EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Fig. 2776. The Wallace Power Sprayer. 



since in American Gardening, m^de either 

 of natural tree branches, or of smooth sticks 

 closely covered with bark or a combination 

 of both, as in the engraving. Vines planted 

 at the ends and at the rear will soon cover 

 such a seat and give a delightfully cozy 

 nook. 



Compressed Air Sprayers 



AT the meeting of fruit growers m 

 Beamsville on the i6th inst., the 

 Wallace Sprayer and the Tweedle Sprayer 

 were both on exhibition, and both did ex- 

 cellent work. Mr. Tweedle gets a reser- 

 voir tank of galvanized iron filled with com- 

 pressed air by a stationary gasoline engine, 

 at the point where the mixtures are pre- 

 pared, and this, together with another gal- 

 vanized iron tank holding the mixture, is 

 not a heavy load for the horses to take 

 through the orchard. Mr. Tweedle had 

 also a spar of eight or ten nozzles, which by 

 a pulley he elevates along a vertical gas 

 pipe, so as to spray the highest apple trees 

 in a few minutes. The whole outfit, includ- 

 ing the gasoline engine, is valued at about 

 $500, and would make a capital co-operative 

 outfit. 



The Wallace Power Sprayer takes its 

 power from the wagon wheel, and is not 

 as expensive an outfit. It is readily 

 thrown in and out of gear, and a short drive 



will get up the air pressure in the reservoir 

 above the tank to 80 or 100 pounds to the 

 square inch. "The weight of the whole out- 

 fit, with a half round two hundred gallon 

 tank, wagon and all, before adding the mix- 

 ture, is about 1,400 lbs. Add to this two 

 hundred gallons of mixture, and the turn- 

 ing of the power wheel, and you have a fair- 

 ly good pull for a team of horses, which, 

 however, granting the ground is firm, will 

 not be too great. This is another machine 

 suitable for co-operative work. 



We show above a cut of the Wallace 

 Sprayer complete, and below we show also 

 a cut of the Little Giant Spray Pump, manu- 

 factured by the Perkins ^^lanufacturing Co. 

 This latter machine we have not yet seen, 

 but judge might be useful for the individual 

 orchardist, who does not wish to use the co- 

 aperative pump. The cost of this is from 

 $100 to $125. 



Thinning^Apples 



1" O thin our apples in such a way as to 

 bring to maturity only the finest fruit 

 is no small undertaking, and it is still an 

 open question whether the work would pay 

 for the extra work. Mr. S. A. Beach, of 



Fig. 2777. The Little Giant Spray Pump. 



A Canadian invention. The pump takes its power from the 

 wagon wheel. 



