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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Northern Bred Italian Queens 



(itinrnntced as good as can bo had. Leaflet, 

 "How to Introduce Queens," 15c; "How to 

 Increase," 16c; both, 2Bc. 



E. E. MOTT, GLENWOOD, MICH. 



THE ROOT CANADIAN HOUSE 



185 Wright Ave., Toronto, Ont., successors 

 to The Chas. E. Hopper Co. Full line of 

 Root Co.'s goods; also Made-ln-Canada 

 goods; also Dadant's Foundation. Extractors 

 and Engines ; Gleanings and other bee Jour- 

 nals: Prairie State Incubators. Get the best. 

 Catalogue and price lists free. 



Three-Banded Italians 



Twenty years' selection and breeding is 

 why Murry's queens are better. A trial 

 order will convince you. Safe arrival and 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices after May 

 1st: 



1 6 12 



Untested 75 $4.00 $7.50 



Tested $1.25 6.50 12.00 



Bees, by the pound, J1.50. Better let me 

 book your orders now. 



H. D. MURRY 



MATHIS - - TEXAS 



THREE BANDED ITAUAN 



BEES AND QUEENS 



Bred from good, hardy, indus- 

 trious stocli in a locality where 

 disease has never been known. 

 We have a large, well-equipped 

 queen rearing yard, and can 

 ' usually fill all orders promptly. 

 Purity of mating, safe arrival 

 and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Ready in May. 

 Untested Queens, $1 each; 6, $5; 12, $9. 

 Tested, $1.50 each. Select tested, $2.50 each. 

 Breeding Queens, $5. 



</2 lb. package of bees $1.50 each 



1 lb. package of bees $2.50 each 



Add the price of Queen if wanted. 

 Prices for larger quantities furnished on 

 application. Send for a price list. 

 H. C. Short, Rt. 2, Winchester, Ohio, U.S.A. 



Queens 



"Reared in Canada" 



from the best Italian stock 



ONE DOLLAR EACH 



Six for Five Dollars 



P. TEMPLE 



438 Gladstone Ave., TORONTO, ONT. 



CARNIOLANS Only 



Carniolans build up fast 

 in the spring. Are very pro- 

 lific, very gentle, cap honey 

 very white, enter comb 

 honey supers readily, gather 

 almost no propolis, and are 

 the best of honey gatherers. 



Untested Queens, $1 each, 

 $9 dozen; Tested Queens, 

 $1.50 each, $12 dozen; 1 lb. 

 package, with Queen, $2.50. 



Delivery after May 15, depending; on the 

 season somewhat. 



ALBERT G. HANN 



CLINTON, N.J. 



U.S.A. 



Bees and Queens 



Ours are choice stock and Northern Bred; 

 are more desirable for Canadian Beekeepers. 

 Ask for Catalogue B. 



Bee Supplies — We sell Root's goods only. 

 Let us quote you prices on what you need. 

 Ask for Catalogue A. 



Berry Baskets, ask for Catalogue C. 



M. H. HUNT & SON 



LANSING 



MICHIGAN 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 

 A choice stork of Italian Qut'(.-n.s from no:'- 

 thern bred stock will be ready for shipping 

 from either of our apiarie.s after June 20th. 

 At $1.00 each, or 6 for $5.00. 

 Also some fine tested one-year-old queens 

 from our Mar.shfleld apiary at $1.00. 



At the end of Jilne when re-queening wc 



will have a number not quite so good at 



50c. You ran depend upon our service, 



backed as it Is with 45 years of experience. 



Vermont Apiaries Mar.shfleld. 111. 



DeLand, Fla. 



CANADIAN-BRED, LEATHER COLORED, 

 ITALIAN QUEENS 



Untested Queens, $1.00 each, $10.00 dozen; 

 warranted Queens, $1.10 each, $12.00 dozen; 

 tested after July 1, $1.50 each; breeding 

 Queens, $5.00 each. Place your orders early. 

 I guarantee you a square deal. 



JOHN A. McKINNON 



St. Eugene, Ont. 



Early Queens 



Italian and Carnlo-ltallan 

 Vigorous queens from clean, healthy colon- 

 ies. Safe delivery at your post office guar- 

 anteed. Dozen, untested, $10; tested, $15. 



The HAM & NOTT CO., Ltd, 



Brantford, Ont. 



Beekeepers 



Everything in the line of bee supplies. 

 Weed process comb foundation, Bingham 

 smokers. Porter bee escapes, improved modet 

 hives, etc. 



Bees by the pound package. The best way 

 to make increase. Hardy Canadian-bred 

 Italian stock; sure to please. Full instruc- 

 tions for handling with each shipment. 



