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climatic conditions are similar to those in this State. He says that he has 

 even found the insect at work in parts of the country where there was 

 5now. Consequently he is confident that it will have no trouble in adapt- 

 ing itself to conditions in this country. It will, however, be probably 

 about a year before any decided results can be looked for, as it will take 

 about that long for the parasite to become established in sufficient num- 

 bers to produce any marked effect. The success of this experiment means 

 the saving to the country of many millions of dollars, as the destruction 

 of the codling moth, it is estimated, would at least double the possible 

 production of apples. — California Fruit Grower. 



NATURE STUDY. 



Nature Study, says Prof. S. H. Bailey, in the New York Evening 

 Post, is not merely adding of more "work" or another "exercise" or 

 period to the school. To lead the child to see and to know the things 

 with which he comes daily into contact is Nature Study. It will be seen 

 at once, therefore, that nature study is an attitude and a point of view, 

 not a method or system. The methods will be as various as the teachers. 

 Here and there it will be over exploited and over methodized; now and 

 then the name will be dropped, and person will say that the subject is 

 dead or is passing away ; but the essence of it can never pass away, be- 

 cause it is fundamental to the best living. — Practical Fruit Grower. 



SPRAYING THE APPLE. 



Our Horticultural Msitor : 



The business end of this proposition is, does it pay? I am very sure 

 it does not, as practiced by at least one-half of those who are trying to 

 •spray. There is no other orchard operation so important or that will 

 Ijring one-quarter the returns as spraying properly done. 



In the commercial apple growing section of Illinois we have found 

 that winter or spraying when orchard is in dormant state with Bordeaux 

 mixture or weak solution of blue vitriol does not pay. We get the best 

 results b}^ making the first application when bloom buds begin to burst ; 

 second application when the bloom is shedding or petals are falling ; third 

 application ten days later. 



It pays well to make later applications in seasons that are favorable 

 for the development of apple scab. 



