July 2, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. 601 



fiavour, and does not colour quite early enough for the English luai-ket. The 

 Rome Beauty is also a good keeper and good flavoured variety, but it. too, 

 ripens somewhat too late for the Continnntal market, though it would suit 

 the American market. Esopus Spitzenberg does i-emarkably well in many 

 of our apple growing district ■:, but up to the present we have not tested its 

 carrying quality. Pomme de Neige is a beautiful medium-sized dessert 

 apple for the local market. 



Fair Sample of unpruned Cleopatra Apple-tree i,12 years oldi. 



Priming. -This work should be completed this month, in t)rder to give the 

 orchardist time to apply the yearly spraying of either lime and sulphur, or 

 Bordeaux mixture. At our Wagmi orchard we have used the followiiiii: 

 winter spray with excellent results: — Take 12 lb. of sulphur and 6 lb. of 

 properly slacked lime, and boil in 100 gallons of water for tliree or four 

 hours. 



At the Agricultural E.\i)eriment Station, Illinois, United States of America, 

 the following spray has been found the cheapest and best: — 15 lb. of best 

 lime, and an equal weight of sulphur to 50 gallons of water. The sulphur, 

 after being mixed with enough water to form a thin paste, was put into- 

 12 gallons of water, nearly at the boiling point — the lime was then added. 



