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 Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable AnnTial 

 Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. 



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Prof. Cr.^ig is conducting special experiments in spraying for peach curl, 

 at our South-western Fruit Experiment Station. 



Err.\t.\ — S.\ccH.\ROMETER. — On page 171, an unfortunate misuse of words 

 occur, which escaped the notice of the proof reader. The word " lactometer," 

 meaning (an instrument for measuring the richness of milk), is used ; when 

 saccharometer, or sugar meter is the word intended by the writer. 



Pe.\ch Blossoms are coming out quite abundantly (May 7), after all our 

 fears of the consequences of that cold weather in January, when the glass showed 

 — 15°. The Crawford, the most tender variety, is killed, but most other kinds 

 are blooming abundantly. The proportion that is killed by the winter's cold 

 will simply save the trouble of thinning out the fruit. 



The Season which opened out rather late has proved to be after all 

 a remarkably early one, owing to the exceeding heat of the second week of 

 May. The bloom of all kinds of fruit trees and plants was rapidly hurried for- 

 ward, and on the evening of the 12th met with a severe frost, which we fear has 

 largely damaged the prospect for cherries, peaches and grapes, even in the more 

 favored sections of Southern Ontario. (See reports farther on.) 



The Experiment Station Extension Bill of the New York State pro- 

 vides for the appropriation of $16,000 to be expended for horticultural purposes 

 in sixteen counties of Western New York. The fund is to be expended in con- 

 ducting investigations and experiments in horticulture, in discovering and 

 remedying diseases of plants, vines and trees, in ascertaining the best means of 



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