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could find plenty. Prof. Beal had said 

 that the codlin moth could be destroyed 

 in the same way. That the moth 

 deposits its eggs in the blossom end of 

 the young fruit, and that the worm, as 

 soon as it is hatched, eats the poison 

 and is killed. 



Allan Brunson spoke of a friend of 

 his who saved his apple crop by the use 

 of London-purple, while his neighbours 

 had no apples. Mr. Cook cautioned 

 fruit growers against the canker worm 

 next spring, and stated that they co\ild 

 be exterminated by spraying with Paris- 

 green or London-purple. 



Mr. J. M. Eamans said that Prof« 

 Cook, of Lansing, I'ecommended a tea- 

 spoonful of Paris-green to a pail of 

 water. 



BEST MELON FOR MARKET. 



By Thos. D. Baird, Greenville, Ky. 



In buying melon seed to raise for 

 market thei-e should be three points con- 

 sidered — size, quality, and productive- 

 ness. Select the variety that has the 

 largest share of these good qualities 

 combined. A melon may be of the 

 largest size, but may bear so few melons 

 to the vine that they cannot be grown 

 at a profit, at least not as profitable as 

 some not so large in size. Again the 

 quality may be so poor that they may 

 be a drug in market. Or a variety may 

 be very productive, but so small that 

 but few will be fit for market. 



After several j^ears experimenting 

 with difierent varieties I find the fol- 

 lowing varieties combine the most good 

 qualities : — 



Shumway's Silver Netted Canteloupe 

 is of fair size, veiy productive, thick, 

 green flesh and a most delicious melon ; 

 but its market value is not equal with 

 the Bay View, a new melon. This fine 

 melon occupies an enviable position in 

 the list of luscious melons. It is by 

 far the finest flavoured melon I ever ate 



of its size. Flesh deep, deliciously rich 

 and sweet, of a green colour; skin russet 

 colour, very handsome and attractive in 

 appearance. But for size and thickness 

 of flesh, I have never seen anything of 

 the melon tribe equal to the Montreal 

 Green Nutmeg. The fruit with me was 

 nutmeg shape, deeply and regularly 

 ribbed, skin green and densely netted, 

 flesh green, rich, and delicious. For a 

 small melon I have never seen as heavy 

 nor as delicious a m'>lon as Burpee's 

 Netted Gem. I would advise a trial of 

 it believing it will please. — Farm and 

 Garden. 



IMPROVING FARM HOMES AND 

 GROUND. 



The immediate surroundings of 

 farmer's homes genei'ally are far from 

 being as attractive in appearance as 

 they could easily be made. Indeed the 

 rural front yards are, as a rule, mucli 

 less beautiful and interesting than those 

 of people in the same general circum- 

 stances in towns and cities. In the 

 latter, lawns are well cared for, and 

 choice ornamental trees, shnibs, and 

 flowers, ai-e much oftener met with than 

 about country homes. There is no valid 

 reason for this. Such embellishments 

 are not more easily acquired in the city, 

 bub just the reverse. The farmer has 

 teams, implements and manures for 

 putting the house grounds in the best 

 condition for ornamental treatment ; 

 labor is quite as cheap as in town, 

 while sodding a lawn costs far less in 

 the country. Trees and plants are as 

 cheap to the farmer as to any one, 

 while in man}'^ places some of the best 

 kinds of ornament can be had from the 

 woods for the digging. 



There may be points in which life on 

 the farm hicks the attractions common 

 to town life, but in charming home 

 grounds the farmer is certainly to blame 

 if the city dweller excels him. It is 

 often wondered why country life has 



