IMPROVED PLANTS MORE vrconous Growers asked to use improved ’berries

The importanca' of unit“ im- proved atwwben'ry plants where possible. is attuned to growers by William Sterne. provincial horticulturist. Mr. Stern: also has sane interesting comments on new varieties which in many cases have replaced [the Senator Dunlap. which once dominated the island scene almost com- pletely.

Mr. Stems explains that. Vii‘usv tree strawberry plants are ob- tained by testing a number of strawberry plants in the green- house. and some of them will be found virus free.

From these more may be pro- pagated. but unfortunately virus- free plants are not resistant to Virus infection. Strawberry vir- uses are spread by strawberry aphids and leaviihoppers whloh iced on infected plants. They move to healthy plants and carry the virus with them. To Control the viruses then. the aphids must be controlled. but it is impossible to eliminate the aphids completely. It is then ap« parent that some of the virus-

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free plants may become infect- ed with virus even within one year. MORE VlGOROUs When stow-horny plants are 4! they are not or should not 'be advertised as virus-tree

strawberry plants but as improv- ' ed plants ‘

As ed these Improved E ' plants better than regular stoCk . plants?" Mr. ‘

Stems “According to work that has been canried out at various stations and also com~ mercial field results. improved strawberry plants have been found to be more vigorous. and they will give more than doubl" the yield of regular stock plants. “t '» t p ay strawberry growers who are not satisfied with their present yield to try improved strawberry plants." We provincial department of agriculture in cooperation with the Canada Department of agri- culture ‘hoe a program whereby Improved strawberry plants from commercial nurserymen are made available to the gen-

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1983 SAW MORE THAN 4% MILLION BUSHELS OF POTATOES OFF‘ ISLAND

MR. STERNS

oral public.

The names of tihese nursery- men will be published in the newspapers early in M, e

Supply of improved plants may be in ehort supply this year but it'll hoped to have more avail- able in future years. Mr. stems

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The trend toward newer vor- ietiee has developed in the last five years, said Mr. Stems who said they include Sparkle. Cav- alier. Red Coat. Guardsman and Ca-tslcill. varieties that appear to be suitable for this climate.

SEARCH GOES ON

There are hundreds of other varieties and it is possible that within five years. for example. other berries may welo that will be suitable for P.E.I. as the search for new and better varieties in being carried on all

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Sparkle. Red Coat and Cave]- ier are all good for the fresh market trade and are also satis- factory for processing. he said. The processing trend has shifted in the past decade or so from the preserved or jam to the froz- en trade. though there lie otill some jam made, Mr. Stern: oh-

Tho Charlottetown Pork and Provincial Exhibition held thelr ﬁrst Show on October 3?. IS”. with o total of $2474.00 for prize money. Since timomount hoe grovm to its hi1963.‘l'htsnhow514yeors Progress... .dnsprogres .

men we receive each year by the people of Prunco Edward Island and their ﬁne ox-

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THE PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION

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'11:. Guardian-The Evening Patriot

Potato prices influence

Island living standar

Lou retarded no lie main cash crop of island alricultum. potatoes have more influence on establishinl the economic outlook each year in this pmv-. loco than any other phase at

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Returns can vary so widely. tor example. in a good year

" like 1050 when the Dominion

lure-an at statistics cash value on the farm

730.000 to an abn y year like 1901 when the cash1 value was placed at “Minna. This latter valuation dre w sharp criticism from agricul- tural spokesmen hem be DES pen e no

though ‘

It k h lhoir

mutual estimate. The nor-

mally low price

1% pounds. contributed to 0 low return

ab (1 ﬂ cent. The 196i potato returns play-

eral political spoke-man hie around for a few days before the item was function.

ACRES potato income cornea

The a p p re): hunter «.000

acres of potatoes with the aero- age varying only slightly each ,year, and the greatest part of ‘it planted to seed potatoes. al- though much of the Minds pass-i

They have nine. yield. hotter; keeping qualities. will hip bet-; tor and are considerably sup? erior to Dunlap. thouah many at the Dunlaps are still crown here. he observed.

An estimated 500 to 000 acres of strawberries are grown in this province and the production last year was an estimated 1,350.- 000 quarts.

Average pmiuction would probah'w run 5,000 to 6.000 quarts per acre while top arowers get much more. NM Scotia ow- ers claim yields of 10 to 12

M thousand quarts per am. but a

few of the top inland m‘owerny also get that. Mr. Stems served. Unging higher yield. the horti- culturist suggested selection of the best available plants. better varieties. a good Motility ro- gram and 300d cultural prac-

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Growers nhould fertilize talrly heavily~some of them do—and manure or fertilizer can both be

s was made by the co-

from the 1959 crop brought 31!.-

n the 11.307 carlcada and in 1960. out th

five-year period. It was “0.056.000

figure of mallow emerged as the estimated farm value for the 1061 crop. though that fig- ure may he changed slightly. A total of 6,384 carloads OI

that the 1067 crop year furnish- ed the biggest shipments with 15,403 carloeds of 450 hundred- . . weight hringin: a total value

A lummaly of the Ieturns for on the farm of “1.731.000. 'l‘hc 4,730,000 bushels had been ship. the past tive years has been production was down slightly ped from the 1962 crop year up. supplied by the Provmmal P0- in 195:! with 13.63? carloads to the end of January. This in Into Marketing Roam. It slums bringing $!0.556.000 to the umw-.

ed Inr need are sold (or table- stock because the seed demand does not provide a market for all 0! them

738.000 for the highest return]

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down slightly from the I:

Page f-A' .523 carioad: e! 431.“ “do shipped at the name data m the liltll crop year.

DIAL 4-7341 hr iii-noun sanvnc:

Livestock To Us, You Are 0 assuring yourself of highest possible returns 0 patronizing homo Industry 0 boosting Island economy 0 creating more iobs for native Islanders.

"An Island Market for Island Livestock"

applied. or a combination of both. he observed. '

\ CH’TOWN DRIVING PARK

The Provincial Exhibition “OLD HOME WEEK" . . .1889 - 1963

THE LARGEST AlililclltTllllAt snw HELn EAST OF MONTREAL l-

we anticipate the greatest racing year over . . . The main Old Home Week feature noo- Ing being the Gold Cup ond Saucer event to take place on Friday. August 16. The In- augural Invitation Free For All will be rocod Judy Circut Free For All raced on Monday. August lth. During Old Home Week o Free For All Trot will be held along with the two Invitation Junior Free For All Paces. rounding out one of the best race cords every,” be prosemd to race tons. making eleven roco meets in on. WI!- APPfoxiﬂWv 332.000 In pines for this great week of racing.

Shown above la a picture of Canada Packers Charlottetown plant, conveniently located in the central part of the Province to best serve the needs of Island livestock pmducers.

By Shipping Your Hogs and Other

ANADA PACKERS LIMITED *

6 with the second leg oftho Maritime

OLD HOME WEEK AUG. 12th to 17th

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