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Letter fpom Portage la Praipie. 



SjR, — I am anxious to try some of the hardiest of apple and plum seeds in this section. 

 Already I have some seedling apples which are doing well. My gooseberries were growing 

 too much to wood, so this spring I scraped the rich black prairie soil away from the bushes 

 and put sand in its place, cutting around the roots, and now they are loaded with fruit, 

 both English and American varieties. My currants are splendid, both black, white and 

 red. 1 have over two thousand currant bushes. Raspberries and wild plums are a failure 

 here. I have been here fourteen years and have quite a large garden. 1 am planting one 

 pound of onion seed, one pound carrot seed, one pound beets, besides peas, beans, corn and 

 other stuff. I have already about fourteen acres of turnips. I have two thousand cabbage 

 and five thousand celery plants yet to plant. I think that people who do not grow a large 

 quantity of small fruits, make a great mistake. 



John Parkinson, Portage, la Prairie, Man 



Oup Repopt Apppeciated. 



Sir, — The Governor-General desires me to thank you for kindly sending him the inter- 

 esting and valuable Reports of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, which His 

 Excellency will peruse with care and attention, and which cannot fail to be of great prac- 

 tical use. I remain, yours faithfully, 



VV. T, G. Hewkit, Priv. Sec. 

 Government House, Ottawa, May 25, 1895. 



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Bulletin 22, Central Experimental Farm, is devoted to raspberries, and contains 

 much interesting information for planters, concerning varieties. 



Bulletin 23, Central ^Experimental Farm, is devoted to Spraying, Injurious Insects, 

 etc. Both these bulletins are prepared by Mr. John Craig. 



Insect Foes and How to Destroy them is the title of a remarkably convenient 

 book for fruit growers and farmers, published by the author, Prof. J. Hoyes Panton, of 

 the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. The book contains 8o pages, giving a brief 

 description of the insects affecting the apple, the pear, the plum, peach, small fruits and 

 vegetables, with a remedy for each. No book that we know of covers so much ground for 

 so little money as this one ; and the name of its author, Prof. Panton, should give all our 

 readers confidence in its merits. Price 30 cents. It may be ordered through this office. 



M. J. Henry's Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental trees, Vancouver, B. C. 



Wholesale Catalogue Dutch Bulbs, Hulsebosch Bros., Overveen, Holland, and 

 Englewood, N. J. 



Prize List of Canada's Great Fair and Industrial Exhibition, Toronto, Sept. 2 to 14, 

 1895. 



Insects and Insecti(?jdes. A practical manual concerning noxious insects and the 

 methods of preventing tlr^E irjuries. By Clarence M. Weed, D.C.S. , Professor of Zoology 

 and Entomology, New Hamij^hiro College of Agriculture. Well illustrated. Price $1.50. 

 This is the second revised eSition and a very useful book for the fruit grower. It has been 

 prepared purposely for the farmer, the fruit grower, floriculturist and housekeeper, and 

 has drawn upon all previously published works on insects, in order to meet the purpose for 

 which it is written. It forms an admirable handbook, and any farmer or fruit grower who 

 buys this book will find that his money has been well invested. The practical directions 

 in this work are brief and to the point, and the descriptions of insects are the same, which 

 is an advantage to the busy farmer. 



