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The Cauadiatt Horticulliu ist. 



l)earer, and in beauty excelled by no other 

 peach, the Crawfords themselves not ex- 

 cepted ; being rich golden yellow, with car- 

 mine cheek. The fruit is of good form, as 

 shown in the engraving, of regular shape, and, 

 unlike other late, yellow peaches, is not ex- 

 cessively fuzzy. The flesh is exceptionally 

 firm, deep yellow and bright red at the stone 

 rendering it especially valuable for canning 

 and evaporating. 



A peculiarity of the variety is its inherent 

 vigor, the foliage being very abundant, large, 

 of exceedingly deep, almost black green, and 

 remains on the trees until the ground has 

 frozen and long after the leaves have fallen 

 from all other varieties— J. T. Lovett, 

 IJttle Silver, N.J. 



Keposene Emulsion— Spraying Plums 

 etc. 



Sir,— You will have to pardon me for being 

 so long in getting that formula from Pro- 

 fessor Cook, but I have just received his 

 reply, and it is as follows :— One quart of 

 soft-soap, two quarts of water, one pint of 

 kerosene oil ; heat and stir till permanently 

 mixed, and then add water until the propor- 

 tion of kerosene shall be one to fifteen. Put 

 on with a fine spray. This you will remem- 

 ber is for the aphis on plants or trees. 



He says that he don't understand why 

 Prof. Saunders should have found so much 

 difference in the strength of London purple. 

 He has always found it satisfactory, much 

 more so than Paris green. 



In relation to the curculio, he says that it 

 does eat and gets poisoned, but it would be 

 time thrown away to put it on before bloom- 

 ing.— L. B. Rice, Port Huron, Mich. 



Fruit at Brussels. 



there were very few grapes, the vines grew 

 well in the latter part of the season ; cherries 

 were a small crop ; plums, hardly any ; while 

 apples were abundant. 



The past season has taught us the need of 

 winter protection, with good cultivation, in 

 order to fruitfulness. 



Hoping you will succeed in your good 

 work, and that we may be favored with a 

 good season. — Samuel Fear, Brussels, Ont. 



Sir, — Your card came duly to hand, and 

 also the six copies of the December number 

 of The Horticulturist, for which accept 

 our thanks. 



Enclosed I forward to you three renewal 

 subscriptions. 



The season has been unusually severe on 

 fruit growing. The winter's hard frost, and 

 the heat, with dry weather in the summer, 

 were against good crops of small fruit. But 

 one thing much in favor was the open or free 

 state of the soil peculiar to the last season. 



We tried winter protection for our rasp- 

 berries, and it proved quite a success. We 

 laid the bushes down and covered some with 

 earth, and others with manure, using some 

 sods to keep the bushes down. They turned 

 out finely and lively in the spring, and bore a 

 fair crop of fruit ; while some that we 

 left standing were dead down to near the 

 ground, and bore hardly any fruit. 



Our strawberries were a middling crop, but 

 good in quality ; very few gooseberries, but 

 good ; currants were a fair crop and good ; 



Fruit Trees for Simeoe County. 



Sir, — I am very pleased with the improve- 

 ments you have made. I have just sent 

 an order for apple trees and I consider that 

 the information I have received from The 

 Horticulturist was worth many dollars to 

 me in drawing up that order. I send you a 

 list of fruit trees that do best in this locality 

 so far as tested, which may be of use to 

 others in low-lying, cold sections : 



Apples — Astracan Red, Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, Alexander, Ben Davis, A.G. Russet, Tal- 

 man Sweet. All the above list have pro\en 

 healthy and hardy. The Wealthy has not 

 been fully tested. 



Plums — Lombard, Yellow Egg, and Com- 

 mon Blue, none of which have proven to be 

 hardy. 



Pears — The Flemish Beauty is the only 

 pear that will do anything here, and it is not 

 entirely hardy. 



Cherries — I believe this is a good dis- 

 trict for cherries ; the Early Richmond and 

 Common Red thrive splendidly, and very 

 little black-knot. 



Gkapes — The Clinton and Delaware do 

 well. Concord rarely ripens here. The 

 Delaware is by far the best grape to grow- 

 in this region ; it has never failed to ripen with 

 me and the quality is so good. All small fruits 

 do well. The interest in horticulture is 

 gradually increasing, and I look forward to 

 the time when there will be a good orchard 

 and garden on every farm. We have a fine 

 country, and I have no doubt, through the 

 noble work of the Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion, every locality in Ontario will find varie- 

 ties of trees that will be healthy and pro- 

 ductive. — Fred. Foyston, Minesing, Co. of 

 Simeoe. 



Fay and Industry. 



Fay's currant is \ery fine and a good 

 bearer. I find the Industry gooseberry all 

 that one could wish in a dark berry : splendid 

 to eat off the bush when ripe. — W^ S. Short, 

 722 York Street, London, Ont. 



The Jessie Strawberry. 



Sir, — Although only two of the three Jessie 

 Strawberry plants received last spring sur- 

 vived, yet from these two I now have one 

 hundred and forty-four well rooted plants ! 

 Can any of your subscribers beat this ? — 

 John Killam, North Kingston, N.S 



