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Our Gooseberry Station.— On the 8th and 9th of July, Professor Hutt 

 and the writer made a trip north into the County of Simcoe, for the purpose of 

 visiting the gooseberry plantation of Mr. S. Spillelt, of Nantyr, who has recently 

 been appointed experimenter in that fruit. The whole country here is interest- 

 ing, with Lake Simcoe in the distance, and the many hills and vales which give 

 variety to the landscape. 



Mr. Spillett has about two acres and a half devoted to his gooseberry experi- 

 ments. The land is of the best character for the work in which Mr. Spillett is 

 engaged, being mixed sandy loam and clay. He has enriched it to a remark- 

 able degree and the size of the fruit is, in consequence, extraordinary. Mr. 

 Spillett has some twenty varieties under test, and year by year will add to the 

 number. He has been a public school teacher for many years, but is now 

 retiring to devote himself more especially to experiments with fruit. We believe 

 that the results of his experiments in gooseberries will be of great benefit to 

 Canadian fruit grqwers. 



Apple Inspection. — It appears that the Tasmanians are more careful 

 about the quality of their apples forwarded to Great Britain than we are. The 

 Journal of the Council of Agriculture, published at Hobart, comes to our table 

 regularly, and gives an instance of a man, a member of the Council, who brought 

 to the wharf for shipment thirty cases of inferior grade apples The inspector 

 at the wharf refused to pass these apples. The matter was afterward discussed 

 in the Council, and the person who attempted to ship the inferior fruit took the 

 ground he had a perfect right to ship whatever rubbish he liked to Britain, pro- 

 viding he paid for its carriage. The opinion prevailed in the Council that such 

 shipments affected the prices obtained by other shippers, and, indeed, affected 

 the reputation of Tasmanian apples. By vote of the Council, the name of the 

 offending member was dropped from the membership roll of the Council. 



