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heads must be placed under cover to 

 prevent waste, and they contain at this 

 stage much water. We dried our crop 

 by spreading the heads upon a floor, 

 without piling, and as some of the seeds 

 were sufficiently dry they were shelled 

 out. 



As this has been a very late season 

 it is possible that in a more favourable 

 year the seeds might be shelled ofi" at 

 the time of harvest. 



THE ATLANTIC STRAWBERRY. 



This is what The Farm and Gardner 

 says about this new strawberry. It is 

 interesting to note the opinions of 

 editors who have been favoured with a 

 taste. 



Wm. F. Bassett, of Hammonton, 

 N. J., brought to us some specimens 

 of his new seedling strawberry, the 

 Atlantic. It is indeed a tine berry, 

 with perfect blossoms, ripening about a 

 week later than Wilson, larger and of 

 a long, conical shai)e. Its most attrac- 

 tive points are its brilliant, rich coloui-, 

 shiny surface, sweet and fine flavour. 

 . It is claimed to carry well, and a minor 

 point in its favour is its bright green 

 hull, which is attached so firmly that it 

 does not pull out in picking. The vine 

 is a vigorous gi-ower, and productive. 



CRYSTALIZED FRUIT. 



Messrs. Bernard & Benedict, of Los 

 Angelos, California, are making a 

 speciality of Crystalized fruit. 



The fruit, whether white figs, black 

 figs, oranges, pears, peaches, or other 

 fruits — those being the principal ones 

 used — is first relieved of its skin and 

 sliced, after which it is placed in trays 

 to dry a little. Next they are dipped 

 in water in which sugar is dissolved, 

 then placed on trays of wire gauze, and 

 put in the place where they are dried 

 and become crystallized. It takes two 



or three days to complete the process, 

 as they are subjected to a slow heat in 

 order to make them as nearly perfect as 

 possible ; and they are nearly so. The 

 arrangement of the drying apparatus 

 was invented by the proprietors, is ad- 

 mirably arranged and heated by coal- oil 

 stoves in zinc partitions underneath, by 

 which the heat is thoroughly regulated. 

 — Los Angelos Herald. 



THE CODLIN-MOTH AND THE 

 CURCULIO. 



It was asked at a recent Horticul- 

 tui'al meeting in Michigan, whether it 

 would pay to spray the apple and plum 



CoDLiN Moth. 

 (g) Moth with wings expanded. 

 (/) Moth at rest. 

 («) Full-grown worm, 

 (d) Chrysalis. 



(/t) Head of tt'onn magnified, 

 (r) Cocoon. 



trees with Paris-green or London purple 

 for the purpose of preventing the rava- 

 agps of the codlin-moth on the a]>ple, 

 and the curculio on the plum. In re])ly 

 to this Mr. Cook stated that he had ex- 

 perimented on })lum trees by spraying 

 with Paris-gi'een and water, and that he 

 found no curculio on those trees for 

 several days after making the apjilica- 

 tion ; while on surrounding trees he 



