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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



over by the middle of November, and what 

 dessert apples may be held In store will 

 hardly be of sufficient Importance to inter- 

 fere with arrivals from the other side. 

 Spies, when good, are a particularly 



THE 



BEEKEEPERS^ 

 DIRECTORY 



The follcrwing beekeepers will be able to 

 supply Bees and Queens In any quantity 

 for the season of 1916. Order early. 



E. E. MOTT, 



Glenwood, Mich. 

 Northern Bred Italian Queens. 



J. P. MOORE, 



Morgan, Ky. 



Try Moore's Strain Next Tear. 



W. R. STIRLING, 



Ridgetown, Ont. 

 Fine Italian Queens. 

 ' s 



J. I. BANKS, 



Oowelltown, Tenn. 

 Italian "Queens of Quality." 



P. TEMPLE, 



438 Gladstone Ave., Toronto, bnt. 

 Canadian Bred Italian Stock. 



THE DEROY TAYLOR CO., 



Newark, N.Y. 

 Northern Bred Italian Bees and Queens. 



M. C. BERRY & CO., 



Successors to Brown & Berry 

 Haynevllle, Ala. 

 Best bred Italian Queens and Bees 



THE PENN COMPANY, 



Penn, Miss. 

 Bees and Queens. 



P. W. JONES, 



Bedford, Que. 



Bees by the pound, also best Italian 



Queens. 



H. C. CLEMONS, 



Boyd, Ky. 

 Three band Italians bred for business. 



THE ROOT CANADIAN HOUSE, 



185 Wright Ave., Toronto, Ont. 

 Canadian and U.S.A. bred queens and 

 bees. Bees by the pound or colony. 



A. E. CRANDALL & SON, 



Berlin, Conn. 

 'Quality" Italian Queens. 



JOHN A. McKINNON, 



St. Eugene, Ont. 



Best northern bred stock. 



WM. ATCHLEY, 



„, , , „ °' Mathls, Texas. 

 Wants to sell you your early bees by the 

 pound. Queens in season. 



STOVER APIARIES 



Mayhew, Miss. 

 Not a single complaint. 



J W K. SHAW & CO., 



LoreauvMIe, Ua. 

 Everyone knows their strain of three- 

 band Italians. 



favored variety on the Liverpool market, 

 and should realize twenty-five to thirty shil- 

 lings per Ontario barrel, but unless the 

 quality is good these figures will be doubt- 

 ful, as a poor Spy will probably find a worse 

 market than a poor Baldwin. On the same 

 basis, allowing for the difference in weight. 

 Nova Scotia Spies may be expected to make 

 twenty to twenty-five shillings. 



Were the crop large, we should not be at 

 all inclined to encourage the shipment of 

 No. 3's in view of the high cost of trans- 

 portation. If, however, supplies prove in- 

 considerable, and, as we anticipate, prices 

 for No. I's and No. 2'8 reach a fairly high 

 level. No. 3's may then be required for the 

 lower class trade. 



Apples are now considered an article of 

 food rather than a luxury, and the working 

 classes seem to be handling so much money 

 that they are unlikely to neglect apples. 

 Good boxed Yellow Newtowns will sell well 

 in Liverpool at ten to twelve shillings. 

 Rome Beauties also find a ready outlet here, 

 but the price prospects, say ten shillings, 

 are not so high. 



With regard to Canadian pears, we are 

 sorry we cannot hold out much prospect for 

 shipments, as refrigerated space is now 

 practically impossible on board steamers 

 from the other side, and ordinary stowage 

 will not give satisfactory results. A quan- 

 tity for sale at Liverpool on October 8, re- 

 ceived per ss. Corsican, turned out very 

 poor, and prices realized will leave heavy 

 losses to senders. 



In our opinion, if Canadian pears can be 

 landed at Glasgow in a sound and satisfac- 

 tory conditon, they will meet with a good 

 demand at satisfactory prices. 



Ontario Horticulturists Meet 



(Continued from page 279.) 

 point," Mr. Macoun said that that state was 

 not to be compared with Ontario in the sum- 

 mer season. The climate was so dry that 

 only the best drought resisting flowerin,^ 

 plants would grow, and since these are 

 usually covered with dust they lacked the 

 green setting which so entrances the beauty 

 of the flowers of our northern landscape. 

 The growing of grass for lawns was almost 

 an impossibility. In the winter, however, 

 the increased precipitation made gardening 

 much easier. 



