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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Classified AdYeftisemenls 



All 

 Seed Risks 



are covered by our three 

 warrants. By this we mean that 



GREGORY'S 



SEED 



shall alwaya be fresh, pure an<l rf liable. 



our fret- catalogue iilao foniains 11 lot 



of valuable t'anu aiul f^artU-u lacte. 



^J. J. U. UKKCiUltYA SOS , Ma rblcheftd, U»t. j 



GET OUR CATALOGUE OF 



RUBBER STAMPS 



AND STENCILS 



THE SUPERIOR MFG. CO. 

 58 ADELAIDE ST. W. TORONTO. 



Strawberry Plants 



Spring 1906 



"Wc are now booking orders for choice Straw- 

 berry" Plants for Spring setting. Williams, 

 Senator, Dunlop, Ryckman, and cTWatilda the 

 new^ big one. Correspondence solicited. 



W.H. BUNTING, Carleton Fruit Farm,St.Catharines,Ont. 



Strawberry Plants 



Virginia ami Chesapeake, winners of$l')0 GOLD I'KIZE f 

 o.icr^; also Cardinal, Commonwealth, Nortli Shore, Oaks 

 Karly. New York, Glen Mary, Stevens Cliaiiipion, and yO 

 others; best list, good stock, fair prices. Dewberries: Lu- 

 cretia and Austins. 



^ -, _ J Full line best new and standard old vari- 



•J Cv€l*» flies G AKDE N, FII:LI> and 1- LOWER 

 SHEDS. Now 60 Page Catalogue Froo. It tells about I 

 goud plants and seeds and where to ^et them. Send now to 



W. F. ALLEN, Dept. 67, SALISBURY, MD. 



QUALITY l&v.? 



BEND FOB OATALOaUE. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON 



.14» W»«t 14th St., New Tork. 



is always the same, 

 whether you buy a 5c 

 sack or a carload. 



There is only one 

 grade of Windsor Table 

 Salt — the best — and all 

 of it measures up to the 

 same standard of quality. 



•VY^ANTED— SUBSCRIPTION CANVASSERS 

 ** for The Canadian Horticulturist both 

 in cities and in the fruit districts of Canada. 

 Liberal commissions offered. Good men soon 

 put on salary. Write The Ca.xadian Horticul- 

 turist, Rooms 507-.508, Manning Chambers, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



j pOR SALE CHEAP— ONE OF THE CLEAN- 

 j * EST and best equipped greenhouses in To- 

 j ronto. Everything in .splendid condition, car- 

 ; nations planted, excellent stock of ferns and 



general stock of plants, 10,000 feet of glass. 



Apply at once to F. C, care of The Canadian 



Horticulturist. 



FeiryB Ree<1a are l:)e6t hecanso po 

 Bii(!<re88ful years have l>eeit fij)eittlii 

 their development— lialf a century 

 of expert care in making them 

 superioito all others 

 Vve are specialists In prowing 

 ilower and vegetahle seeds. 

 1906 (Seed Annual free. 



D.M.FERRY* CO., 



Windsor, 

 Ont. 



FERRY'5 



SEEDS ' 



Northern Grown Trees 



Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Peach, Nut and Or- 

 namental Trees. Small Fruits, Roses, Shrubs, 

 cheap. Specialties: Wismer's Dessei^ Apple and 



Mammoth Prolific Dewberry. 

 Send for Free Catalogue— it tells the whole story 



NURSERYMAN 

 PORT ELGIN. ONT. 



J. H. WISMER, 



Farm Fruit, Stock or Grain 



I will sell or exchange my Kcneral store and stock 

 for a small farm suitably situated. I am doing a 

 good business here — farm implement trade grow- 

 ing. Good reasons for selling. 



C. B. REECE, North Pelham, Ont. 



MANTTPF ^'■^p^''^'* ^y compost 



^ A JC*-J-1 U XVl-i process from which fruit 

 and nursery growers get the best results. 

