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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1916. 



QUEENS OF QUALITY 

 The genuine - "QUALITY" kind of dark 

 Uallana. Unt.. Tuc each, J8.00 per doz. Cir- 

 cular free. 



J. I. BANKS, DOWELUTOWN, TENN. 



GOLDEN YELLOW ITALIAN QUEENS 



My specialty. ITnte.sted. 60c; doz., $7.00. 

 No orders filled unless cash is sent with 

 ord-eti*. Safe arrival. 



E. A. SIMMONS 

 Greenville, Ala.. U,S.A. 



GRAY CAUCASIANS 



Karly 'breeders, great honey gatherers, 

 cap beautifully white, great comb builders, 

 very priillftc, fircntle, hardy, good winterers. 



Untested, $1.00; Select untested, $1.25. 



Tested, $1.50; Select tested, $2.00. 



H. W. FULMER 



ANDALUSIA Box 12. F^a.. U.S.A 



"The best all purpose bee." 



Bees and Queens 



Ours are choice stock and Northern Bred; 

 are more desirable for Canadian Beekeepers. 

 Ask for Catalogue B. 



Bee Supplies — We sell Root's goods only. 

 Let us quote you prices on what you need. 

 Ask for Catalogue A. 



M. H. HUNT & SON 



LANSING - - MICHIGAN 



BEES 



Bees are a money mak- 

 ing asset on any farm, 

 bringing annually a far 

 greater return to your 

 table and at the naarket 

 than they coat in care 

 and expense. Do you 

 know the twentieth 

 century methods? Buy 

 PRODUCTIVE BEE- 

 KEEPING, learn huw 

 to m!ike a beginning 

 and how to see it| 

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 illustrations give in pictorial form all that is 

 needed to explain the text. 



135 illustrations. 316 pages. Octavo. Hand- 

 some clo*'". $1.50 net- Postage or expressage 

 extra iqc. 



AddrcM -BOOK DEPT. 



The Horticultural Publishing Co. 



Peterboro, Ont. 



FREE LAND 



For the SETTLER in 



Northern Ontario 



Millions of acres of virgin soil obtain- 

 able free and at a nominal cost are call- 

 ing (or cultivation. 



Thousand!* of fai'rners have responded 

 to the call of this fertile country and are 

 being made comfortable and rich. Here, 

 right at the door of Old Ontario, a home 

 awaits you. 



For full information as to terms, regu 

 latlons. and settlers rates, write to 



H. A. Macdonell 



Director of Colonization 



Parllamant Buildings, TORONTO 



HON. G. HOWARD FERGUSON, 

 Minister of Lands, Forests and Mine*. 



and the Secretary keeps a record of the.se 

 numbers, so ihat every grower having labels 

 will be known. Secretary C. E. Fisher 

 thanked the Council for their last year's gift, 

 and pointed out the needs of a larger grant 

 this year. A grant of $150 was made, the 

 same as last year. The Lincoln County 

 Council has also made a grant of $500 to ob- 

 tain the services of a District Representa- 

 tive, who will shortly be appointed by the 

 Ontario Government. 



The Dominion Canners' Co. has been 

 working on several orders for canned vege- 

 tables for the military forces. The most im- 

 portant of these was from the British War 

 Office, for canned baked beans. This order 

 is reported to run better than 7,500,000 

 cans. 



The embargo placed by the British Gov- 

 ernment on imports of canned fruits, vege- 

 tables, etc., has been raised, insofar as it 

 affects these imports from British dominions. 

 This is of great importance both to canners 

 and producers. 



A recent report from Burlington says 

 that owing to the heavy rains, plums, 

 peaches and cherries have been badly in- 

 jured, and the crop much lessened. 



I understand that the Experimental Farm, 

 Vineland, has an excellent crop of fruit this 

 year. This farm has greatly improved, 

 under the directorship of Mr. Clement, who 

 has accepted a position as chief horticultur- 

 ist with the new University of British 

 Columbia. Mr. Clement will not leave be- 

 fore the end of August. The fruit growers 

 of the Niagara District feel that they are 

 sustaining a severe loss in the departure of 

 Mr. Clement. He has not only done excel- 

 lent work on the Farm, hut has also been of 

 great assistance to them in other ways. 

 His successor will have to be a good man 

 to measure up to the standard set by Mr. 

 Clement. 



The wet weather has seriously interfered 

 with tomato planting. On well-drained, 

 sandy or gravelly land the plants were got 

 in early, and look well, but on much other 

 land they were not got in till quite late, in- 

 deed, there are a number to go in yet. In 

 consequence, the bulk of the crop will be 

 late, and the crop is likely to be under the 

 average. 



Prof. Caesar, of the O.. A. C, Guelph, has 

 taken up his quarters for the summer upon 

 a fruit farm two miles west of Grimsby. A 

 number of experiments are being conducted 

 under his -supervision in the local orchards. 

 One of considerable importance is the care- 

 ful testing out of the new blower for apply- 

 ing lime, sulphur, arsenate of lead, etc., in 

 powdered form to cherries, plums, pears 

 p.nd apples. 



Early in June a deputation of the leading 

 manufacturers of native wines in Ontario, 

 called on the Ontario License Board and 

 pointed out that to require them to sell 

 their goods at the place of manufacture, 

 would lead to the establishment of small 

 factories in the large cities, with a conse- 

 nuent depreciation in the quality of the pro- 

 duct, since the proper place to make wine 

 was as near the vineyards as nossihle. The 

 Board gave them no assurance, .but it is 

 likely that some concession in the way of 

 nermitting them to establish agencies in the 

 large cities for the sale of their product, 

 will be made. 



Curl leaf is reported to be bad around 

 Vineland, 40 to 50 per cent, of the peaoh 

 orchards being seriously affected by it. 



Mr. Boyle, who has been superintendent 

 in the Bell Fruit Farm canning factory at 

 Grimsby for some years, has gone to Essex 

 County to become manager in one of the 

 Dominion Canners' factories there. 



Fruit Inspection in the East 



G. H. Vroom, Chief Fruit Inspector for the 

 Maritime Provinces. 



Previous to 1913 the inspection of export- 

 ed fruit was done at the shipping ports 

 when it was being transferred from car to 

 ship. This method was not satisfactory for 

 the reason that when ships were loading 

 there was a grand rush to get the cars un- 

 loaded) as quickly as possible. The inspector 

 did what he could while the fruit was pass- 

 ing between the car and the ship's hold. If 

 he found a barrel falsely marked, the chances 

 were that all the other barrels heloniging to 

 the same lot were by that time on board the 

 ship. While the inspector had the right to 

 hold s-hipments until he had completed hi.- 

 inspection he did not care to do so when the 

 thermometer registered zero or below on 

 the dock and there was danger of serious 

 damage to fruit. 



During these years of inspection at the 

 shipping port two inspectors were employeu 

 in the Annapolis Valley where the bulk of 



Berry Boxes 



Fruit Baskets 



Write us for prices 



Hyslop & Sons 



Greensville, Ont. 



Messrs. Kelway & Son 



Wholesale Seed Growers 

 and Merchants 



Langport, England 



have pleasure in amionneing that 

 their 



MR. H. A, NALDRETT 



has just arrived for a business 

 trip throughout the United States 

 and Canada. Mr. Naldrett's ad- 

 drejss during this period will be 

 care 



Messrs. Thomas Meadows & Co., 

 8-10 Bridge Street., 



Battery Park, 



New York, 



where please write him. 



