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The Canadian Horticnlturist 



at the same rate. Such an agency as this 

 would soon become well worth the while of 

 the agent, and serve the interests of Canadian 

 shippers by getting the trade into a regular 

 shape, keep down competition, and tend to 

 steady the market prices. He would have to 

 adopt a system of inexpensive advertising so 

 as to ensure it being well known through- 

 out the Kingdom as the legitimate channel 

 through which the commodities he deals in, 

 especially apples, could always be obtained. 

 " With such an agent in London, well 

 established and doing his work satisfactorily 

 to his principals, it might become expedient 



to give him the command of the whole 

 British market for Canadian apples, by letting 

 him have his sub-agent at each of the ports 

 of receipt — say, Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, 

 and, perhaps, Hull. This would enable him 

 to direct shipments from Canada- to all these 

 ports, in the proportions best suited to the 

 demand of the neighborhoods which they 

 could conveniently supply, and so save 

 expense of unnecessary inland carriage. 

 These suggestions may serve as a sort of 

 foundation on which the fruit growers may 

 themselves erect such a structure as may 

 seem to them most desirable." 



OUR BOOK TABLE. 



Annual Report of the Bureau of Indus- 

 tries of the Province of Ontario, 1887. This 

 useful volume is prepared by Mr. A. Blue, 

 Toronto, and includes statistics of the 

 weather and the crops, live stock and dairy, 

 rents and farm wages, etc. Fruit growers 

 would be much pleased if fuller statistics 

 were given concerning the acreage devoted 

 respectively to the various fruits, as apples, 

 pears, peaches, grapes, etc. 



John A. Bruce & Co.'s Thirty-eighth An- 

 nual Catalogue of Seeds, 1889, Hamilton, 

 Ont. 



Smith & Kerman's annual catalogue of 

 fruit and ornamental trees, grape vines and 

 small fruits, grown at the Dominion Nurser- 

 ies. St. Catharines, Ont., 1889. 



J. A. Wismer's descriptive catalogue of 

 northern grown trees, grape vines, small 

 fruit plants, etc.. Port Elgin, Ont. 



Vick's Floral Guide, 1889, published by 

 James Vick, Rochester, N.Y. This catalogue 

 is got up in a new and attractive style. 



Wm. Rennte's Seed Catalogue for 1889, 

 issued by Wm. Rennie, Toronto, Ont. 



F. W. Wilson's illustrated catalogue of 

 Fruit and Ornamental Trees, grown and for 

 sale at Wilson's Nurseries, Chatham, Ont. 



John Lewis Child's catalogue of new, 

 rare and beautiful Flowers, 1889, Floral Park, 

 Queen's Co., New York. 



The Sorghum Hand Book, published by 

 the Blymyer Iron Works Co., Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



Night and Day, a record of Christian 

 Philanthropy, edited by T. J. Barnardo, 18 

 Stepney Causeway, London, Eng. 



High Class Fertilizers, manufactured by 

 the Standard B'ertilizer and Chemical Co. 

 Works at Smith's Falls. R. J. Brodie, 

 Manager. 



First Report of the Directors of the State 

 Forestry Commission of Michigan for the 

 Years 1887 and 1888. This is a most attrac- 

 tively got up volume, well illustrated, and 

 carefully indexed, dealing with succession of 

 forests in Michigan, large trees, new uses for 

 certain kinds of timber, forest fires, cutting 

 and removing logs for lumber, etc., etc. 



INDEX TO FEBRUARY NUMBER. 



The Vergennes Grape, by theEditor. . 31 

 A Few Hints on Landscape Gardening 



— n, by the Editor 32 



Choice of Trees for an Orchard, by the 



Editor 34 



Bottling Grapes 36 



Fruit Growing on Clay Land, by B. W. 



Parker 37 



On the Destruction of the Plum Cur- 



culio by Poisons 38 



The Culture of Celery, by W. S. Turner 40 



Notes from Sister Societies 42 



New Fruits 44 



The Banana 45 



Tree and Man 47 



The Dominion Farmers' Council and 



the Fruit Growers' Association .... 48 



Hardy Peaches 49 



Success in Treating Brown Rot 49 



The American Pomological Society .... 51 



Horticultural Exhibitions 52 



Stock for Dwarf Pears 53 



Stock for Russian Cherries 52 



Norway Spruce from Seed 52 



Diseased Grape Wood 53 



The Baker German Prune 53 



Apios Tuberosa 53 



Palms , 54 



Rose Cuttings 54 



Budding the Apricot 54 



The Crandall Currant 54 



Open Letters 54 



Our Fruit Markets 56 



Our Book Table 58 



