THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



tasteless. The remedy, or rather pre- 

 ventive, for this disease is to spray the 

 canes in spring, before the buds begin 

 to burst with copper sulphate solu- 

 tion, composed of one pound copper 

 sulphate or blue vitrol, and twenty gal- 

 lons of water. This should be followed 

 by three or four later sprayings at inter- 

 vals, before the fruit begins to form, 

 with Bordeaux mixture composed of five 

 pounds copper sulphate, four pounds 

 lime, and forty gallons of water. We 

 use a barrel sprayer drawn by a horse, 

 and having two lines of hose attached 

 and two finely distributing nozzles, so 

 that one side each of two rows of bushes 

 can be sprayed as fast as the horse can 

 walk. 



As to varieties, after testing quite a 

 number we have discarded all but Hil- 

 born and Gregg in black, Schaffer's 

 Colossal in purple, and Marlboro, and 



Fig. 1306. — Propagating by Tips. 

 Cuthbert in red. All of these I can 

 highly recommend for this locality. 



To sum up, success in raspberry cul- 

 ture lies in thorough drainage, judicious 

 fertilizing of the soil, selecting suitable 

 and hardy varieties for planting, frequent 

 shallow cultivation, systematic pruning, 

 and persistent warfare against fungous 

 and insect enemies. — E. F. Augustine, 

 Aughrim, in Ontario Farmers' Institute 

 Report, 1897. 



SUCCESS WITH SWEET PEAS. 



PLANTED the seed as soon as the 

 frost was out of the ground, fully six 

 I inches deep, in a soil rich in man- 

 ure, and near a low hedge, but fully 

 exposed to sunlight. I planted tolera- 

 bly thick, using two ounces of the best 

 mixed seed for a double row fifty feet 

 long. A single row would have done as 

 well near the hedge. I did not hoe the 

 plants at all, but instead, to keep down 

 the weeds, I mulched them with lawn 

 shavings. The soil wants to be packed 

 about the roots rather than loosened to 

 insure abundant blooming. I did not 

 even train the vines much. They grew 

 so thrifty that they partook of the nature 

 of the sturdy oak rather than of the 

 climbing vine. In fact they grew with 



the young hedge which gave them the 

 needed support. I think in a cooler 

 moister climate they ought to be well 

 trained up between woven vines or cords, 

 but here the vines in that condition are 

 apt to burn. I gave them plenty of 

 water, turning the hose on every even- 

 ing or morning, not for a sprinkle, but a 

 thorough wetting. The heavy stalks 

 daily shot out a profusion of long stem- 

 med blossoms which I as regularly cut. 

 The poorly developed were also snipped 

 to keep off every seed pod. My vines 

 were in bloom for weeks, and some days 

 I cut a large milk-pan full of bouquets 

 for friends and socials. — M. E. A., in 

 Parks Floral Mag. 



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