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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1915. 



CARNIOLANS Only 



Carnlolans build up fast 

 In the spring:. Are very pro- 

 line, 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. 



BRED IN CANADA, leather colored Italian 

 Queens. Untested. $1,00 each: $10.00 a doz. ; 

 in lot.s of 2.'i or more, 75c ea' ii. Warranted 

 purely mated Queen.'*, $1.10 mch, or $12.00 

 a dozen; tested Queens, $1.60 > ach; Breeding 

 Queens, $.5.00 e.ioh. I guaranty o you a square 

 deal. 



JOHN A. McKINNON 

 St. Eugene ... Ont. 



When good queens are wanted I have the 

 goods. I'ui-e Itali.'in.s from iiiip<)rted mothtrr.s. 

 Al.'JO pure Carniolan.s and Caucasians from 

 imported mothers. 75c each, $8,00 per dozen. 

 No disease. 



GRANT ANDERSON 



RIv Handa 



Texas 



Queens 



"Reared in Canada" 



from the best Italian stock 



ONE DOLLAR EACH 



Six for Five Dollars 



P. TEMPLE 



438 Gladstone Ave., TORONTO, ONT. 



Leather Colored Italian Queens 



Bred for Honey Production 

 Queens are reared from .select mother.s, 

 record breakers, taken from our honey pro- 

 ducing apiaries of over l.OUO colonies. ' We 

 guarantee our queens to live as long and to 

 give as good or better satisfaction than any 

 of the so-called "Hardy, northern bred," 

 high priced queens. We invite closest com- 

 parison with the best. 



iTnlested queens, 60c each, $6.00 per dozen 

 Warranted purely mated, 75c each, $8.00 

 per dozen. 



Tested queens. $1.10 each. $12.00 per dozen. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 No disease. 



BROWN & BERRY. Hayneville, Ala. 



Power Honey Extractors 



Friction drive or with special 

 cut gears, smooth and easy 

 running. Speed control is per- 

 fect and simple. If you are 

 thinking of purchasing a power 

 outfit, write us at once. 



The Ham & Nott Co., Ltd. 

 BRANTFORD, ONT. 



THOROUGHBRED QUEENS 



Three-band and Golden Italians my stock. I secured the best stock obtainable, 

 unexcelled for honey gathering and very gentle. No better queens to be had, no matter 

 what price you pay. 



May 1st to July 1st. July 1st to Nov. 1st. 



1 6 12 1 6 12 



Untested $1.00 $5.00 $9.00 $.75 $4.00 $7,75 



Select, untested 1.25 6.00 11.00 1.00 5.00 9.00 



Tested 1.50 7.50 12.00 1.25 6.00 10.00 



Select, tested 2.00 10.75 18.00 1.75 9.00 16.00 



Breeding queens 5.00 



Nuclei— 1 frame 1.50 8.00 15.00 



Nuclei — 2 frame 2.50 12.00 22.00 



When ordering Nuclei select the queen you wish from the above list and add price to 

 same. No foul brood or disease. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed to all in the 

 United States and Canada. Address 



L. MORRISON, R. M. D. No. 1, Argenta, Ark , U.«.A. 



The Beekeepers' Review 



The Beekeepers' Review is now just beginning to publish those valuable papers read 

 at the National Beekeepers' Convention at Denver last February. If vou were to begin 

 your subscription with the May number none would be missed. We will be pleased to 

 receive your subscription for the last eight months of the year for an even 50c, post-paid 

 to Canadian subscribers. In remitting, say begin with the May number, so as to miss 

 none of those valuable papers. Those papers are only a part of the valuable material 

 we have on hand that will appear during this year, so we are verv sure you will receive 

 your money's worth by subscribing for the Review at this time. The Review is Owned 

 and Published by the Honey Producers Themsselves. consequentlv is published wholly to 

 our Interest. Kindly remit by postal note, not .stamps, a.s we cannot u.se Canadian 

 stamps. Address, with remittance, The Beekeepers' Review, Northstar, Mich. 



The Beekeepers' Review, Northstar, Michigan 



California grower.s are to find an outlet for 

 thedr rapidly Intneaslni? production, and the 

 CallfoTola Fruit Growers' Exchange carries 

 on an active advertising campaign with the 

 oibject of popularizing the consumption of 

 oranges and lemons "by nmking known their 

 valuable food properties and instructing the 

 pubHc in the many different methods of 

 preparing them. The directors realize that 

 unless by some such means the dr-"'-"'' 

 can be made to keep pace with the incr. 



production due to the tact that y 



Kroves are now reaching the bearing stage, 

 the stability of the wTiole industry will be 

 seriouiily threatened by the fall In prices 

 which must inevitably result from an over- 

 abundant supply. They are preparing to 

 meet this situation when the time comes. 



Manitoba 



W. C. McKillican, B.S.A., Superintenden, Brandon 

 Experimental Farm 



Some of the hardiest varieties of standard 

 apples are being tested at the Brandon Ex- 

 perimental Farm, but the situation does not 

 seem favorable and the results up to Uie 

 present are not encouraging. Good results 

 have been obtained with cross-bred varip 

 ties originated by the late Dr. \Vm. Saur 

 ders Who was for many years Director o: 

 the Experimental Farms. These were i>ro- 

 duced by crossing standard varieties with 

 (Pyrus (baccata), a native of Siberia, very 

 hardy but producing small astringent fruit. 

 Some of the hybrids originating from these 

 crosses have proved to be of great value for 

 prairie conditions. Many trees of this type 

 fruit abundantly at Brandon each year. 

 The fruit is about the size of an ordinary 

 crab apple and makes delicious preservi^s 

 and jellies. 



A new line of experimental work has 

 been taken up in recent years In the hope 

 of developing hardy varieties of standard 

 size and quality. Thousands of seedlings 

 of the hardiest standard apples are being 

 grown in nursery rows. At present about 

 11,000 of these seedlings are under obser- 

 vation at Brandon. It is hoped that greater 

 variation and consequently greater oppor- 

 tunities for selection will be gained by the 

 use of large numlbers. These seedlings wi'l 

 first be rigorously selected for hardiness, 

 th€>n the most hardy will be brought to the 

 fruitage stage, while the nursery rows will 

 be filled again with fresh thousands of seed- 

 lings. It is hoped in this way that out of 

 the many thousands of seedlings with the 

 great variations that seedlings show, that a 

 variety may be found that will be hardy 

 under the most rigorous conditions, and 

 yet bear fruit of good size and quality. 



Plums. 



The different varieties of pltnns that are 

 recommended for western conditions such 

 as Cheney, Aitken and the numerous varie- 

 ties originated by Professor Hansen of 

 South Dakota, are being tried at Brandon. 

 These all succeed well, but none are so sat- 

 isfactory on the whole as some of the best 

 strains of Manitoba Native plum. One of 

 the best and earliest of the latter has been 

 called the Major plum. Further work is 

 being done in developing and isolating im- 

 proved strains of the native plum. 



Bush Fruits. 



Currants, gooseberries and raspberries all 

 succeed well. Experiments are being con- 

 ducted in testing out the different varietie.^ 

 of bush fruits. Different methods of mulch- 

 ing and winter protection are also being 

 tried. 



Strawberries have been grown with grreat 

 success for many years. Experiments with 

 varieties and winter protection are being 

 conducted. 