Geo. Baldwin, who had charge of vacant 

 lot gardening in Toronto during the past 

 summer, outlined the nature of the work 

 which, he said, was instituted to provide an 

 opportunity to those in need for acquiring 

 material supplies by their own efforts, in 

 cultivating tracts of vacant city land. Be- 

 sides this, if tended to improve the health 

 of city workers, created in them a love of 

 nature, and instructed them in the work of 

 practical gardening. 



One of the most able addresses was that 

 of Thos. Adams, of the Conservation Com- 

 mission, Ottawa, who dealt with town plan- 

 ning from the horticultural standpoint. 

 With the assistance of lantern slides, hp 

 showed the striking difference that exists 

 between some of the Old Country cities, 

 such as Edinburgh and some of our Cana- 

 dian cities, such as Toronto. In the former 

 the sky line was formed by church spires 

 and monuments of historic interest, while 

 in the latter the unattractive sky scraper 

 and the hideous water tank all too frequent- 

 ly dominate the city. The lack of attention 

 shown by Canadians to beautifying their 

 cities by planting trees, shnibs and flowers 

 was also freely commented upon. Our 

 whole city life, said Mr. Adams, seems to 

 be entirely divorced from nature, and we 

 have yet to learn that the gardener should 

 he the partner of the architect. 



A resolution was passed asking the Gov- 



ernment to have 14,000 copies of the annual 

 report of the association printed, and re- 

 questing that a copy be sent to each mem- 

 ber of the horticultural societies of Ontario. 

 A committee was appointed to look into 

 the matter of running excursions to the Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa, and to Rochester, 

 N.Y. R. B. Whyte, of Ottawa, was appointed 

 a delegate to the Canadian Town Planning 

 League. Rev. A. H. Scott, Perth; Mrs. Cad- 

 well, Windsor, and J. Lockie Wilson were 

 appointed representatives to the American 

 Civic Association, and W. B. Burgoyne, St. 

 Catharines, representative to the Canadian 

 National Exhibition. It was decided that In 

 future the retiring president be the only 

 honorary director. 



The following officers were elected: Presi- 

 dent, Rev. G. W. Tebbs, Hamilton; First 

 Vice-President, Dr. F. E. Bennett, St. 

 Thomas; Second Vice-President, Prof. Crow. 

 O.A.C., Guelph; Treasurer, C. A. Hesson, 

 St. Catharines; Secretary and Editor, J. 

 Lockie Wilson, Toronto; Honorary Director. 

 J. H. Bennett, Barrie; Directors, Rev. A. H. 

 Scott, Perth; H. J. Clarke, Belleville; R. 

 Whorley, Haileybury; T. D. Dockray, To- 

 ronto; James Ogilvie, Hamilton; Wm. Har- 

 vey, Seaforth; R. W. Bothwell, Stratford, 

 and W. E. Dignac, Sandwich. 



Apple Box Competition 



In October, the students at the Oka Agri- 

 cultural Institute had an occasion to show 

 their ability as fruit packers, when Rev. 

 Father Leopold's annual special course In 

 apple box packing ended by a competition. 

 Valuable prizes had been generously offered, 

 which contributed to make the competition 

 very keen. The first one was ten dollar.?, 

 presented by the Minister of Agriculture for 

 the Province of Quebec, the Hon. C. E. 

 Caron. Many other prizes were offered by 

 some of the prominent members of the 

 Pomological and Fruit Growing Society of 

 the Province, and friends of the Institution. 



The Dominion Fruit Commissioner, Mr. 

 Dan. Johnson, acted as judge, with the as- 

 sistance of Mr. Philippe Roy, B.S.A., from 

 the College, whose competency was recog- 

 nized by the students. 



Mr. Johnson gave a severe test to the 

 competitors by opening the boxes by the 

 side instead of the cover. It was therefore 

 a strictly commercial test. After three hours 

 hard work, the judges came to the following 

 decisions: 



1. Xavier Rodrigue 96 



2. Romeo Cossette 90 



3. Alphonse Lafrance 89 



4. Arthur Tremblay 88.5 



5. Bernard Baribeau 88 



There were nineteen competitors in all. 



The points allotted were 100 as a maxi- 

 mum, divided as follows: 



Fruit: Size 10 



Color 20 



Uniformity 20 



Quality 15 



Pack : Appearance 5 



Bulge 10 



Solidity 10 



Alignment 10 



100 

 After the awarding of prizes, Mr. Johnson 

 congratulated the competitors and their pro- 

 fessor for their excellent work, and said that 

 it was the best competition in apple boxing 

 that he had ever seen. The boxes were so 

 well and uniformly put up, it had required 

 much labor to establish the difference be- 

 tween the first, second, third, and fourth 

 prizes. 



Fruit Commissioner Johnson also made 

 another statement which made the boys feel 