 T "MT7T QOIVT 9? jar vis street 



J- i-N JI/ J-^OV^iN , TORONTO — CANADA 



Telephone Main 2510 



Established 1880 



Yes, It Pays to Buy 

 tke Best 



This applies to Nursery Stock as well as 

 other things. ^ If you intend planting 

 any Fruit or Ornamental Trees, Shrubs or 

 Vines, send for our 1906 Catalogue — ^just 

 out. 



THE DOMINION NURSERIES 



ESTABLISHED i860 



The Smith & ReeJ Co. St. Catharines, Ont. 



DisKonest PacKer Caught 



J. J. Philp, Winnipeg, Man. 



Dishonest fruit growers are beginning to re- 

 alize that they are not certain to escape de- 

 tection because they choose country points in 

 , Manitoba or the Western provinces, in prefer- 

 ence to Winnipeg, as a field for their exploits. 

 A large shipment sent by Mr. Archibald Pat- 

 terson, of Kidgetown, Ont., was condemned re- 

 cently because of the great proportion of in- 

 ferior fruit it contained. In January, 1904, 

 Mr. Patterson was fined for a similar offence, 

 but the lesson was not forcible enough. Since 

 that time, however, he has done business chiefly 

 outside of Winnipeg. 



A careful examination of the fruit showed 

 that nearly half of it was marked the wrong 

 grade. The agent for the consigner was fined 

 SI. DO and costs for each package falsely marked 

 or falsely packed. The entire cost to the ship- 

 per will aggregate considerably more than the 

 fine. 



The majority of Ontario shippers are honest, 

 and make an honest endeavor to pack their 

 fniit properly and comply with the require- 

 ments of the law. Letters are received fre- 

 quently from packers, who have been notified 

 of defects, expressing thanks for pointing out 

 these mistakes, and promising to exercise more 

 care in the future. 



Carry a PocKet Lens 



A. McNeill, Fruit Division, Ottawa 



No farmer and, more especially, no fruit 

 grower should be without a pocket lens. It is 

 perhaps as valuable in its use as a pocket knife, 

 though not so frequently called into requisition. 

 With it a farmer can immediately make an ex- 

 amination of seeds, note insect pests and fung- 

 ous diseases on plants, and abnormal conditions 

 everywhere. 



The orchardist cannot work intelligently 

 without it. It answers all practical purposes 

 for the examination of clover, timothy and 

 other small seeds. In fact, in innumerable 

 ways, it may save the farmer hundreds of dol- 

 lars each year. 



Controlling Nature 



Everybody knows that of late years natural 

 forces have been wonderfully subjected to man's 

 need. People now living can remember when 

 the number of edible fruits and vegetables was 

 far less than at present and even those that 

 j could be grown were vastly inferior to what we 

 now have. For example, our parents knew 

 nothing of the tomato except as a curious or- 

 ; nament in the garden. Sweet com was hardly 

 '• better than the commonest field sorts. All 

 ! oranges had seeds. Celery %vas little known and 

 i poor in quality. In the fiower bed the magnifi- 

 cent pansy has replaced the insignificant heart's 

 ease from which it was developed, and the 

 sweet pea in all its dainty splendor traces its 

 origin to the common garden vegetable. 



This progress has been made in spite of the 

 great tendency manifested in all plants and 

 animals to go back to the original type. It is 

 indeed a battle to keep strains pure and up to 

 the standard they have already attained, let 

 alone any improvement. The practical results 

 are accomplished by men operating largely for 

 love of the work, like Luther Burbank in Cali- 

 fornia and Eckford in England, as well as by 

 the great seed merchants, D. M. Ferry & Co., of 

 Windsor, Ont., who are not only eternally vigi- 

 lant to hold what ground has been gained, but 

 have a corps of trained specialists backed by 

 ample means to conduct new experiments. The 

 results of their experience can be found in their 

 1906 Seed Annual which they will send free to 

 all applicants. 



The onion growers of the section surround- 

 ing Scotland, Ont., asked the Tariff Commis- 

 sion for a duty of 25 cents a bushel instead of 

 25 per cent. Growers in that district produce 

 60 carloads of onions a year 



