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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 19ir) 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 



Advertisements in this department inserted at rate of 3 cents a word for 

 each insertion, each figure, sign, or single letter to count as one word, mini- 

 mum cost 30c., strictly cash in advance. 



REAL ESTATE 



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

 alty. W. B. Calder, Grimsby. 



NIAGARA DISTRICT FRUIT FARMS— Before 

 buying, It will pay you to consult me. I make 

 a specialty of fruit and grain farms. Melvin 

 Gaymon & Co., St. Catharines. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



GOLDEN AND 3-BAND ITALIAN, also Car- 

 niolan queens. Tested, each, $1.00; 3 to 6, 

 ll5c; 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. 



KEYSTONE GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS will 

 please yo.u for honey gathering; healthy 

 brood and nice gentle bees; also Red Clover 

 <iueens, bred in 8 different yards, 5 miles 

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

 H. Carl, Elysburg, Pa. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



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. Timberllne Riggs, 

 Breeder. 



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 

 good shape. No disease. I. N. Bankston, 

 Buffalo. Texas. Box 135. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, also the Golden Beauties 

 and Carniolans. Tested, $1.00. Untested, 

 75c each. For bees by the pound and queens 

 in lots write for prices. Page Bankston, Buf- 

 falo. Texas. 



BEES AND QUEENS — California queens, nu- 

 clei and bees, bred from the best Doollttle 

 .stock. Our customers say they are hustlers. 

 .\ .sample order will prove it to you. We can 

 nil 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, i^-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., Nordhoft, Cal. 



QUEENS — Our early queen breeding location is 

 a long narrow oasis in the desert of Southern 

 Nevada, which is crossed at Moapa 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. Timberllne Riggs, Breeder. 



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., Nordhoft, Cal., 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 

 .\piaries, Mayhew, Miss. 



QUEENS OF QUALITY— 3 band Italians by 

 i-etum mail, 75c. eadh, $8.00 per dozen. J. I. 

 Bajnks, DoweHtown, Tenn. 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS as advertised 

 on page 159. CartaJogaie free. Deroy Tay'or 

 Co.. Newark, N.T. 



BEST THREE BANDED ITALIAN QUEENS— 

 .lune to October, matheo-s selected from more 

 tliajn 100 colonies and reared In hives run- 

 ning over with bees, aooording to the latest 

 sclemtitlc methods. Every qu«en a dandy. 

 S-iitUfaotlon B-ua ran teed. Each 75c, per dozen 

 $7.20. pcrr hundred $50.00, .\l.so bew ajid 

 hnn<>y. J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs. Mii* 



FOR SALE — Three bandctd I'taJian queens, 

 from the be«t Jioney-giatlheiing strains, that 

 are haixiy and gentle. Untested queens, 76c.; 6, 

 $4.25; 12, $8.00. Tested queens. $1.25; 6, $7.00; 

 12, $13.00. .S<'lectcd quevns, add 25 ots. each 

 to above prices. Breeding queens $3.00 to 

 $5.00 each. For queens in larger quantities, 

 write for prices and circulars. Robert B. 

 ^picer, Wiiarton, N. J. 



IMPROVED three banded red clover ITALIANS, 

 biHjd for business. Untested $1.00, dozen 

 $10.00; Select $1.25, dozen $12.00; Tested $1..')>. 

 eacih. Beea in 9 and 10 frame Langstiruth 

 Hives, $9.00 each, price of queen to be added. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. Charlton & Jonc.« 

 Co., Ltd., Walsh, Ont. 



QUEENS OF QUALITY — Our Hand-Moore 

 Kti-ain of 3 -banded Italians are beautiful and 

 good honey gatherers. Secured 223 ."seotion-s 

 oomlb honey from best colony 1914 season. 

 Oniy drones from iseiected queene near mat- 

 ing yiaixl. Bi'eed .strictly for busineiss. Un- 

 tested, 75c; half doz., $4.00; Select, $1.00. 

 Queen.s niaikxi ^promptly <w money returned. 

 W. A. Latshanv Co., Clarion, Mich. 



HARDY NORTHERN QUEENS — Moore's 

 .strain of ItaUanjs. Untested $1.00 each, 6 for 

 $5.00. Less in large numbers. P. B. Ramer, 

 Harmony, Minn. 



FOR SALE — 20 or 30 Colonies of bees to reduce 

 my stock. 10 frame Langstroth. Jacob Al- 

 I)augh. 46 Cherry St., Stratford, Ont. 



