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No. 193 — G. II. Caughell, Aylmer, Ont. — Medium sized, yellow, sweet summer 

 apple. 



Xo. 194 — Tlios. Orgill, Glen Orchard, Ont, — Small, red crab-like apple of rather 

 poor quality'. 



No. ICo — W. II. Lambert, Vanbrugh, Ont. — A medium sized, streaked, autumn 

 apple of good quality'. 



No. 196 — Alex. Skinner, Lindsay, Ont. — One of the most promising of those 

 received. Large, red; quality above medium. Season, autumn. 



No. 197 — A. Cliiford, Richard's Landing, Ont. — A large handsome apple, some- 

 what resembling Ben. Davis. Quality, medium. May be useful in the north. 



No. 198 — J. P. Cockburn, Gravenhurst, Ont. — An apple of medium size, splashed 

 and washed with bright red on sunny side. Quality, above medium ; season, probably 

 early winter. 



No. 199 — J. P. Cockburn, Gravenhurst, Ont. — Nora, medium size, oblong apple. 

 Quality, above medium. Season, probably December to February. 



No. 200 — J. P. Cockburn, Gravenhurst, Ont. — Sally Brown, above medium size, 

 oblate, splai'hed and streaked with red. Past condition for judging quality. Season, 

 autumn. 



No. 201 — J. P. Cockburn, Gravenhurst, Ont. — Brydon Seedling ; medium sized, 

 red, winter apple of medium quality. 



No. 202 — Wm. Spreadborough, Bracebridge, Ont. — Willen, a small, red winter 

 apple of good quality. May prove valuable in the north. 



SPEAYING. 



As the advantages of spraying have been thoroughly proven and demonstrated 

 by men who have been employed by the Government to do this work, and as the matter 

 has been written about time and again in reports, bulletins, periodicals, newspapers, 

 and spraying calendars, one might be led to think that all farmers and fruit growers 

 would now spray their trees as a matter of course, just as they plough their fields. 

 But this, unfortunately, is not the case, and there is still a large proportion of men 

 engaged in fruit growing who do not spray. There is also another class of men who, 

 knowing that spraying with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green will materially lessen 

 the amount of scab and codling moth, do spray their trees, but are not satisfied with 

 the results ; the reason of the poor success being, either that the mixture is not pro- 

 perly made, the trees are not sprayed thoroughly, or the spraying is not done at the 

 proper time. Spraying is an expensive operation, and it is surprising -"hat so many 

 continue to waste hard-earned money by not doing the work properly. The early 

 sprayings are the important ones, and these are too often negle3ted on account of 

 press of other work, and when spraying is begun it is often too late to be of much 

 service. A certain number of sprayings are suggested in the spraying calendars, and 

 the times when they should be made. It should, however, be impressed on those who 

 spray, that if heavy rain occurs before the mixture has dried on the trees, it will be 

 washed off and the work must be done over again. The neglect of this is probably 

 one of the chief causes of poor success in spraying. Spraying should be done thor- 

 oughly, and the underside of the leaves should receive as much of the spray as the 

 upper sides. Every leaf or fruit missed means a foothold for disease or insect pest:^. 



