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had time to spread. The tree should 

 be visited every week or two for a 

 few times in succession, and, by care- 

 ful removal of all affected wood as 

 far down as any discoloration of the 

 inner bark was discernible, much of 

 the injury to our orchards from the 

 pear blight would be prevented. 



He also stated that the blight of 

 the apple and quince was due to the 

 same cause as that of the pear. 



Simon's Plum. — A fine specimen 

 of this fruit was sent into this office 

 on the 6th of Sept. and was carefully 

 measured. It was exactly six inches 

 in circumference every way. 



The Wager Peach gives us a 

 favorable impression this season. 

 Trees three years planted are well 

 loaded with fruit, ripening about 

 Sept. 1 2th, along with the Old 

 Mixon Free-Stone. The tree is a good 

 grower, the fruit is of medium size, 

 oval, with swollen point skin, fine 

 yellow, with red cheek ; flesh firm, 

 yellow, of good quality. We believe 

 that this will prove a valuable market 

 peach for Ontario peach growers, 

 and doubly desirable if, as some claim, 

 it will reproduce itself from the pit, 

 for by this means any one can grow 

 his own trees at little expense. 



Concord Grapes. — The first ship- 

 ments from Maplehurst Fruit Farm 

 were made on the iSth of Septem- 

 ber, and continued regularly. No 

 grape is giving such constant satis- 

 faction under all circumstances and 

 conditions. This season all Rogers' 

 varieties have failed, and Niagaras 

 have dropped, but Concords are 

 laden with beautiful clusters. We 

 find the results vary with the kind of 

 soil. On a heavy clay loam they are 

 earlier and sweeter, but small, while 

 on rich sandy loam they are later, 

 but very large berries. One we 

 measured and found it three inches 

 and a quarter in circumference, due 

 partly to ringing. 



Caution About Paris Green. — 

 A serious typical error escaped our 

 notice on page 68, under the above 

 caption. In our note the word 

 " pint " should be " pail." 



Mitchell's No. i Tomato, as 

 grown on the grounds of the Can- 

 adian Horticulturist, is equal to 

 Acme or Hathaway in productive- 

 ness, rather larger and of a better 

 flavor. 



Early Grapes. — Moore's Early 

 Grape was ripe, on the writer's fruit 

 farm, about the ist of Sept., and the 

 first basket was shipped on the 3rd 

 of the month. The vines were 

 loaded with fine sized fruit which 

 was sweet and desirable for the 

 table. It was sold wholesale in To- 

 ronto market at 8 cents per pound. 

 Why grow any more Champions ? 

 Worden began ripening on the 7th, 

 and on our vines is about equal to 

 the Concord for productiveness. No 

 Concords were colored on that date 

 except a few which had been ringed 

 for experiment, or had been tied too 

 tightly to the trellises, in which case 

 the same effect was produced. It is 

 evident that ringing will cause earlier 

 ripening and larger berries. 



Irrigation with Tile. — Such a 

 season of drouth as some sections of 

 Ontario have just passed through 

 will lead our gardeners to consider 



Fig. 74.— Mode of Irrigation with Tile. 



favorably any proposed system for 

 overcoming this serious drawback to 

 their success. We notice in an ex- 

 change an easily worked plan for ir- 

 rigating with tile. By means of the 

 farm windmill, a tank reservoir may 

 easily be filled, and thus the necessary 



