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THE CANADIAN H0ETICULTDRI8T. 



COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXHIBI- 

 TIONS. 



The Board of Directors of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association of Ontario have 

 ordered that each Dii'ector shall make 

 such arrangments as he may deem best 

 to secure the attendance of two or three 

 competent meinbers of the Association 

 at the County Exhibition of each county 

 in the Agricultural division which he 

 represents, whose special duty it shall 

 be to render all the aid in their power 

 to secure the correct naming of the 

 fruits exhibited, and to give such infor- 

 mation and assistance to exhibitors of 

 fruit as it may be in their power to 

 afford. 



We believe that this action of the 

 Directois will be most gratefully appre- 

 ciated by all Exhibitoi's of fruit at our 

 several county exhibitions, and we trust 

 that it will be possible to secure the at- 

 tendance of the best men for this work. 

 No doubt but the officers of the several 

 county shows would be glad to secure 

 the services of such men as judges of 

 fruit exhibited. 



THE PREMIUM SL^EDS. 

 Our readers will be able to appreci- 

 ate tlie efforts which have been made 

 by the Association to secure seeds of 

 the very best quality for distribution 

 to tiiose who desire them, when they 

 learn that the Pansy seed which has 

 y)een sent to them cost in Scotland ten 

 dollars i)er ounce. The other seeds are 

 also of the very finest quality, although 

 not costing quite so much. It was 

 therefore not possible to give a large 

 quantity of such seed to our members, 

 yet enough has been sent to each t) 

 enable them to raise several hundred 

 very choice jjlants that will gladden 

 their homes with beautiful flowers. 

 The seeds have now been sent to all 

 who asked for them \ip to the time of 

 going to press. 



EX I'ERI MENTINi; COMMITTEE 

 The following gentlemen were ap- 

 pointed at the winter meeting of the 

 Fruit Growei's' Association, a commit- 

 tee to make experiments with various 

 substances, and in several methods of 

 application, for the purpose of ascertain- 

 ing if any means could be found of des- 

 troying or preventing the black spot, or 

 scab that appears upon so many of our 

 very valuable apples, notably iipon the 

 Snow Ai)ple, Early Harvest, Mcintosh 

 Red and Fall Pippin, often rendering 

 the whole crop worthless. It was un- 

 derstood that the President would 

 place his valuable chemical knowledge 

 at the service of the Committee, and 

 suggest such substances as from his 

 scientific knowledge he thought likely 

 to prove to be efficacious." The gentle- 

 men are Messrs John Croil, Aultsville ; 

 Charles Hickling, Barrie ; Linus Wool- 

 verton, Griuisby ; P. C. Dempsey, 

 Trenton ; B. Gott, Arkona ; Richard 

 Martin, Woodstock ; A. McD. Allan, 

 Goderich ; and Samuel Cornwell, Nor- 

 wich. If any of our readers can make 

 any suggestions to further the work of 

 this Committee they will be thankfully 

 received. 



THE COCHIN CHINA GRAPE. 

 This is altogether different from the 

 grape vines with which we are familiar. 

 It is a tuberous rooted plant, growing 

 up annually from the ground, and after 

 ])roducing its crop of fruit, dying down 

 in autumn. It is found in Cochin 

 China, where in some of the forests it 

 grows to the height of a hundred feet, 

 clambering over lofty trees ; or such 

 support failing, it runs along the ground. 

 It is said to be very productive, the vine 

 often presenting the appearance of a 

 mass of clusters of gra[)cs from the 

 bottom to the top. It is found grow- 

 ing at altitudes varying from on«5 

 hundred to three thousand feet above 

 the level of the sea. Experiments are 



