THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



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. 



cure for "ilie thousand natural shoclis that 



flesh is heir to." 



Armstrong, B.C. CHARLES WEBSTER. 



REAL ESTATE 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS— Fruits 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. Melvln 

 Gay man & Co., St. Catharines. 



FARMS — All kinds, all sizes, for sale, fruit 

 stock, grain and dairy farms. Let me know 

 what you are looking for. H. W. Dawson, 

 Brampton, Ont. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS as advertised 

 on page lus. Catalogue free. Deroy Taylor 

 Co., Newark, N.T. 



FOR SALE — Three banded Italian queens, 

 from the best honey-gatiheirdng strains, that 

 are hardy and gentle. Untested Queens, 76c. ; 6, 

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

 12, $13.00. Selected queens, add 25 cts. each 

 to above prices. Breeding queens $3.00 to 

 $6.00 each. For queens In larger quantities, 

 write for prices and circulars. Robert B. 

 Spdcer, Wharton, N. J. 



ITALIAN QUEENS— For sale at 60c each, $7.00 

 per dozen. Safe arrival guaranteed. T. J. 

 Talley, R.R. No. 3, Greenville, Ala. 



QUEENS BY RETURN MAIL— Three-band 

 Italians only, which have been bred to a high 

 standard of excellence, to which leading bee- 

 keepers in Canada can testify. Tested queens, 

 $1.00 each; untested, 75c; $7.00 per dozen. No 

 disease, and satisfaction guaranteed. J. W. 

 K. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, La., U.S.A. 



BEST THREE BANDED ITALIAN QUEENS— 

 June to October, mothers selected from more 

 than 100 colonies and reared In hives run- 

 ning over with bees, according to the latest 

 scientific methods. Every queen a dandy. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. Each 76c, per dozen 

 $7.20, per hundred $50.00. Also bees and 

 honey. J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, MIoh. 



MOORE'S STRAIN AND GOLDEN ITALIAN 

 QUEENS, untested, $1.00; 6, $4.60; 12, $8.00; 

 50, $32; 100, $60. Carniolan Caucasian, un- 

 tested, $1.25; 6, $5.00; 12, $9.00. Tested, any 

 kind, $1.25; 6, $7.00; 12, $12.00. Choice 

 breeding queens of any kind, $6.00 each. 

 Circular free. W. H. Kails, Orange, Cali- 

 fornia. 



GOLDEN AND 3-BAND ITALIAN, also Car- 

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

 95c; 6 or more, 85c. Untested, 76c; 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. 



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 

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

 Buffalo. Texas, Box 135. 



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. 



FOR SALE — 80 colonies Italian bees; a choice 

 outfit; free from disease. J. Alpaugh, 46 

 Cherry St., Stratford, Ont. 



QUEENS OF QUALITY.— Three-band Italians. 

 First-class untested queens, remainder of sea- 

 son. 60c each, $7.00 per dozen. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. J. I. Banks, Dowelltown, Tenn. 



SEEDS AND PLANTS 



WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE mushroom 

 spawn for bedding stock or cuttings, plants 

 or bulbs. Canadian Mushroom Growers, Lim- 

 ited, Lindsay, Ont. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



1,000 GUMMED HONEY LABELS, two colors, 

 any wording, for $1.30. Catalogue free. Pearl 

 Card Co., CUntonvUle, Conn. 



PACKER'S "SAFETY" 



FRUIT WRAPPER 



PAPER 



Recommended by Government Inspect- 

 ors. Used with perfect results by 

 largest growers. 



This paper is specially made to wrap 

 fruit. 



The rough side in against the fruit 

 protects it. The smooth side out ex- 

 cludes moisture. 



It is strong enough to handle with- 

 out brealting, yet its soft texture per- 

 mits folding the paper close to the 

 fruit better than with harsher papers. 



In stock — 



8x 9 — 10c. per ream 500 sheets. 

 10x10— lie. 

 12x12— 15c. 

 18x24— 45c. 

 20X-30— 60c. 

 24x36— 80c. 

