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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edlti<». 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMINTS 



AJvcrtiwmeDtt in ibii depar'Mcnt ioicrtcd atrtt«*f3 

 c«bU ■ word for each iDsertion. cacb fiiarc, Biga, or »\mg\* 

 lettrr to count >s on* wwrd, ■iaiBom cost 30c., a'.rict j 

 cask in advance. 



REAL ESTATE • 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS— Fruit farms a speci- 

 alty. Writ* (or C«Ul0KU«. W. B. Gaidar. 

 QrimCbr. 



SEEDS AND BULBS. 



BULBS — Of ali descriptions. Write for prices. 

 C. Keur & Sons, Hillegom, Holland. New 

 York Branch, 810 Bridge Street. 



BEES. 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS as advertised 

 on page 252. Catalogue free. Dero.v Taylor 

 Co.. Newark. N.Y. 



BEE SUPPLIES. 



Q. C. hives yield — on account of its winter 

 protectiveness, equable tempei'ature. brood-nest 

 work, incentive, etc. — sixty pound.s more than 

 average of others. Can you afford to not test 

 it? .\ddress W. F. McCready, Estero, Florida, 

 U. .S. A. 



t.OOO GUMMED HONEY LABELS, two uoluri, 

 any wording, for $1.30. Catalogue free. Bast- 

 ern Isabel Co.. Cllntonvllle. Conn. 



HONEY. 



FOR SALE— 12,000 lbs. finest well ripened white 

 clover honey. Single case, containing 60 lbs. 

 or six ten lb. pails, $7.20. Larger quantities 

 quoted on application. Geo. Braven, Dunn- 

 vUle, Ont. 



WANTED. — Several tons honey, 'lig^ht or dark, 

 in barrels or 60 lb. tins. Will supply barrels. If 

 necessary. Lambeth Bee and Poultry Yards, 

 Lambeth, Ont. 



NEW AND RARE SEEDS 



Unique collection. Hundreds of vari- 

 eties adapted for the Canadian cli- 

 mate. Perennial and perfectly hardy. 

 Own saving. Catalogue free. 



Perry's Hardy Plant Farm 



ENFIELD. MIDDLESEX, ENG. 



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IRRIGATION 



Conirol complete. Prevents drougrht loss- 

 es. Reduces labor bills. Increases profit. 

 Special Portable Line for $11.76. Send for 

 new Bulletin. 



The Skinner Irrigation Co. 

 217 Water Street Troy, Ohio 



FREE LAND 



For the SETTLER in 



Norlhern Ontario 



Millions of acres of virgin soil obtain- 

 able free and at a nominal cost are call- 

 Ins tor cultivation. 



Thousands of farmers 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 

 lations, and settlers rates, write to 



H. A. Macdonell 



Director of Colonization 

 Parliament Buildings, TORONTO 



HON. G. HOWARD FERGUSON, 

 Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. 



Bulletins and Reports 



Bulletin No. 239, on "•Potatoes," by C. A. 

 Zavitz, B.S.A., and Bulletin No. 240, en- 

 titled "Some Bacterial Diseases of Vege- 

 tables Found in Ontario," by Dan H. Jones, 

 B.S.A., have recently been issued by the 

 Ontario Department of Agriculture; also 

 the Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the On- 

 tario Beekeepers' Association for 1915. 

 The first mentioned bulletin is an unusually 

 full treatment of the subject. 



Among the bulletins recently received by 

 The Canadian Horticulturist are the follow- 

 ing: 



"The Cranberry Industry and its Possi- 

 bility in Canada," by M. B. Davis, B.S.A., 

 this is bulletin 29 of the second series, Pub- 

 lications Branch, Ottawa. "Soil Fertility, 

 Its Economic Maintenance and Increase," 

 by Franlc T. Shutt, M.A., D.Sc. Bulletin 27, 

 second series. 



"The report of the Minister of Agricul- 

 ture for Ontario, 1915," "The Report of the 

 Entomological Society for Ontario, 1915," 

 "The Canadian Entomologist," "The Review 

 of Applied Entomology." 



The Utah Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion has published the following three bul- 

 letins mostly dealing with irrigation prob- 

 lems: Bulletin 142, "The Irrigation of 

 Peaches," by L. D. Batchelor; Bulletin 143, 

 "Fruit Tree Root Systems," by A. B. Bal- 

 lantyne, and Bulletin 144, "Water Table 

 Variations," by the same author. 



