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no scaib; tree No. bwo, no worms and no 

 .scab. A Spy tree had six wormy and .six 

 .scabby out of 100. On 135 apples from two 

 Jiusset trees, there .were no worms and no 

 scaib. The feiw worms found in this experi 

 ment were all what are known as "side" 

 worms. 



On the trees sprayed with the dry spray 

 by means of the (blower, 90% of the San Jose 

 .scale was destroyed. These results appear 

 very satisfactory, and were more favorable 

 than some of the blower tests made else 

 where. 



Speaking of the du.sting of fruit trees and 

 grape vines for the d€.s-truttion of insect 

 pests, rather than by the old method of 

 spraying. Prof. Caesar recommends a dust 

 of 80 per cent, sulphur and 15 per cent, 

 powdered arsenate of lead. This method, 

 he claims, is 8 times as fast as the spraying 

 plan, and he has secured just as good re- 

 sults in the destruction of the codling moth 

 and ridding apple trees of scale. He also is 

 of opinion that it will be necessary to have 

 further exten.sive experiments in this line 

 of work. 



In St. Catharines neighiborhood not many 

 apples were packed this year, but the fruit 

 iwas fairly free from scaib, except on a few 

 Spys and Greenings. 



Apples for the winter in Old Niagara will 

 cost the consumer much more this year than 

 formerly, as the demand is already exceed- 

 ing the supply, while the fruit, as a result 

 of the excessive rains of the early season, 

 and the heat and drought of the later 

 months, is not nearly so fine as the people 

 would like. 



Vegetables of all kinds are scarce and 

 high-priced, and the result will be that 

 people's supply for the winter will be much 

 smaller than in past years. 



Canning factories ibought up a large por- 

 tion of the Keiffer pear crop, paying about 

 1 cent a pound. Anjou, Clairgean and Seckel 

 pears were in good demand, at from 50c to 

 75c per basket. 



In Lambton County peaches and pears 

 were plentiful this year, ibut apples were 

 small and scabby, many orchards not having 

 been properly sprayed, owing to wet weather 

 and lack of help in the spring. 



A shipment of pears from Grimsby to 

 Glasgow arrived there in excellent condi- 

 tion, and brought the following prices: In 

 half boxes. Duchess, $1.92 to $2.10; Clair- 

 gean, $2.05; Anjou, $2.16 to $2.64; Base, 

 $2.40. 



A report from Welland' states that nearly 

 200 tons of grapes during the present fruit 

 season have been bought by the foreigners 

 residing in the town of Welland, for the 

 purpose of making wine. The majority press 

 out the juice, place it in Ibarrels, and drink 

 it in that condition. The price paid was 

 from $25 to $30 per ton, so between $5,000 

 and $6,000 were expended for this grape 

 juice. The Welch Qrape Juice Company, of 

 St. Catharines, bought a large amount of 

 Concord grape.s around Grimsiby, paying 

 from $35 to $40 per ton for them. 



iMr. A. G. Harris, Pomologist at the Vine- 

 land Experimental Station, has resigned his 

 position, to manage a large fruit plantation 

 in Colorado. During the past summer Mr. 

 Harris devoted most of his time to tne 

 new advertising scheme of the Niagara Dis- 

 trict Publicity Association, and was quite 

 successful in his canvass of the fruitgrowers 

 The Association label has heen largely u.sei 

 this season, and better results obtained than 

 under the 1915 plan. 



It is reported that Canadian canning con- 

 cerns — the Dominion Canners being pjirti- 

 cularly mentioned — are finding that, owing 

 to the shortage of this year's pack, they 



