NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



and variegated, and such huge blooms. 

 The accompanying photo represents 

 one of Mr. Groff's hybrids, and is a 

 study by itself, while its grand size 

 equals that of a tiger lily. 



Errata. — On page 329, under sec- 

 tion of apples read Yellow Transparent, 

 not Early Harvest. And on page 349, 

 for C. R. read C H.R. The article was 

 written by Mr. C. H. Roberts, Secretary 

 Paris Horticultural Society. 



McConnell's Seedling peach is a 

 fine free stone, with yellow flesh and fine 

 quality, ripening about season of Early 

 Crawford. 



Some Beautiful Cannas were 

 brought us by Mr. Frank Brunton, of 

 Hamilton, among them Queen Char- 

 lotte, Chicago, J. D. Cabos, Italia, Aus- 

 tria, and Alba Rosea. 



The American Pomological So- 

 ciety held its 25th session the first 

 week in Sept., at Columbus, O. It is 

 proposed to form a scheme by which 

 this old Society shall cooperate with 

 the U. S. Pomological division of the 

 Department of Agriculture. The Hon. 

 P. J. Berckman declining reelection, 

 Mr. C N. Watrous, of Iowa, was elected 

 President. Mr. Craig, of the Central 

 Experimental Farm, was in attendance, 

 and read a paper. 



Richer than the Klondike is the 

 heading of an article in the Weekly Sun, 

 regarding the Niagara Peninsula. We 

 are willing to take all the advertising 

 the Sun chooses to give us gratis, but 

 when $2,000 is mentioned as a sample 

 of profits from one acre in a single year, 

 we think it time to speak and say such 

 talk is entirely misleading. The fact is 

 that the low prices of fruit in 1896 and 



1897 have been so discouraging that 

 many growers would like to give up 

 their business entirely, having been 

 compelled to borrow money for current 

 expenses. If the experiment of export- 

 ing our tender fruits to Great Britain is 

 a success, then we will have great hopes 

 for the future of the fruit industry in 

 Canada. 



The Provincial Fruit Crop is re- 

 ferred to in the following terms by Bul- 

 letin 62 of the Ontario Bureau of Indus- 

 tries : The supply of apples will be far 

 below the average, as might be expected 

 after the immense yield of last year. In 

 a few instances large yields are spoken 

 of, but a considerable number of corres- 

 pondents report the opposite, and too 

 frequently mention is made of scab. 

 Of the standard winter varieties the 

 Northern Spy has done best. Pears 

 will give a better yield relatively than 

 apples, but mention is made here and 

 there of the blight. Plums suffered con- 

 siderably from curculio and rot, but 

 many speak of large yields, and the sea- 

 son has been a good one for careful and 

 intelligent growers. Peaches are yield- 

 ing heavily in Lincoln, although there 

 has been a tendency to rot among some 

 early varieties. In Essex and other 

 counties this fruit has done very poorly. 

 On account of the ravages of black-knot 

 comparatively few cherry trees have been 

 left in the Province, but as a rule these 

 have been loaded. Several correspond- 

 ents complain of the non-enforcement 

 of the law governing black-knot in plum 

 and cherry orchards. Grapes promise 

 a fair to good yield, although in many 

 quarters threatened with mildew on 

 account of the damp season. This crop 

 is reported to be a week or two late. 

 In most sections of the Province small 

 fruits were abundant, raspberries especi- 

 ally giving a magnificent yield. 



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