OUR MEETING AT WATERLOO. 



lish market on account of its delicious 

 flavor, and its rieh golden yellow, when 

 fully ripe, renders it peculiarly attractive." 

 Notwithstanding all these good things 

 said in its favor, the apple has failed to 

 gain upon the favor of our apple growers, 

 and we doubt if any one would recom- 

 mend it as a profitable variety. The 



tree is vigorous and productive, and we 

 have engraved a photograph of a tree of 

 this variety in J. Cooper's garden, Lind- 

 say, which he received from ojur Associ- 

 ation in 1873. Certainly it has made a 

 fine tree in twenty-four years, and we 

 thank Mr. Cooper for sending us the 

 photograph. 



OUR MEETING AT WATERLOO. 



eN invitation of the Waterloo Horti- 

 cultural Society our Association met 

 at Waterloo on Wednesday, the 1 5 th 

 ult. at 10 o'clock in the morning. Much 

 credit is due to the members of that 

 society for their interest in our meeting, 

 and for their success in bringing together 

 a large local attendance. 



The chief paper of the first morning 

 was given by Mr. W. M. Orr, the Super- 

 intendent of Spraying for Ontario. He 

 gave a detailed account of his work dur. 

 ing the past season. Experimental spray- 

 ing had been conducted in twenty-nine 

 different localities, and the universal tes- 

 timony from all quarters was in favor of 

 the great benefits received from the per- 

 sistent application of the Bordeaux mix- 

 ture. The scab appeared later than usual 

 in the season, owing to the excessive wet 

 in the latter part of the summer. It is 

 commonly supposed that the first three 

 sprayings are the most important, but 

 this year those who were satisfied with 

 the yearly applications missed the mark. 

 Mr. Orr noticed the danger that arose 

 late in the season and gave a seventh 

 appHcation which was the most effective 

 of all and produced the most interesting 

 results. In one orchard, for example, 

 trees sprayed gave 90 per cent, clean 

 fruit, while those unsprayed gave only 20 

 per cent, and it was reckoned that from 

 twenty-five trees sprayed, there was a 



direct gain of at least $100. In another 

 orchard, Spys that had been sprayed 

 gave 90 per cent, clean fruit, while those 

 unsprayed only 50 per cent. One in- 

 stance was given of Maiden Blush apples 

 sprayed that sold for $4 a bbl., while 

 those unsprayed were so scabby and 

 blemished that they brought only lr.75 

 a bbl The cost of spraying was reckoned 

 by Mr. Orr to be only about 2 cents per 

 tree for each application. 



This report by Mr. Orr is one of the 

 best testimonies that has ever been given 

 to the public regarding the value of 

 spraying, and those apple growers in 

 Ontario who are aiming at success in 

 their work will surely follow out the in- 

 structions which have been given by the 

 department. The failure in many cases 

 on the part of those who have tried and 

 been unsuccessful, arises from two or 

 three causes. First, a poor pump has 

 been used. Some of those that were 

 first offered to the public might be called 

 men-killers, such hard work was required 

 to keep them in operation day after day. 

 Some of those now placed upon the mar- 

 ket work so easily that any boy can man- 

 age them. Another important considera- 

 tion in the pump is the nozzle. This 

 should be such as will furnish a fine 

 mist like spray which settles upon the 

 foliage and fruit of the tree like fog and 

 does not drop to the ground. This is 



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