BEE SUPPLIES 



CALIFORNIA RED WOOD HIVES— Single 

 storey, 85c; supers, 25c; frames, lV4c 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 beekeeper.s. Spencer Apiaries 

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



BEE SUPPLIES for beekeepers in Northern 

 Ontario. I have a full supply of goods for 

 shipping on short notice. W^rite for oata- 

 logTie. Scott Eraser, Gore Bay, Ont. 



WANTED — Second-hand four-frajme (Lang- 

 stroth) rever.sJible extractor. M. L. Newland. 

 R. R. No. 2. Cainsville. Ont. 



SEEDS AND PLANTS 



READ ABOUT BEZZO'S FAMOUS PRIZE 

 ASTERS on page 163. 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. 



Annapolis Valley 



Manning Ellis 



This is one of the coldest and latest 

 .springs on record. The oldest inhabit- 

 ant will have to search his memory to 

 remember another May with as many cold 

 east winds and rainy days. Spraying has 

 not begun, or is only being started May 24th, 

 when at that date in other years the Graven- 

 steins were in bloom. The Valley fruit- 

 grower, unless he uses the spray pump very 

 vigorously this season, is sure of a wonder- 

 ful crop of Black Spot. 



Apples and other fruits give promise of a 

 splendid bloom that two weeks of fine 

 weather, if we get it, will change into grow- 

 ing apples, plums and pears. Strawberries 

 wintered well, and if they get through the 

 frost season will mean money in the fortun- 

 ate grower's pocket when he needs it the 



most. More interest i» being given to berr;. 

 urowing, due no doubt to the high pricc.-.-- 

 of the last three years. Many new planta- 

 tions are being set this spring. 



To date, the green aphis, that did sucli 

 great injury in the Valley two years ago, i- 

 not showing on the young twigs, and Prof. 

 IJrittaln, the Provincial Entomologist, re- 

 ports there is little danger from them this 

 year. This information will make quite a 

 difference in the spraying expense, as "Black 

 Leaf Forty" i.s the most expen.iive of the 

 spraying ingredients. 



A local branch of the Maritime Bee Keep- 

 ers' Association was formed in Kentvllle this 

 spring to promote more and better bee keep- 

 ing in the Valley. The importance of bee 

 Iteeping to the fruit growers is now becom- 

 ing generally recognized, and many are buy- 

 ing hives to place near their orchards foi 

 the good the bees do these with the honey 

 as a secondary consideration. This will 

 lead to a more general consumption of honey 

 in the home, and an appreciation of Its 

 value as a food that is now too often over- 

 looked. 



Inspection of Basket Factories 



D. Johnson, Frnit Commissioner, Ottawa, Ont. 



There are in Ontario some twenty-five fac- 

 tories manufacturing fruit packages. The 

 majority of these are in the Niagara Pen- 

 insula, though there are individual factories 

 in practically every section of the province. 



Formerly there has been no general in- 

 spection made of these factories. Occas- 

 ional visits have been made to them by a 

 qualified officer of this branch, but these 

 visits were not frequent, as it was generally 

 considered that the manufacturers were 

 turning out packages that conformed to the 

 requirements of the Inspection and Sale Act, 

 Part IX. 



During the past two years, many com- 

 plaints have been received from growers re- 

 gaiding the packages supplied to them. The 

 poor quality of the veneer and the faulty 

 nailing were particularly complained of, and 

 in some cases the baskets were not of legal 

 size. On account of these complaints it has 

 boen decided that a frequent inspection of 

 basket factories is necessary in order to pro- 

 tect both the shippers and the consumers. 



One such inspection has just been made, 

 and certain features noted. The most es- 

 sential requirement, so far as the manufac- 

 turers are concerned, is that any particular 

 package made by one factory should be uni- 

 form in size to the same package made by 

 any other factory. Unless that requirement 

 is enforced, there is a strong temptation to 

 make a "short" package, popular to some 

 growers, but unfair to the consuming public 

 and to the honest manufacturer. In order 

 to effect uniformity, a standard form must 

 be introduced which every factory will be 

 required to use. 



The use of a two-piece stapled bottom in 

 six and eleven quart baskets, and the in- 

 adequate nailing of the side bands and 

 handles are features which in many in- 

 stances will have to be removed. The im- 

 mense number of baskets which are broken 

 during the shipping season can be greatly 

 lessened by having every basket nailed in a 

 more secure manner. 



During the coming summer every basket 

 factory in Canada will be visited once a 

 month, and by this means it is hoped that 

 more care will be given by manufacturers to ; 

 the strength and uniformity of the packages 

 they are making. 



"The Canadian Horticulturist is an excel- 

 lent paper, complete with good instructive 

 articles and well worth the money." — H. T. ; 

 Rutherford, "Graylands," Duncan, B. C. 



