REPORTS AND BULLETINS 



A NUMBER of very interesting bul- 

 letins and official reports reached 

 The Horticulturist during June. The an- 

 nual report of the Inspector of Fumigating 

 Appliances for Ontario, Mr. P. W. Hod- 

 getts, shows that the enforcement of the 

 Fumigation Act 'has driven several smaller 

 nursery firms out of business. Inspector 

 Hodgetts reports that in every case the nur- 

 serymen are seeing that the stock sold bears 

 the certificate of fumigation. Fruit grow- 

 ers are well pleased with the work done, and 

 the members of the Niagara District Asso- 

 ciation recommended that if the inspector 

 found scale on nursery stock the previous 

 year the facts should be made public 

 through The Canadian Horticulturist. The 

 report contains a Hst of Ontario nurseries 

 and may be had by application to the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Toronto. 



Bulletin No. 115, of the Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Burlington, Vermont, discusses " Dis- 

 ease Resistant Potatoes." After many ex- 

 periments to show stem resistance to disease 

 and tuber resistance to rot and the chances 

 for increasing this resistance it draws the 

 following conclusions: (i) Some varieties 

 are less subject to vine injury than others, 

 (2) some show greater resistance to rot 

 than others, (3) some show close relation 

 between resistance of vine to disease and re- 

 sistance of tuber to rot, (4) selection has not 

 given visible increase of resistance. 



Bulletin No. 113 of the same station deals 

 with spra\-ing mixtures and concludes by 

 giving a spray calendar. Preparation of 

 sprays, objects of spraying and such ques- 

 tions are fully explained. The bulletin is 

 worth writing for. 



" Potato Spraying Experiments in 1904," 

 No. 264, New York Experimental Station, 



Geneva, N. Y., gives a comprehensive re- 

 view of extensive experiments carried on 

 with Bordeaux mixture for late blight and 

 potato rot. At the station five sprayings 

 gave an increase of 233 bushels per acre, and 

 three sprayings an increase of 191 bushels 

 per acre. In 14 experiments on farms in- 

 cluding 180 acres, the average gain was 

 6254 bushels and the average cost for each 

 spraying 93 cents per acre. In 41 volun- 

 teer experiments which farmers carried on, 

 including 363^ acres, the average gain was 

 583/2 bushels per acre and the average cost 

 90 2-3 cents per acre. Judging from these 

 figures no potato grower can afford to ne- 

 glect spraying. The bulletin is a valuable 

 one. 



The Experiment Station, Orono, Maine, 

 in bulletin 108, deals with "Orchard Moths," 

 giving notes on common orchard caterpil- 

 lars and some insect eating birds. Bulletin 

 No. 109, from the same station, discusses 

 the " Apple Maggot and Other Insects." 

 Preventive and remedial measures are 

 given. Allowing hogs and sheep to eat the 

 windfalls from August until the crop is har- 

 vested is mentioned as being one of the 

 cheapest and most effective remedies. 



The Agricultural Experiment Station of 

 Urbana, Illinois, discusses " The Curculio 

 and the Apple " in Bulletin 98. The life 

 history and habits are fully given, as well as 

 characteristics which distinguish it from the 

 plum curculio. Neglect of pruning, culti- 

 vation, spraying and fertilizing engenders 

 conditions which favor its nniltiplication. 

 Spraying with arsenical poisons has a bene- 

 ficial effect in an isolated orchard. De- 

 struction of fallen fruit and surface cultiva- 

 tion are mentioned as very efficient reme- 

 dial measures. 



I have never used boxes for shipping 

 apples, and shall not as long as I can get 

 barrels at 50 cents or less. — (Irvine Hicks, 

 South Bay, Ont. 



The Horticulturist is the best fruit magazine 

 I have ever read. — (A. A. Bligh. Water\dlle, 

 IST. S. 



The Canadian Horticulturist is getting better 

 all the time.— (Geo. Shuert, Brantford, Ont. 



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