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nearly a whole morning with a single barrel of Bordeaux mixture. Besides, we 

 can do better work with a fine vapory spray, because this covers the foliage much 

 more completely than a coarse spray. For large apple trees the McGowan 

 nozzle is best, because it throws the spray farther. 



Most people use too heavy hose also in spraying. A half or three quarter 

 inch is quite large enough, and it should be twelve or fifteen feet in length, so 

 that it can be elevated near the branches of the higher trees. 



Winter Apples will be a light crop in 1895, if the indications in South- 

 ern Ontario prevail throughout the province. The failure of the Baldwin to 

 set fruit appears to be chronic. Again this year Baldwins show no bloom, 

 though the orchards are cultivated in the very best manner and the trees appear 

 to be healthy and vigorous. Why is it that this apple, which was once the most 

 productive of all, has of late years become the least satisfactory ? The Cran- 

 berry Pippin in our orchard is loaded, as it also was two years ago when others 

 failed. This variety appears to be one of the most satisfactory of winter apples, 

 and may yet take the place among apples of its season that the Gravenstein does 

 among fall varieties. It is much inferior to the Gravenstein as a dessert apple, 

 but for cooking purposes it is excellent, and its fine appearance commands for 

 it a ready sale. 



THE EFFECT OF THE LATE FROSTS. 



Up to the 1 2th of May the prospect for an excellent crop of fruit was never 

 better in most parts of Ontario, with the exception, perhaps, of winter apples. 

 The bloom was unusually early on account of the exceptionally warm weather* 

 and as a result, the early and severe frostj like that on the night of May 12th, 

 was most injurious. A few favored sections seem to have escaped without much 

 injury, as, for instance, portions of the Niagara district, Prince Edward County, 

 and some parts of Essex County, but, for the most part, the injury to the grape, 

 cherry, peach and plum crop seem to have been universal, and in some parts 

 apples and pears also are totally destroyed. It is possible that the result may 

 be a largely increased value for the fruits which remain, but, owing to the low 

 rates of transportation, fruits are now shipped in from California and other 

 distant points, glutting our markets whether we have a crop in Ontario, or not. 



The following reports from our directors will be interesting to our readers ; 



Mr. T. H. Race, of Mitchell, writes : — The repeated frosts since the night of the 12th 

 of May have been the most damaging known in this section for thirty -five years. Through- 

 out the County of Perth cherries and plums are totally destroyed, currants and gooseberries 

 nearly so, and raspberries are cut so badly that scarcely a quarter of an average crop can 

 be looked for. All the first blossoms on the strawberry vines have been destroyed, but 

 there may yet be a fair crop. Pear trees blossomed very heavily, and they are still show- 

 ing signs of vitality. In the southern parts of the county, about St. Marys and on toward 

 London, this sign is even more promising than about here, Stratford and northward to 

 Listowel. It is too soon yet to tell what the eflfect is going to be on the apple crop. The 

 fruit stem of the Duchess and other early varieties seems quite firm yet — even into the 

 faded blossoms, and the later blossoming varieties are expected to be fairly safe for an 

 average crop. 



