XIV. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1914 



500,000 PEET BELTING FOR SALE 



I^alhur, Hublier I'anvaH. etc. lOO.CXX) rods Wire 

 renclnif. ll),0(«) Ib8. Barb Wire at 2c. per lb., 

 3(ji),txM) ft. Iron Pipe, also 1,(101) other bariralnH at 

 25% to 60/ I0S8 than regular value. NevrIiHt8JUBl 

 issued, sent free on re<)uest. Write immediately. 



IMPERIAL MFG. & SUPPLY CO.. 

 6 yUEKN 8T. MONTBEAL, QliE. 



f"^ All kinds of Machinery Bought and Sold. 



Vinegar Plants 

 Cider Presses 



We are the exclusive Oanadiao Aeent^ for 

 the Hydraulic Preea Mtg. Co., Mount Gilead. 

 Ohia If you want a Cider Press of a.ny kind 

 or a Vinegar Plant, write vm. 



The Brown Boggs o. 



Limited 



HAMILTON, CAN, 



FREE LAND 



FOR THE SETTLER IN 



NEW ONTARIO 



Millions of acres of virgin soil obtainable 

 free and at a nominal cost are calling for 

 cultivation. 



Thousands of farmers have responded 

 to the call of this fertile country aad are 

 being made comfortable and rich. Here, 

 right at the door of Old Ontario, a home 

 awaits you. 



For full information as to terms, regula- 

 tions, and settlers rates, write to 



H. A. MACDONELL 



Director ol Colonization 

 Parliament Buildings., TORONTO 



HON. JAS. S. DUPP 



Minister of Agriculture 

 Parliament Bldgs., Toronto 



The buyers arc under an agreement 

 with the brokers not to buy by auction 

 within certain limits, and the brokers are 

 in turn bound to conform to a certain 

 standard in the s<'lection and cataloging 

 of the goods, so it will be seen that the 

 brokers' monopoly is well maintained; the 

 same regulations practically applying to 

 both centres. 



It is not our province to discuss the fair- 

 ness of this, and of course there are strong 

 opinions both ways. Growers who send 

 goods to be sold for their own account 

 inust decide for themselves as to the rela- 

 tive value of the sale by auction as against 

 the sale by private firms. These latter, of 

 whom many are to be found in our adver- 

 tising pages, just sell on the open market, 

 or very often actually on the quay side in 

 the ordinary private treaty manner. 



What will most interest our readers, 

 however, will be the selecting of apples for 

 the big sales. Each broker has of course 

 a staflf of experienced men who examine 

 the anples on the arrival and discharge of 

 the boat. They are then classified, each 

 according to its own mark and grade, as 

 follows: (First) Tights, or barrels in per- 

 fectly good condition. (Second) Slacks, or 

 barrels in which the apples have sunk a 

 little, but which are not very bad. (Third) 

 Slack and wet, and (fourth) Wasty. The 

 last two designations speak for them- 

 selves. Occasionally we get some almost 

 worthless, others worthless, and in the lat- 

 ter case the goods are only sold for the 

 value of the barrel. 



These selections have to be very care- 

 fully made, as under certain circumstances 

 buyers can refuse their purchases if the 

 selection is not up to the standard bought. 

 In this case the goods are often sold 

 again at the next sale, with the proviso 

 "No rejections" which of course means a 

 lower price. 



Extended cooperation, the union of local 

 associations in one central selling body, iis 

 the most urgent need in connection with the 

 fruit growing industry of Ontario at the 

 present time. 



RENNIE'S 



I.X.L. 

 TOMATO 



EXTREMELY EARLY, 



WONDERFULLY 



PROLIFIC 



A week earlier llun the Earliana. 

 More productive tlian llie Chalk's 

 Jewel. AslargeasthePlenlifuL As 

 solid as the New Globe. In fact, the 

 world's leading eitremely early 

 Tomato. 



In our field tests, I.X.L. Tomato 

 proved to be a week to ten days 



earlier than the Spark's Earliana. 



with anabundancooffruitlargerand "^^^l^^^l^^^"^ 



Tomatn C n^t' JJlfbh^' •T,?'?'.'"? '* Without a single exception theloading extremely early 

 Jro?:^ine?yoTbir?eT™r ' "'" '*' ''"' "'"' ^°"' ""'"" '^'^^ '=^'"> "" '■^L' Tomato.^ Youl^ 

 1. A beautiful, brillian ired color. 



!• Jii"™.""!""^'" '"•ssoflarje, smoothfruit, a single planlyieldins! bushel. 

 8. fYui li sexu-emely early , enormously abundant, ripens al 1 a lonce. 



4. vises compac (and can be placed two eelapartinthree-foo trows. 

