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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



The Clyde Strawberry is said by some 

 of our readers to be a poor shipper. They 

 gfive it g-reat credit as producer of fine larg-e 

 berries, but say that they are not firm 

 enough to carry far in good condition. Is 

 this a g-eneral complaint ? 



good qualities as seem likely to make it a 

 popular home and market berry. 



Gillett's Lye must be applied to the 

 foliage of fruit trees with caution. At 

 Maplehurst it was used early in June to 

 destroy the cherry aphis, in proportion of 

 one ten cent package to five gallons of 

 water, and while it killed the aphis it also 

 destroyed a great deal of the foliage. 



English Gooseberries may possibly be 

 raised with success if carefully sprayed. 

 Bulletin 77, Mich., says that all the English 

 varieties, except Orange and Champion, bore 

 good crops, having been sprayed twice with 

 Bordeaux, and in June with potassium sul- 

 phide, three ounces to ten gallons of water. 

 Those English gooseberries sold in Chicago 

 at from $1.25 and $1.50 per sixteen quart 

 case, which was about double the amount 

 received for American berries shipped at 

 the same time. 



Cumberland Raspberry. — This raspberry 

 fruited last year for the first time at the 

 Michigan Experimental Station, and the re- 

 port says of it : The plants are vigorous in 

 growth and very productive. Berries large, 

 firm, uicy and of a sweet rich flavor. This 

 variety possesses such a combination of 



Soil Culture, Cereals and Fruits, is 

 the title of a pamphlet recently published by 

 the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, 

 and prepared by Dr. Wm. Saunders. In 

 this he refers to the work of cross fertiliza- 

 tion in progress, and points out special 



