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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 



GLADIOLUS 



America, !*1..63 per 100. Tacondc. $3.00 p;M' 

 100 Express collect. 9pnd for list of othei 

 varicUca. 



H. P. VAN WAGNER 

 H. R XO. 3 • HAMILTON. ONT 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



Wllliam« Improved I'ariwn's Beauty, 

 Splendid, Sample Fountain, Stevens. Cham- 

 pion, Senator Dunlap and other leading 

 varieties. Writ© for «italogue and price list. 



W. WALKER - PORT BURWELL, ONT. 



ROSES 



11,000 splendid Hybrid Tea Rose Buaihee, mostly two year old. will be ready for delivery 

 about June 1st in the following varieties: White and Pink Killamey; Eiohmond (red); Hilling- 

 don (yellow); Canadian Queen (pink); American Beauty (dark pink). PUtnte will have splen- 

 did roots and will make flrst-olass summer bedding stock. We are offering- this stock at the 

 following' very attractive prices to clear out quickly: $10 00 per 100 on orders of not less than 

 2S. Write for special prices on large quantitiesi. Orders will be booked in the order in which 

 they are received. Cultural Inetruotions will be sent with every order. 



THOS. A. IVEY & SON, LTD., PORT DOVER, Ont. 



D. 



■'1 ivL — 'I 



& F's HIGH GRADE 



VEGETABLE SEEDS 



BEAN— A new, stringless. wax bean of great merit. Early, hardy, stringier, rust 

 P''°™ and exceedingly proUftc. Pck. lOo. 54 lbs. 20c, 1 lb. 30c. 



BEAN— Stringless green pod. First introduced nineteen years ago. Still unequalled. 

 Pkt. 10c, % lb. 15c, 1 lb. 20c. 



^EET— Bobbles Selected Globe. The beat of the Turnip-rooted claas. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 



tABBAOE— Copenhagen Market. Early as Jersey Wakefield and half again as large 

 Pkt. lOe. y, oz. 30c. 1 oz. 50c. 



CORN— Golden Cream. Very early, very sweet and juicy. The best for home garden 

 Pkt. 10c, M, lb. 20c, 1 lb. 35c. 



CUCUMBER— D. & P.'s extra long white spine. The most beautiful and best long 

 green. Pkt. lOo, oz. 50c. 



LETTUCE— D. & F.'s Peerless. Most distinct and largest solid cabbage lettuces- Pkt. 

 10c. oz. 30c. 



LETTUCE— Wayahead. Earliest and most solid of all early lettuces. Pkt. 10c, 



oz. 20c. 



ONION— Cranston's Excelsior. Unsurpaased' for exhibition purposes. Pkt. 25c. 



PEA— World Kecord. Two weeks earlier than Gradus. Pkt. 10c, 'A lb. 30c. 1 lb 50c. 



RADISH— White Icicle. Easily the best of all early white "Lady-Finger" Radishes. 

 Pkt. 5c, y2 oz. ISc. 



TOMATO ■ D. & F.'s O.K The best early bright red tomato. Pkt. 15c. H oz 75c. 



D. & F's Exhibition Spencer 

 Collection of S^veet Peas 



Sometimes it is difficult for the amateur to intelligently select the best varieties of 

 iweet peas from the seedtnan'a list. The following names with their descriptions will 

 be helpful: 



King White, pure white; Clara Curtis, waved primrose; Elfrida Pearson, rose; Mar- 

 garet Atlee, cream pink; Countess Spencer, select stock, large bluaih pink, waved: 

 Thomas Stevenson, orange pink; Stirling Stent, orange salmon; Vermillioni Brilliant, 

 ^rlet; Maud Holmes, crimson spencer; George Herbert, orange -nink, deep rose wings; 

 Nubian, chocolate; Margaret Madison, pale lavender; Asta Chan, deep lavender; Ten- 

 nant Spencer, purplish mauve; Elsie Herbert, blush white, picotte edge; Apple Blossom 

 Spencer, waved rose and blush; Afterglow, bright violet blue; America Spencer, bright 

 bloodred striped. 



Special collection offer: one packet each of the above 18 Tarieties, $2.76 



Send a postal for our new 1914 catalogue, the Hnest and most complete, listing only 

 nigh'grade seeds. 



DUPUY 81 FERGUSON 



38 JACQUES- CARTIER SQUARE - MONTREAL, QUE. 



Pruit Markets of the Putui 



The European representative of 

 United F"ruit Companies of Nova Sci 

 Limited, Mr. John N. Clute, in a re^ 

 letter to that company, reported in par 

 follows : 



I am of the opinion that the developn 

 of our fruit industry should be alonj- 

 line of quality rather than quantity. 

 in the next decade or two there v. 

 strong compyetition in the fruit trade. I 

 land, with her cheap supply, and Or? 

 and other western states with their 

 ior class of apple, will both be stron, 

 petitors with us for the English marK 

 We must not disguise the fact that 

 planting of orchards within the last 

 years has been out of proportion to 

 previous period, and out of proportioi 

 the development of the markets. 



In England not only has the pl-f- 

 been extensive, but growers have ; 

 more scientific methods of caring fc. 

 marketing their fruit. I was forcibly 

 pressed with this when attending the S 

 fruit show at Maidstone this year. Altho 

 only their third annual show, there w: 

 display of fruit that would do credit to 

 country. One thousand two hundred b< 

 of apples packed in scientific western s 

 were arranged in a most attractive n 

 ner. There was also on show one hum 

 and forty-four barrels of apples. There 

 more competition in the Brambley S' 

 than any other variety. The particu. . 

 ject of the show was to encourage pa 

 apples for export. England has aH 

 and growing export trade in apple- 

 South America. 



With these facts in regard to our c 

 petitors fairly before us, we must et 

 ourselves in the very best manner pos5 

 to meet the conditions. We must pro< 

 fruit of the best quality, handle it c 

 fully, and pack it honjostly and systen 

 cally. It must be put on the market in 

 very best condition possible, and that ' 

 the least possible expense. 



There is too much difference betv 

 what we receive and what the English 

 sumer has to pay. If we wish our a 

 trade to increase sufficiently to take th< 

 creased supply we must put in operatic 

 system by which our apples can be pro 

 ed by the consumer as cheaply as orai 

 or bananas. I am pleased to say that 

 United Fruit Companies have a sch 

 whereby expenses can be so reduced 

 the consumer can buy more cheaply 

 at the same time we, as growers, will 

 ceive more money for our fruit. 



Recent bulletins and circulars that 

 reached The Canadian Horticulturist, 

 elude the following : Bulletin No. 241. 

 sued by the Agricultural Experiment 

 tion, Berkley, Cal., entitled "Vine Pnii 

 in California." This bulletin is well i 

 trated, and deals among others with 

 grape vine. Bulletin No. 171 is being 

 tributed by the Agricultural Experir 

 Station at Lafayette. Ind. It is ent 

 "The Vegetable Garden." Vegetable g 

 ers will do well to obtain a copy of 

 "Peach Leaf Curl" and ''Apple Growin 

 New Jersey" are the titles of two circu 

 Nos. 29 and 30 respectively, being di 

 buted by the New Jersey Agricultural 

 periroent Station. 



Too many fruit growers forget that 

 spraying done at the proper time ■ 

 much more good than two or three sr 

 in?s done at other times. — H. K. Rp 

 Northumberland Co., Ont. 



