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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



EXPORT TRADE IN APPLES. 



It is noticeable that the export ship- 

 ments of apples from New York have 

 been larger of late than from Boston, 

 which is the reverse of what they have 

 been in former seasons. The total ex- 

 port shi|)ments from i^ew York for the 

 season were 51,248 barrels; from Bos- 

 ton the total exports thus far this season 

 have been 35,562 barrels. The total 

 exports from Boston and New York 

 this season have been 86,811 barrels. 

 Baldwins and Hubbardstons averaged 

 twenty shillings and sixpence; actual 

 net to shippers, $3.30 per barrel. The 

 freight on apples from Boston to Liver- 

 pool has declined to seventy-five cents 

 per barrel. Apples can be shipped to 

 London via Liverpool at about thirty- 

 seven cents per barrel extra. In the 

 Glasgow market there have been no 

 sales of Boston apples. 



A cable despatch from Liverpool on 

 Monday last announces the sale of 4000 

 barrels of American apples at advanced 

 prices, as follows: Kings, 22 to 25 shil- 

 lings per barrel (the English shilling 

 being about 25 cents our currency); 

 Baldwins, 17 to 20 shillings; Northern 

 Spy, 15 to 20 shillings; Roxbury Rus- 

 sets, 16 to 18 shillings; Greenings, 14 

 to 1 6 shillings. A very active demand 

 is reported in Liverpool at these prices. 

 Up to the present time the European 

 market for American apples has been 

 mainly confined to Great Britain, but if 

 the opinion of our Minister to Sweden, 

 Mr. J. L. Stevens, is correct, there 

 seems to be an opening for them in 

 northern Europe, where no good apples 

 can be grown, as is the case in Den- 

 mark, Sweden and Norway. The few 

 that find their way to these countiies 

 are mostly from France, and are to be 

 found only in the larger cities, where 

 they are sold for an average of six cents 

 each. Mr. Stevens tliinks that the 

 keeping qualities of some American 

 apples, and their adaptation for tran- 



sportation, as well as the fact that they 

 are of better flavor than any now found 

 there, make them admirably adapted for 

 the markets of northern Europe. The 

 journey is longer than to England, but 

 the prospective price is greater. — 

 American Cultivator. 



CARE OF HONEY LOCUST HEDGES. 



In the northern sections, where the 

 Osage Orange is more or less injured 

 by the winter, the Honey Locust is 

 undoubtedly the most valuable plant 

 for hedging purposes. There is no spe- 

 cial culture necessary for it more than is 

 required for other species, but it needs 

 attention for the first two or three years 

 to form a thick base. The young hedge 

 should be frequently cultivated, and 

 kept clear of grass and weeds all sum- 

 mer, otherwise mice will harbor therein 

 and bark the young plants. In txnni- 

 ming, cut well back for the first tvvo or 

 three years, bearing in mind there is 

 no difficulty in quickly obtaining the 

 desired height, but it is far more trouble- 

 some to induce it to become dense and 

 twiggy. 



The best results are obtained from 

 running one strand, or, better still, two 

 strands, of barbed wire along the mid- 

 dle of the hedge, thus preventing the 

 inroads of unruly animals and that bane 

 of the honest orchardist, boys with thiev- 

 ing propensities. 



To start at the commencement. Honey 

 Locust seeds should be collected in the 

 pods as they fall from the trees in au- 

 tumn, and placed in a cold, exposed posi- 

 tion until hard, freezing weather, when 

 they can readily be threshed like beans. 

 After cleaning the seeds from the frag- 

 ments of pods, etc., place in bags and 

 preserve dry until spring. At planting- 

 time soak the seeds in warm water until 

 they show signs of germination, when 

 they should be sown in drills like peas, 

 in good, thoroughly pulverized soil. 



