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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 1911 



IVfAXWELCS 



JEWEL FOOD-CUTTER 



is a daily necessity in every home. 

 You are always cutting up meats 

 and vegetables for stews, etc. 



A knife is awkward and dangerous 

 ^ — a chopping bowl is cumbersome. 

 CS "MAXWELL'S JEWEL" cuts 

 Freverythinga^ you wish — fine, medium 

 /or coarse because it has five cutting 

 I plates. ' 



Easily cleaned — easily -worked 

 very strong, dur- 

 able and hand- 

 somely finished,! 

 Insist on your 

 dealer supplying 

 the "Jewel ' 

 because this 

 is the only 

 food cutter 

 made 

 in Ca- 

 nada — 

 and is 

 superior to 

 an ytli i n g 

 imported. 



DAVID MAXWELL 

 & SONS, 



ST. MIIRYS. ONT. 



^PFriAI NO OA Sent to your Express Office- "t 

 jrLV.I/1L 11U. ^U earefullvpaeked.forSS.OO T 



8 BEAUTIFUL HOUSE PLANTS I 



AND 



100 Choice Winter Flowering Bulbs 

 All for $5.0 



We stake our reputation on this Special 

 Bargain. The most careful buyer cannot 

 select better Quality or get more for the 

 money. The iilants are all thrifty and 

 healthy; of full blooming size, and such 

 only as will do well in the ordinary home 

 atmosphere. The bulbs are those that 

 are sure to bloom and thrive and give de- 

 light to the inmates of the home all 

 through the long Canadian winter. Send 

 us S5.00 and we will express to you as 

 follows: 



PLANTS 



1 Choice Ostrich Plume Fern. 



1 Fine Boston Fern. 



1 Splendid Chinese Primrose. 



1 Beautiful Cyclamen. 



1 Rare Begonia. 



1 Fine Cineraria. 



1 Strong Asparagus Fern. 



1 Large Kentia Palm. 



Our regular selling price of these planta 

 will average 50c each, and some of them 

 we retail at One Dollar each. 

 BULBS 



12 Early Narcissus Paper White. 



12 Early Roman Hyacinths- 



12 Freesia Mammoth size. 



(The above are for early Xmas bloom). 



12 Dutch Hyacinths (all colors). 



12 Choice Single Tulips (all colors). 



12 Superb Double Tulips (all colors). 



12 Double Daffodils, a choice assortment. 



12 Single Daffodils, a choice assortment. 

 2 Chinese Sacred Lillies. 

 2 Bermuda Easter Lillios 



Cultural directions for these Plants and 

 Bulbs are found in our Catalog, which 

 we mail free. 



The above bulbs will give continuous 

 liloom until Easter. Catalogue prices of 

 these bulbs is $4.00. 



This Order is Not Good after December 

 15th. 



THE HAY FLORAL AND SEED CO. ^ 



•♦■ Seedmen and Florists i- 



Ontario's Apples in the West 



W. A. WiDD, Castlctoa, Ool. 



In the July number of The Canadun 

 HORTICULTL-RIST I nctice an article ab,.iit 

 the poor quality of Ontario apples in the 

 west. 1 have just returned from the w*«t, 

 •while I talked with the dca'ers in both 

 Saskatoon an<I Edmonton about taking On- 

 tario api)l(>s. In both places they were dis- 

 KU.st<yl with the apples they have had from 

 Ontario. 



Is it not a shame that such a market 

 should be partially lost by those shippers 

 who send poor stuff? Not only the shippers 

 but the province gains a bad reputation. 

 The dealiTs I ,«poke to receive Washiiigton 

 apples packed neatly in boxes, and sell the 

 ai)pl('S for five cents each. 



Why cannct Ontario place good fruit in 

 there and '.et it be known that it is from 

 Ontario." Freight rates between the 



east and the west should also be reduced. 

 It costs more to send a barrel to the west 

 than it does to Liverpool. Ontario should 

 wake up if it can. 



Fruit Inspection 



The force of fruit inspectors has been al- 

 most doubled by the Dominion government 

 this year. In consequence, the area over 

 which each inspector has worked hitherto 

 has been considerably reduced. The in- 

 .spection of fruit, therefore, this season 

 should be more thorough than ever before. 