The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Wooster, Ohio, has sent us "Orchard 

 Rejuvenation in Ohio," Bulletin 301. Bul- 

 letin 252, of the Maine Agricultural Sta- 

 tion, is entitled "Spraying Experiments and 

 Apple Diseases in 1915." 



Items of Interest 



Thirty thousand gallons of peaches and 

 fifteen tons of pure jams are being prepared 

 at the by-products department of the Vine- 

 land Horticultural Station, Vineland, Ont, 

 l)y order of the Ontario Government for the 

 hospitals at the front. 



The fruit growers of St. Catharines and 

 surrounding district are again donating can- 

 ned peaches for the soldiers at the front. 

 Last year 20,000 quarts of canned peaches 

 went forward, and it is expected that this 

 record will be surpassed this year. 



Among the exhibitors in fruit at the 

 Ottawa Exhibition this year was Jas. F. 

 Reason, of Penticton, B.C. He was success- 

 ful in securing two first prizes in Mcintosh 

 R 'd, a first in crab apple, and a third in 

 I ^iden Russets. 



In the September issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist appeared an article entitled 

 "Standardization of Fruit Paekages." The 

 author of this article was A. H. Flack, 

 Chief Fruit Inspector for the prairie pro- 

 vinces. Room 112, Carlton Bldg., Portage 

 Avp., Winnipeg, Man. Unfortunately Mr. 

 Flack's name was printed as Slack, which 

 we regret. Another article by Mr. Flack 

 apnears elsewhere in this issue. 



The death is announced at the front of 

 Capt. H. H. Pineo, son of W. W. Pineo, of 

 Waterville, N.S., one of the leading fruit 

 growers of the AnnapoUs Valley. A 

 description of Mr. Pineo's orchard and farm 

 was published some months ago in The 

 Canadian Horticulturisf. 



During the summer months the British 

 market has been well supplied with apples 

 from Australia and Tasmania. Imports 

 this season have exceeded all previous re- 

 cords, and fair prices have been obtained. 



Reporting to the Department of Trade 

 and Commerce, Mr. J. Forsyth Smifh, 

 Canadian Fruit Trade Commissioner in 

 England, states that the removal of the 



embargo on the importation of canned 

 vegetables inasfar as it applies to products 

 of the British Empire, has awakened re- 

 newed interest in Canadian canned vege- 

 tables in the north of England. Letters 

 from dealers indicate that they will be op<'n 

 this year to make purchases from Cana<li.< 

 shippers. 



The Ontario Fruit Division, under the di- 

 rection of Mr. P. W. Hodgetfl, Provincial 

 Director of Horticulturist, is sending 20,01 

 boxes of apples to the soldiers at the froi 

 The apples are principally Spys, Baldwins. 

 Golden Russets, and other hardy varieties 

 Two cars have already gone forward. Thea# 

 apples are being distributed by Mr. R. Reidfej 

 London, representative of the Ontario Gov- 

 ernment in Great Britain. Last year's sh 

 ments were greatly appreciated by t! 

 soldiers. 



The cost of production, in general, dimin 

 ishes as the size of the orchard increaf' 

 The exceptions to this rule are due to ii 

 fact that for each locality there is an opti- 

 mum limit set by the natural and economi- 

 cal conditions of the region and that ti 

 costs of production are lowest where t 

 extent of the orchard approaches mori:' 

 closely to this optimum limit. — Oregon Agri- 

 cultural College Experimental Station. 



During the winter protect smooth bark 

 trees from the sun on the south side ol 

 the tree, or expect injury there next sprint 

 from sunscald. 



Save Those Apples 



BY USING A 



MAXWELL 



CIDER PRESS 



HOW many go to waste that milrht 

 be turned into Cider or Cider 

 Vinegar with a small investment. 

 Maxwell Presses are well made, of the 

 best material, heavy substantial frame, 

 and cross .section of extra weight and 

 strength; furnished with two crates, 

 galvanized hoops and tinned rivets. 

 Made for either hand or power. 



MAXWELLS LIMITED 



St. Mary's, Ontario 



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