IN THE ORCHARD. 



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The Fitzgerald Peach. 



The Fitzgerald Peach is a variety which serves to extend the season of high class yellow peaches a few days later than the Early Craw- 

 ford. It is too tender for very long shipments, but to the taste of many people the flavor is finer than that of the Crawford. Origin : Oik- 

 viile, Ont ; Tree : hardy, healthy and productive; Fruit : Size, two and a quarter inches in either diameter; Form, roundish, ovate; Color, 

 bright yellow, partly covered with deep red ; Down, moderate ; Cavity, broad and deep; Apex, a small point in a slightly depressed basin ; 

 Suiur, distinct ; Stone, free. Flesh: yellow, with red at pit ; Texture, tender an«l juicy ; Flavor, excellent. Season: Sept. ist to 7th. 



ing, place some of the Bordeaux, which has 

 been thoroughly stirred, in a saucer, and add 

 a few drops of the ferrocyanide. If suffi- 

 cient lime has been used, no discoloration 

 will appear, but if insufficient, a deep dark 

 brown color will be produced. 



Always strain the milk of lime to prevent 

 gritty particles from clogging the nozzles. 

 Use a fine nozzle ; do not soak nor drench the 

 tree. The stock solutions will keep, but the 

 Bordeaux mixture becomes useless after 

 standing for a day or two. 



COMBINATION BORDEAUX AND PARIS GREEN 

 MIXTURES. 



This mixture is for fungous diseases and 

 leaf-eating insects. It is prepared like the 

 Bordeaux, but 4 ounces of paris green are 

 added and thoroughly stirred before spray- 

 ing. Copper sulphate (bluestone), 4 

 pounds ; quick lime (fresh), 4 pounds ; paris 

 green, 4 ounces; water (i barrel), 40 gal- 

 lons. In^rnall quantities it may be made 

 as follows :" Bluestone, 4 level tablespoon- 



f uls ; quick lime, 4 level tablespoonfuls ; 

 paris green, i level tablespoonful ; water, i 

 pail (2 gallons). 



Fruit Scions. — At the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa, a great many re- 

 quests for scions of different varieties of 

 fruits are received. While W. T. Macoun, 

 the horticulturist, is always pleased to fur- 

 nish scions where it is possible to do so, a 

 great many kinds, he says, do not succeed at 

 Ottawa which are needed in other parts of 

 Ontario. It is necessary, therefore, to dis- 

 appoint fruit growers quite frequently. 

 Many fruit growers would like to know 

 where scions can be obtained at reasonable 

 rates, either from nurserymen or from fruit 

 growers. 



When I set out my apple orchard twenty- 

 two years ago I committed the mistake 

 many do the first year, of planting too many 

 early bearing apple trees. — (A. Shaw, Wal- 

 kerton, Ont. 



