THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



ages in all. The Crimson Rambler rose 

 was most called for, and 1585 large two 

 year old plants were sent out. The 

 Wickson plum was large enough for or- 

 chard planting, and was called for next 

 in order, the number sent out being 

 1255. Besides these there were 434 

 Peonies, 288 packages raspberry plants, 

 and 167 Victoria Black Currants. We 

 hope the special effort made by the ex- 

 ecutive to please will lead to increased 

 membership in all our Societies, for it 

 has not been done without considerable 

 extra expense. The greater the mem- 

 bership the more wide will be our in- 

 fluence ; and the more money we have 

 to spend the more generous we can be 

 to each member. 



The inspectors of orchards are do- 

 ing faithful work in the Niagara District 

 under the charge of Mr. G. E. Fisher, 

 of Burlington. Cases of infested or- 

 chards have been discovered near the 

 United States border, and are being de- 

 stroyed root and branch. 



At the suggestion of the Provincial 

 Minister of Agriculture it is proposed to 

 make each of our fruit experimenters a 

 referee to decide cases of San Jose scale 

 in his district, thus co-operating as far as 

 possible in the work of detecting its ex- 

 istence in any orchard in the province. 



The prospects for an extraordinary 

 fruit crop never exceeded those of the 

 present season. The pear orchards are 

 literally white with bloom, the peaches 

 are a beautiful pink, the cherry and ap- 

 ple promise equal to any year in the his- 

 tory of Canadian fruit growing. The 

 reports so far received, seem to indicate 

 that this condition is universal through- 

 out the province. That pests will also 

 abound, we doubt not ; already the 

 aphes is present on the cherry, and the 



rose, and the webworm is on the apple 

 and pear. The scab may possibly not 

 appear, if June is a dry month, but as 

 Prof. Bailey remarks, we should spray 

 as an insurance policy on the fruit, and 

 it will be money well spent. 



Export of Fruit. — The great ques- 

 tion facing us fruit growers this year, 

 especially in view of the possibility of 

 an enormous crop of fruit of all kinds, 

 is the export trade. Can we succeed in 

 placing our fruit products in the great 

 markets of the world in good condition. 

 Last year we had both failure and suc- 

 cess, but not enough success to warrant 

 private enterprise to any great extent. 

 This year no effort is to be spared on 

 the part of the Minister of Agriculture 

 for the Dominion, and of the growers 

 interested, to make this important un- 

 dertaking a complete success, and of all 

 this the Canadian Horticulturist 

 will give its readers the fullest informa- 

 tion. 



The Price of Nursery Stock has 

 not advanced, notwithstanding the ex- 

 clusion of United States stock, and no- 

 body seems seriously inconvenienced by 

 the San Jose Scale Act. American nur- 

 serymen who had made sales in Canada, 

 have simply bought their stock whole- 

 sale from Canadian nurserymen, and 

 packed their orders this side the line ; 

 while the surplus was so great in Can- 

 ada, that fine trees have been almost 

 given away. Fancy, beautiful pear trees, 

 three years of age, wholesaling at from 

 7 to 10 cents each and peach trees at 5 

 cents, when a few years ago they could 

 not be bought for less than three times 

 these prices. 



Strange that when peach and pear 

 trees are so cheap, our fruit growers do 

 not seize the opportunity of planting 



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