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seen mentioned in the journals. I think 

 it prevents the ground thawing out too 

 rapidly in the spring, and consequently 

 the sap does not rise too early." 



This not only corroberates T. A. H.'s 

 idea, but suggests a remedy. 



Renfrew, March 24, 1884. W. E. S. 



MANX AND UXTAKIO APPLES, &c. 



•Mr. Editor, — Our facetious friend 

 Croil. with his rusty pen, pretends to 

 take umbrage at the article you endors- 

 ed in February number of H irticulturiat. 

 I wish I could write with a new pen as 

 well. As fruit is our hol)by I will try 

 to say a little on this subject as it is 

 your wish that the members should add 

 their mite. Thi-ee year.s ago this spring 

 I grafted a few scions of the 5lann 

 apple on a bearing tree. I have had a 

 good crop of them for two years. It 

 seems to be a very early bearer. The 

 fruit is of tine flavor ; of large size, 

 and a good keeper of the most perfect 

 shajie. I think this variety to be a 

 very valuable fruit. It is an apple of 

 which we see very little, comparatively 

 new in this section at least. Now for 

 my report of plants received. Since I 

 last wrote the Ontario apple has fruited. 

 Tlie year before last the fruit was of 

 good size, but it seemed to have a fault 

 of falling from the tree with the wind 

 before ripe, although not in an exposed 

 situation, so that I had not a single 

 gooil specimen. Last year it did not 

 fruit, but the tree is a good grower and 

 a fine tree. The Saunders raspberry, 

 No. 50, I think, -^ purple berry, I find 

 to be a great cropper, but as for the 

 quality I cannot say much in its favor; 

 it is tart and soft, but the quantity 

 makes up for- quality. Moore's early 

 grape has <lone pretty well. I can't 

 say much at present of the Worden, as 

 I only got it last fall. 



Yours truly, 



Walter Hick. 



APPLE TREES— McIN TOSH RED. 



Mr. Editor, —I now pen you a few 

 things respecting fruit growing. I have 

 had a small nursery for fifty years or 

 more, and gave much thought on fruit 

 growing, and the cause why so many 

 trees failed, (fee. One year ago I sent 

 you a few reasons why so many fruit 

 trees failed, which I will not speak of 

 now. It is asked, what is the disease, 

 or cause, why on so many fruit trees, the 

 bark dries to the wood on the trunk, 

 and in some cases the bark dries around 

 the tree in one summer. 



THE CAUSE. 



In some way the tree has got a clip, 

 and the sap and soft wood under the 

 bai'k is bruised, is killed if the bruised 

 sap does not dry out in one day or so ; 

 the bruised sap with the heat of the 

 sun will sour or ferment, then it acts 

 like a leaven, it will sour the live sap 

 next to it. If the sour sap is not dried 

 up with the heat of the air it will con- 

 tinue to sour the live sap next to it, 

 until it encircles the whole tree. 



NOW THE REMEDY. 



When you see on the trunk of your 

 tree a dark or dried spot in the bark, 

 take your knife and cut between the 

 dead bark and the green, one-eighth of 

 an inch wide, which will prevent the 

 sour or dead sap coming in contact with 

 the live sap or wood, that will stop its 

 travel. A.gain, ihere is a limb blight, 

 in some cases, a limb by the change- 

 able winter, nearly all the sap freezes 

 out of it, the wood turns black or dark, 

 i the sap nearly killed, it grows through 

 I May, the heat of the June sun sours 

 I the almost frozen to death sap, and the 

 result is, the limb withers and dies ; it 

 acts on the limb the same as it does on. 

 the trunk of the tree with the bruised 

 or dead sap. 



Cut off the limb up to the live bark 

 and then the dead sap can do no more 

 harm. > 



