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ficially blighted. He covered numerous blooms in the orchard with mosquito 

 netting, and in not one instance were these blooms affected, while those not so 

 protected were very soon affected with the blight. 



Another way of access for the microbe of the blight is through the young 

 and tender tips of fast growing trees, and on this account it is wise to avoid 

 applying too much nitrogenous manure to the pear tree. 



The wide-awake fruit grower could largely save his trees from blight by 

 cutting off the blighted portions, whether they be blossoms or tender young 

 shoots, just as soon as they appear and before the blight has time to spread. 

 Blighted limbs, when dry, do not spread the infection, because the microbe soon 

 dies in dry wood. 



There was a very lively discussion at another stage of the proceedings on 

 the benefits of spraying. An interesting paper was read by Mr. Albert Wood, 

 who is extensively engaged in growing apples. He gave his personal experience, 

 stating that his apple orchard covers twenty-five acres, and that last year it 

 yielded twenty-five hundred barrels of fine fruit, as a result of the thorough treat- 

 ment with Bordeaux mixture. His orchard was planted in i860 and yielded 

 fairly well until about eight years ago, when it ceased to be productive. His 

 first experiment was with two trees which he sprayed faithfully, and, as a result, 

 there was a good yield, while the ones untreated gave very little fruit. The next 

 year he gave his whole orchard two applications and there was hardly a tree but 

 was breaking down with the quantity of fruit. From fourteen trees which were 

 neglected he picked only thirty five barrels of fruit, which, had they yielded as 

 the rest of the orchard did, would have produced one hundred and thirty-five. 

 If such results as these can be obtained by thorough spraying, surely the fruit 

 growers of Ontario cannot be too industrious in the treatment of their orchards 

 with the Bordeaux mixture during the coming season. They should begin 

 before the leaf buds open and give their trees a thorough preliminary treatment 

 with sulphate of copper, one pound to twenty-five gallons of water. On 

 another page we give a table prepared by Professor Craig, of the Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa, in which full instructions will be found concerning the 

 time and method of spra) ing our trees and plants, and we hope that we shall 

 all have some practical experience to report at our next meeting at Woodstock. 



Mr. Tabor gave an address on " Nature's Remedies for Diseases in Fruit." 

 Speaking of the strawberry, he gave the following as the five best for profit, — 

 Michel's Early, Haverland, Lovett, Bubach and Gandy. The Timbrell. he said, 

 is a very good grower and possesses a fine flavor, but is not as fine looking as 

 some others for the market. 



His method of training was a modification of the Kniffen system, usiug only 

 two main arms which he trained along the top wire, while from these he allowed the 

 branches to hang. He said this was the most economical as regards time and 

 consequent expense, and he believed the yield per acre was as great as by any 

 other method. 



