregon, and Cali¬ 
fornia. About fifty members w^ere present at the sessions. 
The president of the Association is Geo. C. Roeding, Fresno, 
Cal. and the secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, 
Wash. The next meeting will be held June 21, 1911, in the 
State of California. 
ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
The Illinois State Horticultural Society, at its annual 
convention, Champaign, January 31 to February 10, 1911, 
will offer premiums in eight classes as follows: 
Class 1. Apples, Pears. Class 5. Pears, Grapes, Quinces. 
Class 2. Northern Illinois. Class 6. Vegetables. 
Class 3.^Central Illinois. Classy. Experiment Stations. 
Class 4. Southern Illinois. Class 8. Packages of Apples. 
Note and Comment 
CANADA SHIPPING PEACHES TO ENGLAND 
A beginning has-been made by the Dominion and 
Ontario Departments of Agriculture in the matter of send¬ 
ing peaches to the mother country. The contention has 
been made that the shipments made are too small to be of 
much value, and that, besides, the peaches grown in 
Ontario are not the kind to suit the high class trade of the 
British market. But some preliminary work is necessary, 
and the methods of shipment now being tested give promise 
of satisfactory results, and certainly no time is to be lost in 
ascertaining the varieties that will give best satisfaction 
across the water. 
ONTARIO APPLE PRICES 
The apple crop in Ontario is one of the poorest for many 
years. Hundreds of orchards have no crop whatever, 
especially in the western parts of the province. Others 
have enough to supply a local demand. Where orchards 
have been properly looked after and thoroughly sprayed, 
the quantity is greater and the quality excellent. Orchards 
that have a crop but were not sprayed are showing plainly 
the effects of scab and codling moth. 
Those co-operative associations having any sized crop 
have sold most of their apples. Prices have ranged from 
$2.25 to $2.60 for fall apples in quantity, up to $3.75 for the 
better varieties of winter apples. One association sold 
their entire crop for $3.00 for Nos. i’s and 2’s, 75% to be 
No. 1. Another reports having sold for $3.00 No. i’s and 
$2.75 for No. 2’s. The demonstration orchards sprayed by 
the Department of Agriculture in Nottawasaga township, 
Simcoe County, will likely grade 80% No. 1, and the apples 
have been sold at $3.00 for No. 1 fall, and No. 1 and 2 win¬ 
ters. Early apples which have been going west have 
brought much larger returns than usual. 
Canadian Horticulturist, October. 
PRATT’S SULFOCIDE 
That the sulphur compounds have come to stay and are 
to take an important place in our spraying program is 
receiving additional emphasis every season. Correspond¬ 
ence from Mr. George T. Powell, the well known agricul¬ 
tural expert and orchardist of Columbia County, draws 
attention to the success which he has had with sulfocide the 
past season. He says: “I have used sulfocide quite 
extensively this season, and I think it has some valuable 
fungicidal properties. I have never had a finer condition 
of skin on the fruit than this season. We have used Paris 
green in connection with the sulfocide, and have had no 
russeting of the fruit. There has, however, been some 
trouble with the lime and sulphur as summer spray here 
from russeting, and from spray injury. While there was no 
injury with sulfocide generally, there is no doubt that it can 
also be used too strong. In my judgment, the peculiar 
character of the spring developed foliage which w^as un¬ 
usually sensitive and susceptible to injury from spray 
mixtures.” 
