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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



profoundly grateful." Bugs appear- 

 ed this year about June 12th. One 

 application of a coal oil emulsion to 

 a few grape-vines and rose-bushes 

 killed most of the bugs which were 

 there, but others soon came — remedy 

 of no use. I then mounted my field 

 force-pump on a forty gallon cask, 

 set on a stone-boat. I slacked 

 about a peck of lime for each barrel, 

 and the motion of the stone-boat 

 kept the lime in suspension. We 

 soon had the vineyard thoroughly 

 whitewashed, and well on to the fruit 

 and under the leaves. I was dis- 

 appointed at first in the apparent 



results, as the bugs continued to be 

 quite numerous, but after a few days 

 they cleared out, having hurt the 

 grapes very little. 



Finding the bugs injuring his 

 peaches, he says ; " I at once white- 

 washed the peach orchard in the 

 same manner as the vineyard, with 

 the exception of the west row, 

 and the bugs all emigrated to that 

 row in the course of a day or two." 



So far the rose-beetle has done 

 very little injury in Ontario, but it 

 has appeared in some parts, and 

 the knowledge of this remedy may 

 prove useful before long. 



A VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT'S HOME AT GODERICH. 



By T. H. Race. 



GODERICH is a town of about 

 four thousand inhabitants, situ- 

 ated on a light sandy plateau, over- 

 looking Lake Huron at an altitude 

 of about 125 feet above the lake 

 level. Though somewhat north of 

 the latitude of Toronto, Goderich is 

 situated in a section of country long 

 noted for its fine and extensive fruit 

 production. Not only in apples does 

 the Goderich section excel, but as 

 well in the choicer fruits, such as 

 pears, plums, strawberries, etc. 

 Approaching the town from the east, 

 by the Grand Trunk Railway, one 

 comes to the height of land, or what 

 is known as a continuation of the 

 Niagara escarpment, about four 

 miles from Lake Huron. From this 

 ridge the land gradually recedes to the 

 westward till it terminates at the lake 

 in a high bluff, averaging one hun- 



dred feet above the water. The 

 section lying 'between this height of 

 land and the lake is what is known 

 as the fruit-belt, where the late spring 

 and early fall frosts, so fatal to fruit 

 to the east of the ridge, seems to 

 have comparatively little effect. 

 Why this narrow strip of land 

 should enjoy comparative immunity 

 from these blighting frosts, I will not 

 presume here to explain, suffice it to 

 say that the cause is well understood 

 in natural physics. 



Having accepted an invitation 

 from our President, Mr.A.McD Allan, 

 to visit the Great North-\\'estern 

 Exhibition, held at Goderich, on the 

 17th and i8th, and 19th inst., I was 

 not only surprised at, but greatly 

 pleased with the splendid fruit ex- 

 hibit, embracing all the standard 

 varieties of apples and the choicer 



