THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



garden too much, so in consequence the 

 latter was more or less neglected. Not- 

 withstanding this his work has proved 

 the possibility of growing fruit here, for 

 he has produced fine samples of Alex- 

 ander, Duchess, Wealthy, Transparent, 

 Scott's Winter, Golden Russet, Wall 

 bridge, Charlemov, Borsdorfand Pewau- 

 kee apples; Moore's Arctic and Lombard 

 plums; Ostheim and Early Richmond 

 cherries; Flemish Beauty pears, and 

 Janesville, Lindley and Delaware grapes. 

 Among the places visited on the north- 



east side of the Island, was Mr. Eddy's, 

 at Hilton, whose son attended the O. A. 

 C. last winter. His home was prettily 

 situated, overlooking the water, and he 

 has a large farm, nearly 600 acres in all. 

 His young two-year-old orchard appears 

 to be in excellent condition ; the varie- 

 ties were — Wealthy, Golden Russet, 

 Duchess, Wallbridge, Snow, Transpa- 

 rent, Longfield, Stark, and Ben Davis ; 

 in all about two hundred trees. 



( To be continued. ) ■ 



FRUIT IN WESTERN ONTARIO. 



PEACH CURL AND SPRAYING, ETC. 



Sir, — - 1 have just returned from a 

 three days' drive through the county, 

 from Windsor south towards Amherst- 

 burg, then along the Lake Shore to 

 Leamington, and back along the old 

 gravel road. I visited a great many of 

 the fruit growers around Kingsville, 

 Ruthven and Leamington, and found 

 the fruit crop very much as reported. 



Pears are perhaps a little better than 

 an average crop, and apples are good. 

 Early peaches are a heavy crop and 

 were being shipped freely. Late peaches 

 only a moderate crop, but the quality 

 will be excellent 



The Smock, Wager, Golden Drop, 

 and a few others will have a heavy crop. 

 Early Crawford, Longhurst, Oldmixon 

 a medium crop. 



It would be interesting to note the 

 prevalence of effect of the leaf curl on 

 different varieties of peaches. With 

 me, on three-year-old trees, the Beer's 

 Smock was the only kind affected. Un- 



doubtedly there is a close connection 

 between the curl and the crop. Those 

 varieties badly affected have no peaches 

 — only those exempt from the disease 

 have a crop. There appears to be a 

 fair degree of uniformity in the experi- 

 ence of different growers, with the same 

 varieties. The Tyhurst, Late Crawford, 

 Elberta, Champion, Stump - the - World, 

 were badly affected ; while the Early 

 Crawford, Alexander, Smock, Lemon 

 Cling and some others, were compara- 

 tively free. 



One grower, whose name I cannot 

 recall, claimed to have had his orchard 

 quite free from the disease, as the result 

 of early spraying with the Bordeaux mix- 

 ture. 



No doubt W. W. Hilborn could give 

 some very interesting facts in this con- 

 nection. 



Yours truly, 



A. McNeill. 



Walkervilh. 



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