 6. IhelargMilitrowers tell usthal wecannotsay loo much in favor of the I.X.L. Tomsts. 

 Price: jib. $2.85, oz. 75c, i az. lOc.pkl I5c 



OUR SPECIAL OFFER 



T.™.!""^^ every person who uses seeds to see our 1914 Seed Book and try this Splendid Early 

 n??^^;=Mi p"' ''™:? a packet for 10c. with Seed Book . Thi,, bo.Dk is full of new photographs 

 of Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers. Send your address to-day 



W**- RENNIE C«- Limited «"• ^'^^'V^^r-oVto" ^'™''' 



Branches at Montreal, Wiinipef and Vaacouver 



QUEENS 



Northern bred It^iljana, Jfardy etock. tj.-m 



strain honey (raUi<j.,/8. Order NOW. Pri«* 



April and May— Unt«sted tlOO, Teetod $1.50 



t JSP*** »2«l- Extra selected. 3 banded 



^ B DWIS CO.. .WROHA, Ml... USA 



Northern Grown Trees 



Apple, Pear. Plum, Cherry. I'eacli 



Grapes. Small l'ruit«, Jjeciduoua aud 



hvcrgreen OrnamenlaUi, Hoses. Flowering 

 Shrube, Climbers, etc. 



Cata.lOBue Free: it tellK thB whole Htorv 



J. H. WISSMER. Nurseryman, Port Elgin. Ont. 



FOR^ALE AND WANTED 



AdTertlsemenu In this departmenFln- 

 serted at rate of 3 cents a word for each 

 Insertion, each fl^re, slgrn or single letter 

 to count as one word, minimum cost, 30 

 eents, strictly cash In advance. 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS-Fruit farmsaspeciajty. 

 — w. a. Oalaer, G-rimsby- 



NIAGARA DISTRICT FRUIT f AR.MS.-Before 



buying It wiU pay you to coosull me. i make 

 a specialty of fruit and erain farms.-Melvln 

 dayma.n & Co, St. Catharines. 



RELIABLE HELP, SKILLED AND unskilled, 

 suppUed horticulturists aud others. Canadian 

 bm^oyment Bureau. Proprietor member of 

 B. G. A Loudon, KugUad. 65}/a James St. 

 south, Hamilton, Out. 



ASK DAWSON. He knows. 

 M v«i{ Z^ll ^ ^^^ ^ ^'*™ consult me. 

 I uA.ri '*'*'*T to buy a farm consult me. 

 ^ rf .^"'« of tie beet fruit, Stock. Grain 



and X>aary Faxma ou my list at right prices. 



H. W. Dawson, Ninety Colbome St., Toronto. 



SALMON ARM, Shusway Lake. RC , has the 

 finest fruit and dairy land in B.C. No irriga- 

 tion necessary; mild wintere, moderate sum- 

 mers, no blizzards or high wind*-; delightful 

 ciimate; enormous yields of fruit, vegetables 

 and hay; good fishing; fine boating amidst the 

 most beautiful scenery, and the Salmon Arm 

 fruit has realized 26 cents per box more than 

 other fruit in B.C. Prices of land moderatew 

 and terms to suit. Apply to F. C. Haydock. 

 Salmon Arm, B.C. 



BEES wanted, up to 250 colonies. Particulars 

 to Box 23, Pisherville, Ont 



BEES WANTED— Kither with or without other 

 equipment. Give full particulars to W m. 

 ^veir, 34 Chester Ave., Kiverdale, Toronto. Ont. 



BEES WANTED-Particulars to A. D.. Box 86 

 O.A.C.. Guetph. 



HONEY LABELS— Catalogue and prices free for 

 the asking —Pearl Card Co., Clintonville, Conn. 



50 COLONIES OF BEES for sale. Address, W- 8 

 Walton, Seajboro Junction, Ontario. 



I BUY BEES STANDING. Myself pack and load. 

 Owner pockets cash — F. A. Allen, PhiUi>aburg 

 East, Que. 



FOR QUICK SALE-25 Colonies of Bees, also 24 

 Ibe. Bees Wax. Price reaeonable.— Mrs. W. H. 

 W'ebster, Bellamy, Ontario. 



BEZZOS FAMOUS PRIZE ASTERS-Bead partiou- 

 lars on page ix. 



I CAN NOW SUPPLY the demand for Old 

 Country Gooseberry Bushes — 2 year 25c. one 

 year 15c each. Tam O'Shanter Bed Currant 

 Bushes, 25c— Wm. Dick, Hlcho Place. Brantford. 

 Ontetrio. 



EXPERIENCED BEEKEEPER desires an engage 

 ment for the season. Age 30— Box 20, Canadian 

 HorticultTirist, Peterboro. Ontario. 



FOR SALE — Bees and Queens. 2 fraim Neuclei 

 Queenleee S2.25. 3 fraim S325. 10 fraim Colonies 

 with Queen $8.00, f.o.b. Berolair.. Queens, tcet- 

 erd »1.26. untested $100— Join W. Pharr, Bor- 

 clair, Texas. 



