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exceedingly handy, portable and effi- 

 cient article. It can be had, I think, 

 duty and express charges paid, for about 

 $8. I have not yet tried it on the Cod- 

 lin Moth, but think that with its help 

 I have effectually checkmated the 

 '• little Turk." After three applica- 

 tions (one a week) of Paris Green 

 water (one teaspoonful to a pail), my 

 apricots are now as large as plums and 

 not a mark upon them, and with close 

 searching I have been able to find but 

 two plums stung by the Curculio on 

 the ten trees which constitute my plum 

 orchard. In bye-gone seasons by this 

 time plums and apricots were falling in 

 perfect showers, notwithstanding daily 

 jarring of the trees, and very few of 

 either fruits eventually escaped. The 

 exceptions then were indeed rari nantes. 

 I might just add that I have found 

 Mr. Whitman a straightforward and 

 honorable man to deal with. 

 Yours, &c., 



C. R. Matthew. 

 St. Stephen's Parsonage, 

 Goderich Township, June 20, 1883. 



FRUIT PROSPECTS. 



{For the HorticulturUL) 



Greenock, on the west coast of Scot- 

 land, is proverbial for the humidity of 

 its climate. Of it, the story is told 

 that sailoi-s say it rains thirteen months 

 in the year there. The little boy's 

 answer to the question of a visitor who 

 had frequently been there, and always 

 found his umbrella in good place, 

 Does it always rain here ] was, " oo, no 

 sir, it whiles snaws." Just such like 

 has been our season here ; St. Swithen 

 left us weeping, and the clouds have 

 wept ever since. Where we had a 

 comparatively diy day, our expectations 

 of coming dry weather generally van- 

 ished with the rising sun, and to-day, 

 the middle of June, many farmers have 

 only aViout half their spring work done, 

 and badly done at that. 



The prospects of the apple crop in 

 our section are fair, if we are only 

 spared from the Fungus, which is 

 doubtful, as the disease has till now 

 gone on increasing. The Fameuse and 

 Mcintosh Red were from this cause 

 entirely Avorthle^ last year. I have 

 tried the experiment of top grafting 

 all my young trees of these varieties 

 with scions of Canada Red, Wealthy, 

 Mann apple, Canada Baldwin, Ameri- 

 can Golden Russet, Swayze Pomme 

 Grise, and Nonpareil. All but the last 

 named, (scions of which were sent me 

 from the lower province and of which I 

 know nothing,) succeed here, and if here 

 you may class them as entirely hardy. 

 Speaking of apples, there is a tree in 

 my orchard planted I believe about the 

 beginning of this century, the large 

 proportions of which have been re- 

 marked by many. Six inches from the 

 ground it measures round eight feet. 

 It is a native, a good bearer, quality of 

 fruit excellent for cooking, fair to eat, 

 keeps well through the winter, has 

 never spotted. I also top grafted from 

 it. 



I must thank friend Beadle, and in 

 doing so, feel that I am but expressing 

 what our Board of Directors feel, 

 heartily thankful for the bound volumes 

 of the Horticulturist, so well got up, 

 and with so much modesty presented, 

 that we think words would be wasted 

 more than to say it's just like our edi- 

 tor. We must compliment him too for 

 the goodly appearance and judicious 

 selections of the Horticulturist. Al- 

 ways a welcome visitor, it is worthy of 

 a first place on our shelves. 



Friend Gott's remarks on the loss of 

 our respected brother, Mr. Arnold, 

 were well chosen. It takes but few 

 words to tell a big tale of sorrow, and 

 he found them. 



Mr. Roy gives me credit for more 

 enterprise in strawberry culture than I 

 deserve. It's only a half acre patch 



