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Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



Mountains in the spring, and stored in great storehouses built for this 

 purpose. The temperature of the cars is kept at about 40 degrees during 

 transit. Peaches, apricots, pears, cherries, plums, oranges and grapes 

 are carried in this way from California to the Eastern States during 

 the hot months. An additional charge on freight rates is made for 

 refi-igeration of fruit during transit. These refrigerator rates fi'om 

 California to New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Rochester 

 collected by the Continental Fruit Car Express Company are as 

 follows : — 



s. d. 

 Cherries, per 11 lb. box .. .. .. 11 



Peaches ,, 21^ lb ,, 

 Apricots ,, 25 lb. ,, 

 Nectarines, per 25 lb. box 

 Plums, per 26 lb. box . . 



Prunes ,, 2(5 lb 



Pears ,, 50 lb. ,, H lbs. tare 

 Apples ,, 50 lb. ,, S lbs. ,, 

 Grapes, single crates, per 25 lbs. 

 56 lbs. 



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The through freight from California to London on pears, peaches, 

 apricots and plums is i5i<. 6d. per case ; half cases, 3s. 3d. On 

 apples, 5s. Id. 



The freght rates on barrels of apples, 120 lbs., from Canada and 

 the States to the United Kingdom vary somewhat, and are as follows : — 



To Destroy Red Spicier. 



Two methods are given in a recent Bulletin of the California 

 Agricidtural Experiment Station as effective against the red spider. 

 The first is suited only for warm districts, and for employment in 

 sunny weather, and consists in dusting the trees with dry powdered 

 sulphur in just the same way as vines are sulphured for oidium. 



A good spray for the same purpose suited to any climatic conditions 

 is'the sulphide of potash mixture, made as luider : — 



For Use. 

 One part of stock to about 100 gals, of water. 



The potash, sulphur and salt are to be mixed together in a lai'ge 

 me^aZ. tub with a little water, chemical action will at once set in, and the 

 whole mass will dissolve and begin to boil very vigorously. After 



