December, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



301 



Annapolis Valley 



Eunice Buchanan. 



From the warm Indian summer of Novem- 

 ber 9th, when the iliermometer stood at 

 65°, and pansies were gay in the garden, 

 .we were plunged Into winter on November 

 13th. On the 14th a heavy fall of snow con- 

 tinued all day and left the roads good for 

 sledding fruit to the warehouses. There is 

 little, if any, frost under the snow. Bald- 

 wins and late apple trees are shedding their 

 leaves on the snow. 



A sliipment of potatoes, packed in 96 quart 

 barrels, were sold for $3.50 a bbl here. Veg- 

 etables are high priced. Onions are not 

 grown commercially. 



Apples are selling well. Kings brought 

 $4.30 for No. 1, and Wagners sold for $3.00 

 by the car load for No. 1 and No. 2. Anxiety 

 is felt over the non^arrival of the steamer 

 Rajppahonnock in England. She took a ship- 

 ment of 20,000 barrels of apples, largely 

 from our valley. 



(Note. — The daily papers report this 

 steamer was torpedoed and sunk and that 

 her crew of fony lost thedr lives.— Editor.) 



Apple grading machines are beginning to 

 make their appearance in ithe warehouses. 

 A locally.anade grader costing $50 has been 

 in use for two years and is still giving sat- 

 isfaction. It is composed of a series of 

 grooved, sloping frames having holes of 

 gradually imcreasing diameter, over which 

 the apples work with a set of plungers com- 

 ing up simultaneously. 



Labor is two or three dollars a month 

 dearer than last year, but it has not been 

 so scarce that crops could not be harvested, 

 although many men have enlisted. In Ann- 

 apolis county colored men work for about 

 $20 a month. There are many of fhem 

 there, but we have few negroes nearer here 

 than Kentville, ten miles away. 



I 



Okanagan Valley Notes 



The big apple crop of the Okanagan has 

 provided the rush of the season. There has 

 been a universal shortage of picking and 

 packing help, and while this condition was 

 not so apparent in the crops that were a 

 little short in their yield, it has only been 

 possdble by working at more than ordinary 

 pressure to get the apples off the trees and 

 into the packing houses before the frosts 

 came. At the time of writing, the middle 

 of November, the Okanagan is experiencing 

 its first touch of winter. If any damage has 

 been caused by the brief cold snap, it will 

 be from storing the fruit in buildings not 

 weather proof. There are very few pack- 

 ing houses in the Valley that are really 

 frost proof. Some that are merely shells 

 of buildings, put up with the idea of having 

 all the apples out hy frost time, are still 

 full, owing to lack of packing help or car 

 shortage. There has been damage in many 

 buildings of this type, but so far as can be 

 ascertained the damage from this source 

 will not amount to more than a few car- 

 loads for the entire Valley. 



A car shortage has been an irritating 

 situation which the Okanagan has had to 

 contend with lately. The C.P.R. has not 

 been able to begin to meet the call for re- 

 frigerator cars. Every point in the Valley 

 has felt the inconvenience of this in not 

 being able to move out their packed fruit as 

 fast a,s it came in unpacked from the or- 

 chards. This congestion has severely tried 

 the capacity of the warehouses, and in some 

 cases buildings wholly unsuitable have had 

 to be pressed into service to store unpacked 

 apples. The matter of the car shortage was 

 put up strongly to the railway company and 

 the Railway Commission, and paper-lined 



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 more for the Spramotor than our 

 most enthusiastic advertisement. A 

 man may buy a thing once and be 

 dissatisfied, but when he comes 

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 which we have re- 

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THE BEEKEEPERS' DIRECTORY 



The following beekeepers will be able to supply Bees and Queens in any quantity 

 for the season of 1917.. Order early. 



THE ROOT CANADIAN HOUSE, 



54-56 Wolseley St., Toronto, Ont. 



Full colonies — NUcled — pound packages. 



Queens o£ Canadian or U.S.A. stock. Three 



ibanded grolden Italians. 



F. W. JONES & SON, 



Bedford, Que. 



ItaUan bees Iby the pound, "Made in Canada," 

 also best Italian Queens. 



E. E. MOTT 



Glenwood, Mich., U.S.A. 

 My Italians resist well the E. Foul brood, 

 Northern bred, hard, prolific, gentle. 



J. P. MOORE, 



Morgan, Ky. 



Try Moore's Strain Next Tear. 



J. I. BANKS, 



Dowelltown, Tenn. 

 Italian "Queens of Quality," 

 Not the <iheap kind. 



H. W. FULMER, 



Andalusia, l^a. 

 Importer and Breeder Gray Caucasian 

 Queens and Bees. 



R. V. STEARNS, 



Brady, Texas. 

 My catalogue tells what good Queens I have 

 and how early I can s/hlp bees by the pound. 



J. H. M. COOK, 



84 Cortland St., New York City. 

 New Jersey bred Bees and Queen.s froan my 

 home apdary, Essex Co., New Jersey. 



M. C. BERRY Sl CO., 



Haynevllle, Ala., U.S.A. 

 Select bred Italian Queens and swarms 

 of bees in packages. 



W. A. LATSHAW CO., 



Clarion, Mich. 

 Famous HandnMoore Strain Italian 

 Queens and Bees. 



W. R. STIRLING, 



RIdgetown, Ont. 

 Breeder of Fine Italian Queens. 



F. L. BARBER, 



290 State St., Lowvllle, N.Y. 



Breeder of ItaUan and Gray Caucasian 



Queens. BYee Circular. 



J. A. SIMMONS, 



Sablnal, Texas. 

 Bees by the carload, Italian and 

 Banat Queens. 



JOHN G. MILLER, 



723 C. St. Corpus ChristI, Texas. 

 Three banded Italians. Circular Free. 



H. C. CLEMONS, 



R. D. 3, Willlamstown, Ky. 

 Three band Italians, bred for business. 



THE DEROY TAYLOR CO., 



Newark, N.Y. 

 Northern Bred Italian Queens and Bees. 



BEESWAX WANTED, 



Highest market price paid 

 In cash or supplies. 

 The Tlllson Co., Ltd., Tlllsonburg, Ont. 



WM. BUEGLASS, 



R. R. No. 3, Bright, Ont. 

 Northern bred Bees. 



Queen and Bee Breeders should list their names In our Beekeepers' Directory. Order 

 now for the next four months. Write for special offer. 



