THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, I'Jl 



Classified Advertisements 



Advertisements in this department 

 inserted at rate of 3 cents a word for 

 each insertion, each figure, sign, or sin- 

 gle letter to count as one word, mini- 

 mum cost 30c., strictly cash in advance. 



REAL ESTATE 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS — J'rults farms a speci- 

 alty. W. B. CaJder, Grimsby. 



NIAGARA DISTRICT FRUIT FARMS— Before 

 buyins, it will pay you to consult me. 1 make 

 a specialty of fruit and grain farms. Melvin 

 Gaymon & Co., St. Catharines. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



GOLDEN AND 3-BAND ITALIAN, also Car- 

 nlolan queon.s. Tested, each, $1.00; 3 to 6, 

 95c; 6 or more, 85c. Untested, 75c; 3 to 6, 

 70c; 6 or more, 65c. Bees, per pound, $1.50. 

 Nuclei, per frame, $1.50. C. B. Bankston, 

 Buffalo. Leon Co., Texas. 



TtaLIAN QUEENS, also the Golden Beauties 

 and Carniolans. Tested, $1.00. Untested, 

 76c each. For bees by the pound and queens 

 in lots write for prices. Page Bankston, Buf- 

 falo, Texas. 



BEES AND QUEENS — Pure bred Poultry, prize 

 winners, stock and eggs. Rose Comb Brown 

 Leghorns and Black Minorcas, White Rocks, 

 Black Langshams, White Minorcas. W. P. 

 Collins, Boulder, Col., U.S.A. 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS, reared for 

 Canadians. Hardy, winter well. Send for 

 circular. Standard bee hives shipped direct 

 from factory in Iowa at $1.20 each. Stover 

 Apiaries, Mayhew, Miss. 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS as advertised 

 on page 137. Catalogue free. Deroy Taylor 

 Co., Newark, N.Y. 



SAMPLE QUEENS — To introduce our Moor's 

 strain of Leather colored and Golden Italian 

 Queens, we will send one to each applicant at 

 40c each, cash with order. Ogden Bee & 

 Honey Co., Ogden, Utah. Timberline Riggs, 

 Breeder. 



QUEENS — Our early queen breeding location is 

 a long narrow oasis in the desert of Southern 

 Nevada, which is crossed at sloapa by the 

 Salt L?\e and Los Angeles R. R. Write for 

 our circular, which gives prices of queens; 

 bees by the pound, nuclei, etc. Booking or- 

 ders now. Ogden Bee & Honey Co., Ogden, 

 Utah. Timberline Riggs, Breeder. 



QUEENS OF QUALITY— I am booking orders 

 for early queens now. Three-banded Italians 

 only. Circular free. J. I. Banks, Dowelltown, 

 Tenn. 



BEST ITALIAN QUEENS AND BEES at most 

 reasonable prices. J. H. Haughey, Berrien 

 Springs, Mich. 



BEES AND QUEENS — During spring and sum- 

 mer months we requeen all our two thousand 

 colonies to prevent swarming. The queens 

 removed from these hives are only one year 

 old and of best Italian stock. We offer these 

 queens at 50c each, $5.40 per dozen. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed or money back. No disease. 

 Spencer Apiaries Co., Nordhoff, Cal., U.S.A. 



BEES AND QUEENS — California queens, nu- 

 clei and bees, bred from the best Doollttle 

 stock. Our customers say they are hustlers. 

 A sample order will prove It to you. We can 

 fill any sized order at once. Queens, untest- 

 ed 75c, dozen $8.00; select $1.00. dozen $10.00; 

 tested $1.25, dozen $12.00; select $1.50, dozen 

 $15.00: tested 1 year old 75c, dozen $8.00; se- 

 lect $1.00, dozen $10.00: nuclei, 2 frames, 

 $1.50; 3 frames, $2.25; 5 frames, $3.00; 10- 

 frame colony, $4.50. Bees by the pound. '/2-lb. 

 package, 75< ; 1-lb. pkg., $1.00; 2-lb. pkg., 

 $1.75; 5-lb. pkg., $4.00. Add price of queens 

 desired to all above prices of bees and nuclei. 

 Special discounts on lots of 100 or more. Any 

 one of the above queens free, or 10 per cent, 

 discount from your order, if you will send us 

 the names and addresses of your neighbor 

 beekeepers. Delivery guaranteed. No dis- 

 ease. Spencer Apiaries Co., Nordhoff, Cal. 



GOLDEN 3-BANDED ITALIANS, also Carni- 

 olan queens. Tested, $1.00 each, 6 or more, 

 85c each. Untested, 75c each. 6 or more, 65c 

 each. Everything guaranteed to reach you in 

 Food Shane. No disease. I. N. Bankston, 

 Buffalo. Texas, Box 135. 



of one better fitted to be a leader. Being 

 absolutely fearle&s, and possessing bound- 

 less energy and conspicuous ability, he was 

 a most excellent officer. I can Imagine see- 

 ing him leading his men to talie tlie enemy's 

 guns." 



Thus died, in the cause of his country, 

 "one of nature's gentlemen." 



NIAGARA DISTRICT PROSPECTS. 



Seldom have the prospects for a large crop 

 of fruit been as brigiit in the Niagara Dis- 

 trict as they are this year. Th« profusion 

 of bloom has been practically unparalleled 

 in Uie history of the district. Every tree, 

 even the smallest, iias been crowded with 

 buds. 



Out oldest fruit growers spealt of the 

 prospects as being most unusual in charac- 

 ter. iPractically all varieties of fruit are 

 equally promising. 