Prices, including an untested Italian 



Queen: July 1 to 



June. Sept. 15. 



1-lb. package $3.50 $2.50 



2-lb. package 4.50 3.50 



3-lb. package 5.50 4.50 



Tested Queen included with above, 50c ex- 

 tra. Select tested, $1.00 extra, or best breed- 

 ing Queen, $4.00 each extra. Best Italian 

 Queens, untested $1.00; tested Queens, $1.50, 

 and select tested, $2.00 each. Usual dis- 

 counts by dozen or more. 



Write us if you have any Beeswax to 

 offer. Catalogue upon application. 



F. W. JONES, Bedford, Quebec 



A full line of Beekeepers' Supplies, includ- 

 ing our justly celebrated Double-walled Hive. 

 The pound package our specialty. We have 

 a few choice Colonies of Bees not sold yeL 

 We want Bees Wax. Have you got our 

 handsome catalogrue of "Perfection Brand" 

 Goods? It's free. 



Chas. E. Hopper & Co. 



126 Simcoe St., TORONTO, Ont. 



25 years of knowledge and experience we 

 give you In every order. 



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open is decUiiIug, l>ut scab sprdying is mucii 

 more general. iTuit pests are in evidence. 

 Varioas insects, especially aptiis, are more 

 in evidence ttian usual, and mucti peacli 

 leaf curl is reported in the Liower OKana- 

 gan. Fire Blight is only oc^sionally active 

 as yet, wiiicli is promising. 



Strawberries. — The bearing acreage is 

 about equal to 1914. In the Coast sections 

 rain is needed to give crops equal to last 

 year. Dry Belt strawberries usually pro- •) 

 niise a much better yield, while In the West 

 Kooteuay the yield Is likely to be lighter 

 than last year. 



Riaspberries. — The bearing acreage has 

 increased slightly, and all districts report 

 plantations as promising for good yields. 



Sour Cherries. — The condition is about 

 the same as last year, with prospects for 

 abo'ut the same production, or slight in- 

 crease. 



Sweet Cherries. — Generally in fair condi- 

 tion, with prospects for practically as large 

 a yield in the interior but a considerable de- 

 crease on the Coast. 



Peaches. — In the Okanagan many trees 

 have been cut out and a serious amount of 

 peach leaf curl is present, but the set is ex- 

 ceptionally heavy with prospects for ship- 

 ments much greater than last year. 



Plums. — In nearly all sections there are 

 prospects tor a plum crop ju.st aboitt equal 

 to last year, occasionally heavier, but in the 

 Okanagan a yield of two-thirds of last year 

 is to be expected. 



Pears. — Blossomed heavily in all districts, 

 and usually a crop equal to last year and 

 increases up to 25 per cent, greater are 

 reported. 



Apples. — The Coast apple crop seems like- 

 ly to equal 1914, the winter varieties being 

 in best condition. In the Thompson River 

 section the yield will not equal last year, 

 the present prospect being for 60 per cent. 

 In Salmon ArmiArmstrong district the old 

 trees are generally rather light, and the 

 total yield will he somewhat less than last 

 year. In the Okanagan, Vernon is reported 

 as having a very fair increase in prospect, 

 while Lake Points show a slight decrease. 

 Total shipments may siightly exceed last 

 year. In the Boundary, the apple crop will 

 be slightly less than last year, while in the 

 West Kootenay the increase will be very 

 considerable. While the season is gener- 

 ally reported as a week or ten days ahead 

 of normal, prospects are still far from defin- 

 ite, and this report gives only the most gen- 

 eral outline, which may be modified very 

 considerably before the end of June. 



Northwestern States. — It seems certain 

 that the apple crop of the Northwestern 

 States will fall short of 1914, especially in 

 Yakima and Spokane. Wpr.atchee expects 

 much the same apple crop as last year. 



Marketing Immature Fruit 



D. Johnson, Fruit ConimisMonor. Ottawa 

 The Dominion Fruit Inspectors will be 

 Instructed this season to pay particular at- 

 tention to tlie matter of maturity of the dif- 

 ferent fruits as they come upon the market. 

 Objections have been rais-ed in the past to 

 the packing of grapes, for instance, before 

 I hey were properly mature. Some shlpipers 

 have even gone so far as to over-face their 

 baskC'ts, placing well-ripened grapes on the 

 top TOW, while underneath the fruit was so 

 green as to be unfit for use. 



Practices such as those described have | 

 had a very depressing effect upon the mar- 

 l;et, as the consumer who once bought a 

 hasket of such fruit would not buy again. 

 Our InsipeotoTB are being instructed to take 

 special precautions to see that no such fruit 

 goes on the market this season. Any cases 



