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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral EMltion. 



QUEENS OF QUALITY 

 The genuine "QUAMTY" kind of dark 

 Italians. Unt., 75c each, $8.00 per doz. Clr- 



J. I. BANKS, DOWELLTOWN, TENN. 



Three Banded and Golden 

 Italian Queens 



Untested— $1.00 each; 6 for $5.00; 12 for 



$9.oa 



Selected untested— 1 for $1.25; 6 for $7.00; 

 12 for $14.00. 



W. R. STIRLING 



Queen Breeder. RIDGETOWN, ONT. 



Send for Price List. Cash with Order. 



BEEKEEPtRS! 



Jones ' Weed Process 

 Comb Foundation, Wax 

 worked into Founda- 

 tion, Italian Bees in 

 Pound Packages, Im- 

 proved Model Hives, 

 and a full line of Bee 

 Supplies. Catalogue 

 free. 



Write us if you have any BEES- 

 WAX to offer. 



F. W. JONES 



BEDFORD, QUE. 



Italian Queens 



Three-Banded 



Reedy April 1, of an erceip- 

 tlonally vigorous and long- 

 lived strain of bees. They 

 are gentle, prolific, and the best of honey 

 gatherers. Untested, $1.00; 3, $2.75; 6, $5.00; 

 12, $9.00. Tested, $1.25; 6, $6.50; 12, $12.50, 

 Send for my free circular and price list, and 

 see the natural conditions under which my 

 queens are raised. Will book orders now. 



JOHN G. MILLER, Corpus Christi, Texas- 

 Corner C St., and Coleman Ave. 



FOR SALE 

 Leather Colored Italian Queens 



A few choice breeding queens at $10.00 

 each, spring delivery. I guarantee these 

 queens to be as good &s any Imported queen, 

 barring none. If purchaser la not satisfied 

 after one year's trial return queen and I 

 will refund the $10.00. 



Warranted purely majted queens $1.00 each 

 or $10.00 dozen. Untested, after July 1st, 

 75c each or $9.00 a doz. 



A few choice ools, of Italian bees in 9 

 frame hives at $10.00 per col. 



Tested Queens $1.50 each. 



JOHN A. McKINNON 

 St. Eugene - Ontario 



The Apple Situation at the Coast* 



R. C. Abbott, CoaHt Market Commissioner, Victoria, B.C. 



A statement In regard to the apple situ- 

 ation in the city of Vancouver last 

 season may be of interest. The mar- 

 ket was in favor of the British Columbia 

 grown product. 



British Columbia grown apples of 1914 

 wea-e on sale In Vancouver up to May Ist. 

 The varieties con-sisted of Yellow New- 

 towns, Spitzenburg, Ben Davis, Hall's Jen- 

 ettes. Red Cheek, Pippins, Grimes' Golden, 

 Baldwin and Spys. Most of these varieties 

 showed waste. The Baldwins from the 

 Okanagan Valley held up well. 



From the time the early apples first ar- 

 rived on the market till the end of the year 

 our supply was equal to the demand, as 

 far as quantity was concerned, yet at times 

 somewhat short on certain sizes and grrades. 

 The early apple market was supplied almost 

 entirely with British Columtiia apples, there 

 having been only a few boxes of inferior 



•Extract from a paper read at the recent an- 

 nual convention of the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 As.sociatlon. 



quality brought in from Wenachee. 



During the latter part of September and 

 the early part of October the demand fav- 

 ored the No. 1 grade, but on account of the 

 high prices it suddenly changed to the No. 

 3 grade and crated stock, and held stronp' 

 to this class of apple right up to the fii 

 week In December, when it sudden i/ 

 changed again to the better grades. 



The pack and grade of British Columbia 

 apples last season was well up to standard, 

 which will work to the benefit of our grow- 

 ers in the future. Notwithstanding this 

 there are a few facts we feel we must com- 

 ment upon. Wholesalers complain that in 

 buying a car of apples they do not know 

 what they are going to get as to sizes, etc. 

 This is a very important fact, and shipping 

 organizations would do well to furnish their 

 brokers with a (detailed) manifest showing 

 the number of boxes of each size contained 

 in the car and any other information neces- 

 sary. Large sizes of dessert apples are 

 poor sellers on these markets, yet jobbers 



Before the Calyx Closes 



Just as the blossoms fall, a day may mean many barrels of apples de- 

 stroyed by codling moth. The moth requires poison. 



SWIFT'S BRAND ARSENATE OF LEAD IS THE BEST. 



Control your apple scab at the same time. That needs a fungicide, anrt 

 the most efficient is 



SOLUBLE SULPHUR 



Mix Arsenate of Lead and Soluble Sulphur for 

 the second and third spray. A drum of Soluble 

 Sulphur makes 4,000 gallons of Summer Spray. 

 A barrel of Lime Sulphur Solution only make.i 

 1,600 gallons. Witih Soluble Sulphur there is no 

 loss from leakage, no empty barrels to return — 

 less freight — less muss — no clogged nozzles. Be 



ready for the falling blossoms. Send to-day for :' 



prices on Sprays and Sprayers. 



The Niagara Brand Spray Co. 



BURLINGTON, ONT. 



Everything for Spraying — Soluble Sulphur, Lime Sulphur, Arsenate of 

 Lead, Dust Sprays and Dusters, Hand and Power Pumps, and Accessories. 



. Mo.eCcrm.Drill 



I Double and i 

 jingle Wh.Uo< 



Practical Gardening Tools 



TOOLS like these ■will do all of the necessary work (except plowing and har- 

 rowing) economically, whether for home, farm or market gardens. You 

 can plant certain crops close and straight, and work them close and 

 safely, with wheel hoes. You save ground, save heavy investment for tools 

 at the start and yet do the best kind of work with profitable results. 



moHM 



Hand Seed Drills 

 and Wheel Hoes 



Will sow. cultivate, ridge, furrow, etc. better than you can with any old 

 fashioned tools and ten times quicker. Pushed ahead a step at a time, these 

 tools can be worked by women, or grown boys or girls. We show here a 

 few only but we make 38 styles and combinations from which to choose. 

 Prices, $3.00 to $14.50. There are also many attachments for special worn. 

 Ask vour dealer to show them and write us forbooklet "Gardeningr With 

 Modem Tools." Also.for horse hoes, harrowsand cultivators, sprayers. etc 



TlieB«t*m«n-Wilkin»oiiCo.,L't'd 462 SvmiogtoDATe. Toronto, Ontario. 



No. 2o Wheel .^ 

 Hoe 



No. u Wheel 



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