NOVELTIES. 



The Fruit C. rowers of Hamilton, 

 Burlington and Winona met at the Royal 

 Hotel, Hamilton, on the 19th, re San 

 Josd scale. There was a large gathering, 

 Mr. W. M. Orr, our Vice-President, oc- 

 cupied the chair. Prof. Panton, of the 

 O. A. C, Guelph; Mr. Craig, of the Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa, and others 

 addressed the meeting. A committee, 

 consisting of A. H. Pettit, E. I). Smith, 

 A. W. Peart, George E. Fisher and N. 

 M. Black, was appointed to bring in a 

 resolution. The following is a copy of 

 the resolution, which was unanimously 

 carried. 



To the Dominion Governmtnt of Caitaila: 



Resolved, — (1) That the importation fiom 

 the United States, or any other country 

 where the San Jose scale is linown to exist, 

 of nursery stock and siicli fruits as are af- 

 fected by the scale, be entirely prohibited. ^ 



(2) That a thorough inspection of all nurse- 

 ries and of orchards in those districts in 

 which the scale has been found to e.\ist, be 



at onoe entered upon, and that tlie trce^ so 

 att'ected shall be uprooted and burned ; and 

 that the growers who may huve trees atfected 

 with the scale, and thereby be subjected to 

 serious monetary loss, be in a ntCa-surc coni- 

 pcnsate<l for their destruction. 



(:<) And we beg most respectfully to request 

 the Honorable .Minister of Agriculture to at 

 once take such action as will eti'ectually de- 

 stroy tl;is enemy to the Horticultural inter- 

 ests of our country, and prevent the importa- 

 tion of trees ai\d fruit in which may be con- 

 cealed the germs for future development. 



The Secretary was instructed to for- 

 ward copies of this resolution to the 

 members of Parliament representing 

 fruit sections, asking them to urge upon 

 the Government the most vigorous ac- 

 tion possible. 



Replies have since been received 

 from the Hon. S. Fisher, Minister, and 

 Mr. Thos. Bain, Chairman of Committee 

 of Agriculture, to the effect that every- 

 thing possible would be done to protect 

 the interests of the fruit growers. 



$ l^oVclties. ^ 



During the past three or four years several 

 new varieties of fruits have been placed upon 

 the market, that are cither hybriils or of spe- 

 cies that have not before been cultivated in 

 this country. Most of them have been tested 

 here, and thus far none of them have shown 

 promise of value for any purpose whatever. 

 The following are the varieties tested : 



Mayherry (Japanr^e Go/ileti ). The plant 

 resembles the red raspberry, and was raised 

 by Luther Burbank, by crossing liuhits palm- 

 atut and the Cuthbert raspberry. It is claimed 

 by the disseminators to form a bush six or 

 seven feet high, and the fruit is said to ripen 

 a month before the earliest raspberries. We 

 have made two attempts to test this variety, 

 but in both cases the plants failed to grow. 

 Those obtained last spring were from .South- 

 ern New .Jersey, but the tops had been killed 

 to the ground by the winter, and the roots 

 were too weak to send up shoots .Judging 

 from this experience, the plant will not stand 

 our climate. 



iojan/jcrry (Raspberry x Blackberry). This 

 is supposed to be a hybrid between the Augh- 

 inlmugh, a California blacklierry and Red 

 Antwerp raspberry. The plants are spread- 

 ing and the leaves and canes greatly resemble 

 the Kuropean raspberry, the latter being cov- 



ered with prickles. The fruits resemble the 

 blackberry in shape and structure, but are 

 red when ripe. The plants seem about as 

 hardy as our conmion varieties of blackber- 

 ries, and they formed a few fruits last year 

 on two year old plants, but they have shown 

 no valuable characteristics 



Strawberry- Ra^phen-y ( Riihm sorhl/oliuaj. 

 This is a recent novelty from -Japan. It sends 

 up stems to the height of twelve or fifteen 

 inches, which are covered with short, stout 

 spines, as are the ribs of the leaves. The old 

 stems die down eacli year and new ones are 

 sent up from the roots. As grown here it 

 seems to have no value, and as it suckers 

 profusely it may become ditlicult to eradicate 

 when it has obtained a hold o( the soil. 



Wineherry ( Ruhiis l^hmiicokuiufi). Ano- 

 ther .Japanese species introduced and quite 

 widely disseminated several years ago. It 

 seems to be wanting in hardiness, as it has 

 killed to the ground nearly every year. The 

 canes are somewhat spreading, and are cov. 

 ered with numerous reddish-purple hairs. 

 The calyx is quite large and thick, and forms 

 a sort of Ipurr about the berry. The fruit is 

 of a dark amber color, and is soft and rather 

 acid. Of no value except as a curiosity. — 

 Agricultural College, Michig.-in. 



