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certainly, but suppose it is what is known in the 

 East as June Berry, Shad Berry and Indian 

 Cherry, and the botanical name of which is 

 Amelanchier Botryapium. If we are wrong we 

 shall be glad to be informed by those who know. 



How MANY Peach Buds a Day.— It has often 

 been said that workmen in the North do a great 

 deal more work than do those of the South, and 

 the following advertisement in the Home Journal 

 of New Orleans strikingly illustrates the truth of 

 the assertion : — " Wanted, a good nurseryman to 

 bud four thousand peach trees by the day, month 

 or by the job, etc." We fancy there are plenty 

 of men here who would be glad to have four days 

 given them to do the budding in, instead of a 

 month or more, as proposed by the advertiser. 



Caroline and Belle Strawberries. — We 

 noted the fact some time since that the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society had praised these 

 seedlings of Mr. Moore, of Concord, Mass. The 

 Massachusetts papers speak highly of their be- 

 haviour this year. They say they are not only 

 of large size and abundant bearers, but are also 

 of very superior flavor. 



Grape Rot in Missouri. — Isidor Bush, writing 

 from Missouri, says : — " Taylor and Herbemont 

 Grapes failed almost totally this season again 

 from rot — in fact nearly all varieties — and unless 

 a remedy or preventative against this serious 

 evil is discovered, or that it disappears, grape- 

 growing here has seen its last days." 



Bradt Seedling Russet Apple. — At a recent 

 meetine of the Toronto Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion, with a large number of good seedling 

 apples before their eyes, highly endorse this, and 

 ask for its dissemination. This is high praise. 



Indian Fruit and Nut Culture. — A notable 

 feature of a recent meeting of the Toronto Fruit 

 Growers' Association was the presence of one of 

 the chiefs of the Tuscarora Indians. He has en- 

 tered largely into the culture of nut-bearing 

 trees, and gave an interesting account of his suc- 

 cess to the meeting. 



A Texan Peach Grower. — Dr. Smith, of Pales- 

 tine, Texas, is said to be not only a great peach 

 grower, but to be a raiser of great peaches, and 

 also to have demonstrated that Texas is one of 

 the best peach-raising States in the Union. 



Crawford's Early Peach in England.— We 

 find in the London Journal of Horticulture the 

 following tribute to this popular American vari- 



ety. New Jersey ought to be proud of the world- 

 wide reputation of her famous seedling: — "Two 

 cultivators from different districts inform us that 

 Crawford's Early Peach has resisted the inclem- 

 •ent weather of the past Spring better than most 

 other varieties, and that this handsome looking 

 American sort is bearing good crops on the open 

 wall." 



Increasing the Size of Mushrooms. — Not long 

 since we noted the fact that nitrate of potash 

 was said to increase the size of Mushrooms. How 

 large, we now learn from the following in the 

 Record :^' We learn from the Garden that at a 

 recent meeting of the Horticultural Society of 

 France an enormous Mushroom was exhibited 

 by M. Courcier, who took occasion to point out 

 that equally remarkable results can often be ob- 

 tained by watering the beds on which these fungi 

 are grown with a solution of nitrate of potass. 

 Under this treatment a bed usually producing 

 Mushrooms of but very small size will fx*equently 

 bear specimens upwards of twenty centimetres 

 in diameter in an incredibly short space of time. 

 Occasionallj' they attain really gigantic propor- 

 tions, and Mushrooms weighing as much as 

 seven pounds each have been grown in ordinary 

 beds by the aid of such solutions. Nor is this 

 increase in size attended with any loss of quality, 

 the monstrous specimens thus obtained being 

 equally palatable witli* those of more moderate 

 dimensions. The simplicity of the plan is not 

 the least of its recommendations, since any 

 Mushroom grower possessed of a handful of salt- 

 petre can test it for himself without either trou- 

 ble or expense." 



Best Maine Apples. — Rhode Island Greening 

 and Tallman's Sweet are regarded as the best 

 Maine' apples by the Maine Pomological Society. 



Peaches in California. — Messrs. Shinn & Co., 

 the eminent nurserymen, have demonstrated 

 that in Alameda it is not essential to irrigate 

 peach orchards in order to insure regular and 

 full crops. 



The Scuppernong Grape. — Mr. Transou in- 

 forms us that this variety is popular in the South 

 for the table as well* as for wine; and that im- 

 proved kinds occasionally appear. 



Nectarines. — We believe the Nectarine does 

 not succeed anywhere in our country except 

 when raised under glass. They rot more easily, 

 or else are greater favorites with the curculio 

 than is its brother, the peach. For house-culture,- 



