The Canadian Horticulturist. 



is 1-5 inch. The fly appears in the 

 latter part of summer, and deposits 

 its eggs, which soon hatch out into a 

 small footless larva, from -ig to '27 

 inches in length, of yellowish white 



or greenish tinge. At that time of 

 the year the application of Paris 

 green would he unsafe, as the apples 

 are about mature ; and hence the 

 only means of checking them which 

 suggests itself is by pasturing witli 

 sheep or pigs, which would eat up 

 the infested fruit. When this larva 

 is full grown it lea\es the apple. 



hides just under the surface of the 

 earth, transforming into a cocoon 

 as shown in fig. 7. 



The Apple Maggot is a native of 

 America, and its natural food is 

 the haws of our thorn trees and the 

 crab-aj^ples ; and, just as the Potato 

 Heetle left its natural food to prey 

 upon a cultivated species of the same 

 htinily, so this maggot seems of late 



ifc# 



to be threatening a wholesale invasion 

 of the apple orchards. 



We have not so far met with this 

 insect in Canada, but in Maine its 

 ravages are somewhat alarming ; it 

 is also becoming a serious pest in 

 Indiana, according to the Transac- 

 tions of the Indiana State Horticul- 

 tural Society for the year 1S85, and 

 is also reported from Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut and New York. 



FRUIT CULTURE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



A Ll-.TTKK I KOM THr. PrKSIDKNT. 



THIS Province is very far behind 

 in fruit-growing. The markets 

 are filled with California fruits which, 

 in pears, are inferior quality to 

 home-grown. They get apples from 

 two adjoining States, which are 

 down low in quality. Spies are quite 

 ripe for the table, and won't keep 

 long from present appearance. It is 

 annoying to a fruit-grower to observe 

 the apath}- of the people to their 

 own interests. Even where the\- 

 plant orchards the trees are neglected 

 so that their life is short and miser- 



able, almost every tree being 

 covered with moss and unhealthy in 

 appearance. In trimming they evi- 

 dently chop off branches without 

 regard to symmetry or the future 

 life of the tree. Indeed, it needs a 

 practised eye and hand to do the 

 work here in this respect, as, when 

 trees bear, the load is so heavy that 

 trees are twisted and bent in all 

 shapes. My good friend Dempsey 

 would thin out the fruit. An Asso- 

 ciation like ours would help to spur 

 up the people, I shouKl think. They 



