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THE GARDENERS MONTHLY 



S^August, 



worth <rrowit)f;, thouffh it n)i<:hf prove valuable 

 in localities where nothing else would ^row, as 

 it is perfectly hardy, and never fails to pro- 

 duce llowers in abundance, and would fruit but 

 for the Inrds. 



It is grown and used liy many in this locality, 

 and by many the Havor is liked, thoueli the 

 majority pronounce them worthless. 



[The little apples in this photograjth are the 



size of Clinton grapes, and of a sort of royal 



purple or plum color, and quite unlike the 



ordniary June Berry of the Eastern States. — 



Ei). (i.M.] 



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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Early Peaches. — "We have to be very care- 

 ful about reports of earliness or lateness of 

 fruits. At the recent meeting of the Georgia 

 State Horticultural Society, Mr. Robinson stated 

 the Alexander ripened ten days before Beatrice, 

 and Mr. Stark that it ripened ten days later than 

 Beatrice, with him. Knowing that reporters 

 seldom get the exact spirit of the remarks, it 

 might be thought there was some misapprehen- 

 sion here, but Mr. Moses is reported as saying 

 " Mr. Stark's must be an exceptional case," and 

 is followed by Mr. Hartridge, who says, " Alex- 

 ander and Beatrice ripen together." Mr. Berk- 

 mau is also made to say Beatrice was ten days 

 later with him than Alexander. Mr. Robinson 

 declares, with him the two ripened together, 

 trees not twenty feet apart. 



It is evident that comparative ripening is, in 

 some respects, an unknown quantity. 



Leaf Blight in the Pear. — From the fol- 

 lowing, which we find in the Gardener's Chroni- 

 cle, it seems they are troubled with the leaf 

 blight in the pear, in Germany, as we are in 

 America, if, indeed, it was not from some of 

 those European countries that we first received it : 



" The Pear-leaf Fungus — Roestelia cancellata. 

 J shall be glad if some of your readers would 

 give their experience of this fungus, and, if pos- 

 sible, suggest a remedy. I have now for three 

 years been sadly troubled with this para-site. 

 Last year it caused great devastation, and did 

 noi confine itself to the leaves of the Pear tree, 

 but attacked the wood and fruit. Last year I 

 sent you samples of leaves, &c., and the answer 

 you gave me was, ' It is the well-known fungus, 

 Roestelia cancellata. Burn the leaves where 

 ever you find them.' Xow, I think if this fun- 



gus wa.0 so well-known as you state, more would 

 be spoken (»r written about it; I can only boast 

 of twenty-five years' experience in gardening, 

 most of which has be<'n spent in places where 

 Iruit was grown to some extent, but never have 

 I seen this fungus in anytliing like the same 

 abundance as at present, and only on one or two 

 occasions have I seen it at all. [Our correspon- 

 dent lives in Germany, we in Old England. 

 Hence, perhaps, his good luck in seeing so little 

 of it. Eds.] Much is written about the Colorado 

 beetle, but I really think there is less to fear 

 from that than from this fungus. As to burning 

 the leaves as suggested, it would with me be a 

 great task, when I state that I have about 1000 

 trees in all shapes and forms. Lastly, I would 

 like to know whence the fungus comes, what time 

 is best to look out for it; and how to destroy it 

 when it comes. I find, in looking through the 

 trees this morning, that it seems to be spreading 

 very fast again. — H. B., Antholt-a.-R.^'' 



It is well for those who think that "American 

 Pear Stocks" are risky, to remember that they 

 may run some risk even from European ones. 



Fleitas St. John, or Yellow St. Johx. — 

 Amid the dittering opinions on the many peaches, 

 the members of the Georgia Horticultural So- 

 ciety, at a I'ecent meeting, were almost unani- 

 mous as to the value of this one. It is said to 

 ripen just after IlaleS? Early. 



The FiL^tORE Strawberry. — At the Atlanta. 

 Pomological Society, discussion came up on this 

 old kind, and it was voted that for marketing 

 and for family use it was " the best late berry." 



Peach Growing South. — The Southern 

 Enterprise says : The demand for trees for plant- 

 ing next winter will be beyond all precedent in 

 the history of our State. Large growers are 

 already ordering stock for next season's plant- 



1 Cherry Culture in Georgia. — The South- 

 ! em Enterprise saj's of the Atlanta Pomological 

 j Society: "This society has demonstrated that 

 I the sweet cherry may be successfully grown in 

 this section, and has collected a very fine list. 

 • Those exhibited at their meetings would do 

 ' credit even to Piedmont, Ya.. the home of the 

 , cherry. Every farmer should have a few cherry 

 I trees on his place. 



I Good Fruit Dryers. — A committee of the 



Southwest Georgia Institute Association make 



the following report: ''Your committee, to 



[ whom was referred the Granger and American 



