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BLACK NAPLES CURRANTS. 



" Owing' to nurserymen having been in .lie 

 habit of propagating currants from what are 

 known as stools," said Mr. Joseph Tweddle, of 

 Fruitland, Ont., one of our new advertisers, to 

 a representative of The Horticulturist who 'is- 

 ited his place recently, " that splendid variety 

 Black Naples has deteriorated in bearing quali- 

 ties and, unfortunately, has been largely dis- 

 carded. Where it has been continuously pro- 

 pagated from bearing plantations it has main- 

 tained its place as the heaviest producing 

 variety. It is the leading heavy cropper with 

 those who have .he genuine stock." 



STEEL POSTS FOR GRAPE VINES. 



Fruit growers are aware that wooden posts 

 are becoming scarce, and are not sufficiently 

 durable and rigid to satisfy their requirements. 

 To meet this difficulty The Canadian Portable 

 Fence Co., of Toronto, have designed a steel 

 post especially adapted to the training and sus- 

 taining of grape vines. Their advertisement 

 appears elsewhere in this issue. 



They have put on the market an end post, 

 modelled after their sterling standard end post 

 for wire fencing, which is known from the At- 

 lantic to the Pacific. This post weighs 50 

 pounds. Their intermediate posts consist of a 

 single, stiff angle bar, weighing 7 to 8 pounds. 

 These posts present the combined qualities of 

 lightness, rigidity and permanence. Although 



this is the first season that the company has 

 produced grape posts, their reputation for steel 

 fence posts is sufficient guarantee for the new 

 article. Fruit growers of Canada begin to per- 

 ceive that they do not have to search beyond 

 their own Dominion to find an article suited to 

 their needs. 



TO SECRETARIES OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 

 Secretaries of Hoiticultui al Societies should write 

 Wni. Rennie of Toionto for his special discounts to 

 Societies on Vegetable and flower Seeds and Plants, 

 making their own selections from Rennie"s Catalogue 

 for 1905. This is a good offer and one which will no 

 doubt be most acceptable to menibeis 



NURSERYMAN WANTED. 



The Webster Floral Co., of Hamilton, is anx- 

 ious to secure -ae services of a practical nur- 

 seryman to assist or ,.„- e charge of their nur- 

 sery of shrubs, etc. 



Power Sprayers. — A large enquiry for the 

 Wallace Power Sprayer is reported by F. Ham- 

 ilton Co., I^imited, of Hamilton. Indications 

 point to this as being about the simplest method 

 of obtaining power with the least trouble, there 

 being little to get out of order. 



Owing to the advancing and strong tone of 

 the copper market blue vitriol will likely be 

 much higher in price before the season is over. 



SMALL FRIIT PLANTS 

 GARDEN ROOTS 



Gooseberr es - Josselyn, Red Jacket, Downing, 



Pearl and Houghton 

 Currants, Black— Lees' Pro ific. Champion, 



Naples. 



Curr-nts, Red — \foore's Kuby, ('hilds' Ruby, 

 lierl Cherry, Victoiia, Varsailles. 



Currants, White— White Grapp. 

 Raspberries- Miller, Cutlibert, Japanese May- 

 berrv. 



Black Bonis— Tuzler's Prolifl ■. 

 Grape Vines— Worden. Moore's Farly. Cami)- 

 be.l's Early, Salem, De ewai e, Eaton, etc. 



Strawberries — Clyde, Williams, Splendid, 



Saunders, etc. 

 Strawberry Raspberry— Tree Strawberry. 

 Garden Rrots — Asparagus, Pa'metto. Coji- 



overs, — Rhubarb (divided roots), Linnaeus: 



Victor a — Sage Koot*^. 



WHITE FOR CATALOGUE A>D PRI ^E 



WM. FLEMING 



NURSERYMAN 



P.O. Box 54 OWEN SOUND, ONT 



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