What You Want in a Sprayi n 



The first essential is thorough spraying 

 efficiency, then freedom from defects, 

 durability, service and dollar-for-dollar 

 value. All this and more you get In the 



It isnt a SPRAMOTOR unless we made it 



The supremacy of the SPRAMOTOR 

 in every class is unquestionable. Every 

 machine bearing the name is built to 

 endure. Its exclusive patented features will 

 compel you to pronounce it the best you 

 ever saw. Write for free booklet to-day. 



Made in Canada 

 N Duty to Pay 



SPRAMOTOR WORKS 

 2422 Kill St., 

 LondoD, Canada 



CLASSIFIED— Continued 



BEES AND QUEENS 



KEYSTONE GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS will 

 please you for honey gathering; healthy 

 brood and nice gentle bees; also Red Clover 

 queens, bred in 8 different yards, 5 miles 

 apart. Queens, $1.00; $9.00 per dozen. Will 

 H. Carl, Elysburg, Pa. 



QUEENS BY RETURN MAIL— When you need 

 queens by return mail we can fill your order. 

 Three-band Italians only, bred for business. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Tested queens, $1.00 each; untested, $1.00, 

 $9.00 per dozen. J. W. K. Shaw & Co., Lor- 

 eauviUe, La. 



BEE SUPPLIES 



CALIFORNIA RED WOOD HIVES— Single 

 storey, 85c; supers, 25c; frames, IHc each; 

 10 per cent, discount in lots of 100 or more of 

 any of above. Special 5 per cent, discount on 

 all supplies. Let us show you some of our 

 bargains by sending our catalogue. It's free. 

 Also a fine hive scraping tool, by mail, free 

 if you will send us names and addresses of 

 your neighbor beekeepers. Spencer Apiaries 

 Co.. Nordhoff, Cal., U.S.A. 



SEEDS AND~PLANTS' 



READ ABOUT BEZZO'S FAMOUS PRIZE 

 ASTERS on page 140. C. M. Bezzo, Berlin, 

 Ont. 



EARLY IRISH COBBLER POTATOES— Speci- 

 ally selected and Government inspected for 

 seed. One dollar per bushel. Cash with or- 

 der. Special price in lots. Have only lim- 

 ited quantity. H. W. Dawson, Brampton, Ont. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



1,000 GUMMED HONEY LABELS, two colors, 

 any wording, for $1.30. Catalogue free. Pearl 

 Card Co.. Clintonville. Conn. 



Western Marketing Methods. 



At a meeting of the fruit growers who are 

 members of the Okanagan United Growers, 

 held about the first of April, the following 

 policy was adopted: 



That earnest efforts be made to arrange 

 a working basis with our competitors as to 

 selling policy and prices. 



To have one warehouse on the prairie and 

 one or more representatives, the number to 

 be increased as business warrants, and that 

 at Vancouver we have our own representa- 

 tive, with necessary equipment to be ob- 

 tained as required. 



That we sell our own goods. 



That garden truck and early soft fruits be 

 placed direct with the retail trade by our 

 own salesmen so far as possible. 



That we sell our main carload crop chiefly 

 to the regular wholesale trade on an f.o.b. 

 shipping point basis. 



That no goods unsold be shipped out ex- 

 cept to our own salesmen. 



That cheaper packages be used especially 

 in handling orchard run or off varieties of 

 apples. Baskets will also be used in mak- 

 ing experiment shipments of soft fruits, 

 early apples and crab apples. 



That our export markets be extended. 



Open Packages. 



That this Association approves, at least 

 for its own use, the adoption of an open 

 package for apples and plums, of such a 

 nature that the fruit may in most cases be 

 packed in the orchard. In the case of apples 

 the contents to be "orchard run," (without 

 culls) of the net weight of about 40 lbs., 

 and to be a distinct package from that used 

 for cookers or No. 3 and this be done only 

 suificient to try it out this season. 



We recommend the marketing of our crop 

 without the use of brokers and wholesalers 

 as far as possible. 



A Minimum Price. 

 That it shall be considerea a part of the 

 duty of the executive to fix for fruit and 

 produce of all kinds and grades a minimum 

 price below which such fruit and produce 

 shall not be sold without warning to the 

 locals of the state of the markets; such 

 minimum price to be such as will leave a 

 small margin to the growers, after all aver- 

 age cost of picking, hauling, packing and 

 selling have been taken into consideration; 

 and that when market prices are approach- 

 ing this minimum or the markets are glutted 

 and unsettled and the prices ruling low, 

 warning shall be Immediately sent to every 

 local which shall notify its associated grow- 

 ers in such way as it may deem best and 

 thus throw upon the grower the responsi- 

 bility of deciding whether he will continue 

 the harvestingof his crops. 



TORONTO 



Eig^hteen streets were selected for street 

 improvement last year by the Toronto Hor- 

 ticultural Society for each of which one sil- 

 ver and two bronze medals were given as j 

 prizes. In the working- man's homes com-j 

 petitions there were two districts : River- 

 dale and Wychwood. Cash prizes were giv-^ 

 en in each. In the poorest parts of the 

 city 12,220 packages of seeds were distributj 

 ed to 887 families. Sixty-five per cent, of 

 these turned out well ; fiftecfn per cent. fairJ 

 and twenty per cent, failures — half of thf 

 latter owing to removals. Exhibitions wera 

 held as usual in May, June, July and \\A 

 gust. The School Children's Home Gar4 

 dens and exhibitions were a great success.] 

 Cash prizes and medals were awarded. 



