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A Terrible Cyclone visited the 

 Niagara District in September, breaking 

 down and upooting strong trees, un- 

 roofing factories, carrying away houses 

 and churches, and of course destroying 

 the fruit crop along its whole course, 

 from Port Dalhousie to Merritton and 

 onward. How fortunate that its course 

 was limited in width to about loo yards. 



The Nova Scoiia Provincial Ex- 

 hibition at Halifax had a fine fruit 

 show of about 2,000 plates of apples, 

 pears, plums and grapes, the last week 

 of September. The Horticultural Hall 

 was under the care of Mr. J. W. Bige- 

 low, Supt. of the Nova Scotia Horticul- 

 tural Society. Prof. Sears, of the Hor- 

 ticultural School at Wolfville was on 

 hand with microscopes to show objects 

 of interest to fruit growers. 



The Minnesota Horticultural 

 Society at their December meeting 

 recommended the following three varie- 

 ties of Russian apples as alone really 

 worthy of cultivation, viz., Duchess, 

 Hibernal and Charlemoff. 



Spray for Cabbages and Cauli- 

 flower. — The growing of these vege- 

 tables of late years has been most dis- 

 couraging, owing to the cabbage worm 

 {Pieris rupee), and the cabbage looper 

 {Fhesia brassicae). Bulletin 144, Gene- 

 va Experiment Station, treats of the 

 successful treatment of these enemies 

 bv the use of the Resin lime mixture, 

 the preparation of which is therein 

 described. By the use of it the yield 

 can be increased 60 per cent, to 100 

 per cent. 



Definite results were obtained in 



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