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TJie Canadia7i Horticulturist. 



when full-grown is about a quarter of an 

 nchlong?— W.E.P. 



Mr. Saunders, in his work on "In- 

 sects Injurious to Fruits," describes 

 two which injure the fruit of the goose- 

 berry, viz : — The Gooseberry Fruit 

 Worm, the eggs of which are deposi- 

 ted by the parent moth on the young 

 gooseberries soon after they are set, 

 and the young worm which grows to 

 a length of about three-quarters of 



would ;help to keep it in subjection. 

 We would suggest spraying with 

 Paris green and water, while the fruit 

 is very small, and believe it would be 

 the simplest and easiest mode of rid- 

 ding the bushes of the pest. We 

 should be glad to hear the result of 

 such an experiment. 



Forms of Potash. 



46. You will oblige if in an early number 



an inch, burrows into the young fruit. 

 The latter soon indicates its pre- 

 sence, either by discoloration or by 

 premature ripening. The other is 

 the Gooseberry Midge, a two-winged 

 fly about one-tenth of an inch long, 

 which deposits its tiny eggs within 

 the young gooseberry. These de- 

 velop into very small yellow larvae, 

 resembling the wheat midge. 



Without seeing a specimen we 

 cannot determine what insect our 

 correspondent refers to ; but, in any 

 case, Mr. Saunders' plan of gathering 

 and burning of the premature fruit 



Fig. 49. 



of the Canadian Horticulturist you will 

 give an account of the different forms of 

 potash, similar to that you gave on nitrate 

 of soda. I wish to get at the best form to 

 apply to the soil, where wood ashes cannot 

 be got. Prof. F. Panton, in last year's Report 

 of Fruit Growers' Association, gives what he 

 says are two good mixtures for fertilizers, 

 but he takes wood ashes as the foundation. 

 Now, it is very hard to get good wood ashes 

 in the town where most everybody burns 

 coal. Any information as to the next best 

 thing will oblige, I believe, many others as 

 well asW.M., Oshawa. 



Reply by Prof. J. H. Panton, O.A.C., Guelph, Ont. 



Potash is employed as a manure 

 in the form of ivood ashes : the ashes 



