lo Feb., 1910.] Orchard and Garden N ates. 



This plant will thrive successfully wherever either of its parents are 

 grown, a deep alluvial soil, well-worked, to allow a cool root run in 

 summer, and a sheltered position being mcst suited to its requirements. 

 A fair amount of irrigation W'ill cause the plant to yield a generous crop 

 of an excellent sample of fruit. Being of a vigorous habit, and' pro- 

 ducing canes at the same time as it produces its fruit, the plant naturally 

 requires a good amount of moisture in the soil ; the drier the soil, and 

 the more exposed the situation, the more water it will need. 



The Loganberry may be propagated either by root division or by 

 layering. The growing canes mav be layered by simply bending the 

 canes do^wn to the ground, fastening them with a forked stick to keep them 

 in position, and covering loosely with a mulch of soil, which should be 

 kept moist. The cane will produce roots freely and readily from each 

 leaf joint under the soil. Each winter the old and straggling canes should 

 be removed so as to allow the new growths to become strong and produce 

 good fruit. In spring or early summer the strong growing shoots 

 should be pinched back so as to strengthen the cane and produce a good 

 quantity of fruiting laterals. 



The Loganberry is mentioned in some American horticultural magazines 

 as a honey plant, owing to the fact that the bees cluster around the flowers 

 in considerable numbers. Still it would not be ad\asable to plant it 

 for that purpose, as there are many other plants more suitable as " bee- 

 plants." which flower simultaneouslv with the Loganberry. 



Having made so marked a .success in the production of the Loganberry, 

 horticulturists have utilized this plant for further hybridizing purposes; 

 and as a result two new berries have been placed on the market. These 

 are the Laxtonberrv and the Lo'wberrv. The Lowberrv is the finest of 

 these two. and is a cross between the l^oganterrv and the blackberr\ . 

 It produces remarkably large berries, black in colour, and verv juicy, the 

 berries being sometimes 1% inches in length. 



ORCHARD AND CxARDEN NOTES. 



E. E. Pescoti, Principal, School of Horticulture, Burnley. 



The Orchard. 



Fumigate for red anil other scales. 



Cultivate the soil frequently. 



Continue budding and summer pruning. 



Spray for codlin moth, bryobia, and woolly a])his. 



Fruit Gathering and Packing. 



Orchardists will be busy during February with the gathering and 

 marketing of fruit. In gathering fruit, every care should be taken to see 

 that it is not in any way bruised or crushed. This is often the cause of 

 fruit decaying so rapidly, and of the deterioration of fruit in the fruit 

 room. All fruit should be handled as lightly as possible. 



Another point to be observed is the necessitv for grading fruit for the 

 market. Grading pavs, and it pays handsomely. A buyer will never offer 

 a good price for mixed grades ; more especially as he will probably require 

 to regrade it, if he wi-shes to resell it. A good price will always be 

 obtained for first grade fruit ; while the low price ofl'ered for fruit of 

 mixed grades can generally be secured for the lowest grade as well. The 

 more exact the grading, the more profit for the fruit-grower ; the more care 

 in packing, the more returns for the producer ; and so the greater care and 

 exactness, the better it pays to grow fruit. 