 30x40— $1.10 



Also in stock — 



Lace box tops, 11x20, per 1,000, $10.00. 

 Lace barrel tops per 1,000, $10.00. 

 Lace paper, white and colored, 12 



pieces, 10 yards each to box, 40c. 

 Corrugated box tops, 11x20, per 1,000, 



$8.50. 

 Corrugated barrel tops, per 1,000, $12. 

 White pulp board, barrel tops, per 



1,000, $7.00. 

 White pulp board layer boards, 11x20, 



per 1,000, $4.00. 

 Box Lining, cut to any size, from 

 white or colored paper. Also wrap- 

 ping papers, twines, manilla tissues. 



Buntin, Gillies & Co. 



LIMITED 



HAMILTON, 



CANADA 



A Western Fruit Conference 



An important conference of representa- j 

 tives of the fruit growing interests of British 

 Columbia and of the consumers of the 

 prairie provinces, more particularly the pro- 

 vince of Alberta, was held in Calgary July ^ 

 7th-9th. The Conference wa.s held on the 

 invitation of the Calgary Board of Trade. 

 Invitations to attend were sent to British 

 Columbia fruit growers and shippers, repre- 

 .■ientatives of freight and express companies, 

 prairie retailers, wholesalers and consum- 

 ers. The British Columbia Department of 

 Agriculture gave its assistance. The object 

 of the conference was to find methods of so 

 improving the handling of fruit that better 

 re.sults might be obtained, not only by the 

 producers, but by the consumers as well. 



The British Columbia fruit growers made 

 a strong claim for greater protection again.';' 

 fruit shipped in from the United States. They 

 claimed that there has been over-production 

 in the Pacific Coast States, and that the .sur- 

 plus is being dumped on the Canadian mar- 

 ket, the anti-dumping clause not applying to 

 fruit, with the result that the fruit growing 

 industry in British Columbia has become 

 more or less demoralized. It was stated 

 that some of the fruit growers of British 

 Columbia did not have enough money to buy 

 a ticket to the conference, or they would 

 have been present. 



The plea for greater protection was op- 

 posed by representatives of the consumers, 

 including Mr. Mus.selman, of the Saskatche- 

 wan Grain Growers' Association, Mrs. T. D. 

 Newhall, who spoke for the Consumers' 

 League, and by representatives of the com- 

 mission firms. It was claimed that an in- 

 crease in the duty would antagonise 90% of 

 the consumers in the prairie provinces. The 

 matter was finally disposed of by the adop- 

 tion of a resolution asking the Dominion 

 Government to appoint a special commission 

 of enquiry into the state of the fruit trade. 

 It was anticipateed that such a commission 

 would enquire into the necessity of a re- 

 vision of the tariff. 



A resolution offered by W. G. Hunt, that 

 representations be made to express com- 

 panies to reduce their minimum rate on 

 cars for small fruits from 20,000 to 15,000 

 lbs., or else provide cars capable of carrying 

 20,000 lbs. with safety, was adopted, afte 

 con.siderable discussion. The fruit grower- 

 seemed to think that express rates, with 

 some minor exceptions, were fairly reason- 

 able. 

 The following resolutions were adopted: 

 "Resolved, that this conference petitior 

 the Dominion Express Company requesting 

 them to obtain joint rates with the Canadian 

 Northern Express Company and the Cana- 

 dian Express Company on the basis of tho 

 present tariff, applicable to fruit shipment 

 from all points in B. C. to all prairie points. 

 "It is further resolved that this conference 

 do make application for a reduction in car- 

 load lots of fruit shipped from British 

 Columbia to all jobbing points in Alberta to 

 $1.75 per 100 pounds." 



Other resolutions adopted favored each 

 British Columbia fruit district having a 

 special representative at each marketing 

 centre to see that the market is maintained 

 in a normal condition, and to govern the 

 distribution of fruit; favoring the packing 

 of only one grade of the best variety of apple, 

 all others to be put up orchard run, cull.s 

 cut out, in slatted boxes, and one asking the 

 government to establish a minimum number 

 of standard packages for small fruit. 



