The Canadian Horticulmnst. 



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(itable to }<ro\v on waste places ? Sliould 

 any steps he taken to discourafie the 

 slauL'hter ot hirds for oriiaiiient ? 



British Columbia as a Fruit Country. 



We notice some lenj;thy and interest- 

 ing articles on the above subject in 

 the W'cikly Wus Advertise)-, of Van- 

 couver, B.C. It seems that a represen- 

 tative of this prominent paper met with 

 our President, Mr. A. McD. Allan, and 

 i^'ives a very extended report of his inter- 

 \ iew. 



He compliments the Province upon its 

 adaptability to fruit culture, and encour- 

 ages the people to engage in fruit cul- 

 ture, giving them many details of plant- 

 ing, management of an orrhartl. and 

 winds up with a description of the h'ruit 

 (irowers' Association of Ontario as an 

 exampleof the kind ot organization which 

 should be had in British Columbia. 



Delaware Red Winter. 



At the Horticultural Exhibition held 

 m Wihnmgton, Delaware, last fall, ex- 

 hibits were made from uuciuestionable 

 sources of the above apple, and of an 

 older variety, the Lawyer. It was unani- 

 mously agreed by the connnittee that 

 these were but two names for one apple, 

 for no distinction could be observed 

 either in tree or fruit. 



Using the Bordeaux Mixture. 



AccoRiJiNG to a writer in the I'lnUidel- 

 pltia Weekly Prfss, the cost of treating an 

 acre of grape vines to this copper sul- 

 phate s(jlution, both for material and 

 labor, need not exceed 1 10. This mix- 

 ture has been described in these col- 

 umns, and since it is so economical, as 

 well as effective in the destruction of 

 black knot and mildew, its use shoidd 

 l)ecome general, whenever these fungi 

 are troublesome. 



The Eureka Strawberry. 

 Mk. JoMN LrnLL, of (Iranton. Out., 

 speaks very highly of the l-^ureka straw- 

 berrv, a varietv originated bv Mr. Geo. 



Townsend, of Darke, Ohio. Hesaysit is 

 very prolific, that the berries are large 

 and of good quality, firm, and of good 



shape, medium to late in ri|)criiiig. pis- 









filiate. He encloses a testimonial from 

 Pres. Lyon, of Michigan, who savs he 

 has nothing, among perhaps one hundred 

 varieties, which excels it in the qualities 

 which go to make up a good market 

 berr}-, unless it be Bubach, which ap- 

 proaches it very nearlj-. 



The Farmers' Institutes. 

 A I'LAN is being considered for the co- 

 operation of our Association in the work 

 of F"armers' Institutes. One of the ob- 

 jects we have in view is the general dif- 

 fusion of knowledge among the farmers 

 concerning the best methods of fruit cul- 

 ture, and the best varieties to culti\ate. 

 We also seek to encourage the planting 

 of forest trees, the preservation of our 

 native woods, and the adornment of our 

 rural homes with the most suitable 

 varieties of trees and shrubs. The meet- 

 ings of Farmers' Institutes throughout 

 our country- in January next gives us an 

 opening for usefulness in this directitni. 

 and the most of our Directors, some of 

 wlioin are specialists in one line or an- 

 other, have agreed to attend two or three 

 meetings of the Farmers" Institutes in 



