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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Average cost of apples per bush 17c. | 



Number of lbs. made from above 38,579 j 



Total receipts for sale of fruit . . |4,598 00 ! 



Total expenses for storage, hand- | 



ling and manufacturing 1,989 00 



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Net profit $2,609 00 | 



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Average No. of lbs. per bushel .... 5 96-100 

 Average cost of preparing and dry- 

 ing per bvishel 11 cents 



The skins and cores were utilized for 

 vinegar for some time, and afterwards dried 

 sold for that purpose, from this source $200 

 additional were made to be added to the net 

 profits, amounting to $2,809 00. 



[Signed] Rogers & Butler, 



Alden, Krie Co., N. Y., Feb. 10, 1880." 



I have much pleasure in presenting 

 this statement, as I believe it to be 

 trustworthy in every respect. I also 

 believe that as good a showing, or 

 perliaps a better, could be as easily 

 made amongst us, and for the simple 

 reason that our raw fruit would not be 

 likely to cost us near so much per 

 bushel as it cost them. I should like 

 to see it tried. 



DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS. 

 The Dielytra or Dicentra spectabilis, 

 or, as it is popularly called, Bleeding 

 Heart, is a very fine and showy hardy 

 herbaceous perennial plant belonging to 

 the natural order Fumariace?e. It was 

 first introduced from the north of China 



DiCENTKA. 



to the gardens of the London Horti- 



cultural Society by Mr. Robert For- 

 tune in 1846. Mr. Fortune first met 

 with it in a grotto garden on the Is- 

 land of Chusan, growing among the 

 artificial rocks, near the beautiful 

 Weigela rosea. Its Chinese name 

 is "Hong pak Moutan Wha." or the 

 red and white moutan flower. It is one 

 of those plants of which the Chinese 

 mandarins are so fond, and which they 

 cultivate with so much care in their gar- 

 dens. It is said that it was first made 

 known to Europeans by the Russo- 

 Siberian, Dr. Karmanyschew, who 

 studying it at Upsal, communicated the 

 fact to Linnaeus. Be this as it may, it 

 does not however appear to hare been 

 seen alive until it was discovered by 

 Mr. Fortune, who brought it home 

 with him. 



In a rich, deep soil this beautiful 

 species forms a plant growing from two 

 and a half to three and a half feet in 

 height, with recurving and branching 

 stems, producing its flowers in spread- 

 ing and axilliary racemes, each raceme 

 being from five to seven inches in length, 

 and containing from tsventy to thirty 

 heart-shaped flowers, of a bright pink 

 color. In autumn the stems die to the 

 ground and the plant remains in a dor- 

 mant state until spring, when it again 

 appears above the ground. It flowers 

 in May and June. In the garden it 

 merelj^ requires a light, deep, rich soil, 

 and a yearly dressing of well-rotted 

 manure or leaf mold. As a pot plant 

 for the window garden, or as a plant 

 for forcing, the Dielytra is almost with- 

 out an equal on account of the ease, with 

 which it bears this treatment. For 

 this purpose the plants should betaken 

 about the end of October and placed in 

 a box ; cover the roots with earth and 

 allow the box to remain exposed until 

 it has been frozen thoroughly. When 

 this has been done, the box can be 

 brought inside, and the plants divided, 

 if large, potted into suitable sized pots, 



