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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTDRIST. 



ing qualities, but unfortunately they got 

 frozen. I have since moved the tree 

 to a better position. The next bore six 

 apples much like the Court Pendu Plat 

 in shape and colouring, only smaller, 

 the next had two apples, so in time I 

 shall have a variety, I hope some will 

 turn out good keepers, that is what we 

 want here. 



I have procured several varieties of 

 crabs, but there is one of the crabs that 

 appears not to be so hardy as the rest ; 

 that is Quaker Beauty, it is a fast 

 grower, but it has not fruited yet with 

 me. I got it as I am informed it will 

 keep long into May, for all the other 

 crabs ai'e obliged to be used as soon as 

 ripe. Duchess of Oldenburg not 

 fruited yet but grows well. Can- 

 not say mucli as to Astracan and Alex- 

 ander. I fear them rather by their 

 appearance. 



I have raised Strawberries and Rasp- 

 berries, and Currants from English seed, 

 the strawberries did not please me and 

 the raspberries were fine but they can- 

 not stand the winters, tliere are a few 

 that now stand in a neglected fence cor- 

 ner that struggle thi-ough and bear a 

 few tine berries, but I have no time to 

 bother with things like them that take 

 so much trouble. Of currants, I have 

 raised and am raising from seed a tine 

 variety of black (I have named them 

 Zulu) currants. I forgot to mention 

 something about the snow, the snow 

 hei'B is deep and a groat pi-otection for 

 all that are below its level, but it has 

 often destroyed my hopes as it gives 

 and freezes on and off in the spring 

 forming ice and breaking many and 

 many a young tree and even large 

 branches of established trees, if they 

 are not above deep snow line, and this 

 is why I prefer to have a clear stem 

 high enougli to be just above deep snow 

 line. 



I shall be able to give you other notes 

 some future time. 



I was conversing not long ago with 

 a fruit cultivator and it was his opinion 

 that it was not altogether the hard 

 winter's frost that damaged the fruit 

 trees here in the north so much, as that 

 the ground here seldom freezes hard on 

 account of the heavy snows, causing the 

 sap to start too early and thereby get 

 a severe check. Perhaps some more 

 experienced will give their opinion. 



Medora, Muskoka. T. A. H. 



REPORT ON TREES RECEIVED 



FROM THE FRUIT GROWERS' 



ASSOCIATION. 



The Grimes Golden apple tree sent 

 out by the F. G. A. is a tine tree now, 

 it is the picture of health ; it is per- 

 fectly hardy and stands the winters well. 

 It commenced to bear four years ago, 

 and has V)orne every year since ; but 

 the entire crop every year is destroyed 

 by the codlin moth. The last season it 

 was well loaded with fruit, but I could 

 not find an apple that had not a worm 

 in it. In fact every variety that I have, 

 except the Golden Russets, for the last 

 two seasons has not been worth gather- 

 ing on account of the black scab and the 

 ravages of the codlin moth. I visited 

 some other orchards in this vicinity last 

 fall and found them nearly as bad as 

 mine, although there are some excep- 

 tions. Mr. John Simpson, at Cataraqui, 

 had a good crop of apples which 

 appeai-ed to be quite free of black scab. 

 Unless something checks this disease, 

 the apple crop is tlone for in this section 

 of the country. The borers are trouble- 

 some. I go over my trees three times 

 every season and get them out before 

 they get far into the tree ; the wounds 

 made are very small and they soon heal 

 over. I have never used any preven- 

 tives, but I intend to try some remedies. 

 A neighbour of mine uses pine tar ; he 

 ajiplies it with a paint, brush. He re- 

 moves aljcnit an inch of earth from the 

 tree and brushes the tar up on the trunk 



