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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1916. 



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V^ V^ EjE^ 1 1 From the Beit Iteliao Stock 

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Reports from many parls of the province 

 say that the tent and other caterpillars are 

 already becoming numerous, and that un- 

 less the early sprayings are carefully at- 

 tended to they will almost be a worse nuis- 

 ance thin they were last year. 



Favorable reports have been received 

 lately as to the condition of peach and other 



ORTHERN BRED ITALIAN QUEENS 



Friends, have you K. F. Brood? If so, I 

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 resLsters of E.F.B. 1 have hundreds of 

 queens in Canada. Three band strain bred 

 to right Ibrlghtness to resist best. Unt. $1.00, 

 choice Sel. Tested $1.50. Plans how to "In- 

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L.L. FOREHAND - Fort Deposit, Ala. 



Northern Bred Italian Queens 



of tlie E. E Mott strain. Untested, 90c; 

 Guaranteed, $1.00 for June. July, unt., 75c; 

 Guaranteed, 90c. Send for list. Safe deliv- 

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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 as any imported queen, 

 barring none. If purcliaser is not satisfied 

 after one year's trial return queen and 1 

 will refund the $10.00. 



Warranted purely mated queens $1.00 each 

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

 75c each or $9.00 a doz. 



A few choice cols, of Italian bees In 9 

 frame hives at $10.00 per col. 



Tested Queens $1.50 each. 



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Hamilton, Illinois 



fruit trees in the I..ea>niin>;iuii ui-utt. All 

 varieties of peaches are showing a heavy 

 bloom and have come through the winter 

 without any frost injury. Growers antici- 

 pate that the larger portion of the crop will 

 be of the Elberta and New Prolific varieties. 

 The peach growing industry has been re- 

 viving in that district the last few years, 

 and there are now nearly as many peach 

 orchards as there were before the great 

 freeze-out about twelve or thirteen years 

 ago. Other fruits also promise well. Both 

 sweet and sour cherries have an abundant 

 bloom, and pears and apples appear to be 

 going to have a large crop, although the 

 acreage devoted to the two latter fruits is 

 not large. 



E.xperiments with sea-weeds in Nova 

 Scotia have shown that these are rich in 

 potash, ajid possess a considerable quantity 

 of nitt-ogen and phosphoric acid. Sea-weeds, 

 in their natural state, have long been used 

 by the farmers of Nova Scotia for manurial 

 purposes, and the fact that they rapidly 

 decompose when spread upon the ground 

 seems to enhance their value as a possible 

 commercial fertilizer. The Government is 

 now seeking means to dry and grind the 

 weeds. 



Toronto Prices. 



Apples in Toronto are pretty well cleaned 

 up by this time. On May 13 some were 

 sold by auction at 75c per barrel, and the 

 buyers found some of these not worth tak- 

 ing away. A good many very poor apples 

 are coming into Toronto lately, but some 

 really good' Russets sold at $5 per barrel. 



Asparagus has been coming in large 

 quantities into Toronto from Fonthill, the 

 St. Catharines district, and the district east 

 of Hamilton, and it sold at $1.25 to $2 per 

 basket. 



[Hothouse tomatoes are arriving from 

 Leamington and sold at 22c per lb. for No. 

 1 and 15c for No. 2. Old beets and pars- 

 nips are reported a drug on the market. 

 Canadian lettuce sold at from 20c to 70c 

 per head; green onions, 20c per dozen: 

 radishes, 35c to 40c; Leamington hothouse 

 cucumbers, $1..50 to $2.25 per basket. 



Reports received from several quarters of 

 the prorince indicate that, owing to the 

 lack of labor, apple orchards all over will 

 be more or less neglected this season. The 

 only exceptions are where the returns from 

 the apple orchard form one of the chief 

 sources of income. This will have more 

 tendency than ever to put the small orchards 

 of from three to five acres, adjuncts to 

 farms, out of business. Even in the Niagara 

 district this sort of spirit is likely to pre- 

 vail in some spots. This should be fought 

 to a standstill. If the quality of Uie fruit 

 be- only kept up, I believe that tb.-re are 

 better prospects than for the past two years, 

 and it would be a great pity to jeopardize 

 this by neglect. 



Not to Organize. 



The organization of the proposed large 

 co-operative company to encompass prac- 

 tically all the present co-operative com- 

 panies, the dealers, and 90 per cent, af the 

 growers in the district between Hamilton 

 and Jordan, will not be completed during 

 the present fruit season, but prospects seem 

 brighter for its being brought into action 

 for 1917. Some of the dealers previously 

 opposed or lukewarm towards it, are ex- 

 periencing a change of mind, I am informed, 

 and now feel favorably disposed. If the 

 dealers and growers will only come together 

 on any rea.sonable basis, the project is al- 

 most sure to be a success. 



Lake Erie counties report a lot of scale 

 in the older orchards. Apart from that, the 

 general outlook for all classes of fruit is 

 favorable, apple buds giving a better 

 promise than for years. 



