NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Mr. Wm. Gammage, of Lxjndon, was 

 elected President, and Mr. Hugh Mc- 

 Lean, of St. Thomas, Secretary. This 

 society is composed of professional flor- 

 ists, and will no doubt do much service 

 in the interests of the trade. This will 

 not in the least trespass upon our work, 

 which IS wholly in the interests of ama- 

 teurs. There is also a possibility of 

 this organization publishing a trade 

 Journal for florists. 



Harrahan's Automatic Refriger- 

 ator Car. — We are in receipt of a 

 letter from Mr. F. R. Latchford, of 

 Ottawa, in which he calls attention to 

 the failure of our export shipments of 

 fruit last year, owing to the poor system 

 of refrigeration in use both on steam 

 cars and steamboats. Mr. Harrahan's 

 system seems to be excellent and is 

 economical, inasmuch as the ice is only 

 needed at the middle, a great saving in 

 both maintenance and operation. 



The Burbank plum is recommended 

 as the most valuable for general cultiva- 

 tion, by Mr. S. D. Willard, of Geneva, 

 N. Y. He says it is a fairly good plum 

 and gives best crops. Last season he 

 shipped 2,500 ten pound baskets of 

 them to three different markets, and 

 they netted him from 15c. to 25c. each, 

 which was good for the season. He 

 labelled them " Best canning plum." 

 The tree is inclined to overload, but the 

 fruit must be thinned. 



The Cut of the Forest Belt, on 

 p. 51, is from a photograph taken by 

 Mr. Shutt, of the Central Experimental 

 Farm, to illustrate an article by Mr. W. 

 P. Macam, which appeared in the Far- 

 mers' Institute Report. 



Fio. 1318— Triumph Peach. 

 The Triumph peach is being widely 

 advertised, but we have not yet tested 

 it, though we hope for fruit this coming 

 season. It originated in Georgia, and 

 is claimed to be a good yellow free- 

 stone, which is of about same season 

 as the Alexander. The flesh is yellow, 

 quality fine, and a freestone. 



The Manitoba Horticultural So- 

 ciety is the name of the newly organ- 

 ized Society in that Province, which 

 holds its Annual Meeting in the City 

 Hall, Winnipeg, on Friday, February 

 1 8th. It exists for the same effect as 

 our own Association, the circular issued 

 stating that " The Manitoba Horticul- 

 tural Society exists for the purpose of 

 advancing the interests of Horticulture 

 in the Departments of Flower growing. 

 Fruit growing, and Tree growing, 

 throughout the region between Lake 

 Superior and the Rocky Mountains. 

 It aims at discovering the kind of 

 plants, and methods of cultivation 

 most suited to the soil, the climate, 

 and the peculiar circumstances of this 

 country." 

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