Foreign fruit is to be carefully inspected. 

 In this connection the following circular 

 has been issued for the guidance of fruit in- 

 spectors and commission merchants : 



"Importers of fruit are again warned 

 "that the Inspection and Sale Act, refer- 

 "ring to the grading and packing of fruit 

 "and the size of fruit packages, will be 

 "strictly enforced. Importers of foreign 

 "fruit will be held strictly responsible for 

 "the packing and marking of the fruit 

 "which they sell as well as for the size of 

 "the package. 



"It is required that there shall bo upon 

 "every closed package of imported fruit, 

 "the name and address of the importer, 

 "the variety of the fruit and its grade (sec- 

 "tion 320). The importer will be held re- 

 "sponsible also in the case of violation of 

 "section 321." 



X BROCKVILLE 



ONT. 



The Grading of Apples 



Our correspondents a'.most everywhere re- 

 port that apple scab is very prevalent this 

 season. Undoubtedly there will be more 

 than the usual temptation to brand as "No. 

 1" apples not strictly up to grade. The re- 

 putation of Canadian apples has suffered 

 in the past en account of the fraudulently 

 and carelessly packed fruit of a compara- 

 tively few dealers and growers, working a 

 great hardship to those who grow clean 

 fruit and pack it honestly. 



Special attention is drawn, therefore, to 

 Section 321 (6) (111) of the Inspecticn and 

 .Sale Act, Part IX., which provides that No. 

 1 fruit shall "include no culls and consist 

 of well grown spccimers of one variety, 

 sound, of not less than medium size and of 

 good color for the variety, or normal shape 

 and not less than 90 per cent free from scab, 

 worm holes, bruises and other def^ts, and 

 properly packed." 



.\n increased staff of fruit inspectors will 

 be on duty this season both at shipping 

 points and at the points of distribution, 

 and every provision is being made to ex- 

 amine as large a qunntity of fruit as pos- 

 sible. Fruit for local markets must con- 

 form to the law as well as that for expert. 



Copies of the Inspection and Sale Act, 



Hardy 

 Small Fruits 



^^H^^^^^^^ Conditions o> soil and 

 W^^mKBt^Kk make it pos- 



^^B^W^^^^^^ sible for us to produce 

 ^^^ stock that is hardy, 



vigorous, and that will give good satisfaction 

 in almost any locality. We exercise great 

 care in the cultivation and handling of our 

 stock, giving personal supervision to packing 

 and shipping, and warrant all stock absolute- 

 ly true to name. This explains why we have 

 built up a large list of satisfied customers. 



We specialize on small fruits — Raspberries, 

 Gooseberries and Currant-^ - also Garden 

 Roots, including Rhubarb, Asparagus, etc 



List of Varieties: 



RASPBERRIES 

 Herbert Culhbert 



.Marlboro Brinckle's Orange 



Golden Queen 



GOOSEBERRIES 

 Josselyn Reil Jacket 



Downing Pear! 



Houghton 



CURRANTS 

 Perfection Fay 



Ruby Cherry 



White Grape Lee's Prolific 

 Champion Black Naples 



Black Viclor'a 



Order now while the list of variet'cs is com- 

 plete. Send post card for catalogue and 

 price list. 



WM. FLEMING 



OWEN SOUND 



Ontario. Can. 



GINSENG 



Ginseng Roots and Seeds, also Golden Seal 

 Roots for aaje at low prices. If you have any 

 Hay for sale see what we can do. Ask for prices. 



EASTERN TOWNSHIPS CINiENG GARCENS 



Box 1122 



Beauharnois, Que. 



MONEY IN GINSENG 



An acre of matured Ginseng 

 worth from $35,000 to $40,000. 

 Learn how to grow it and re- 

 ceive price list of seeds and 

 roots, also full information 

 from successful growers. 



LANARK GINSENG GARDENS CO- 



Lanark, Ont. 



GINSENG 



Anyone can grow it and make 

 money. For planting this fall we 

 are selling 



New Seeds, Stratified Seeds and 

 One-Year-Old Roots 



Wiite u» ^or Price List 



I. E. YORK & CO.. Watcrford, Ont. 



