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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



color and form Plums that were put 



in the mixture slightly immature cracked 

 badly in every case, while those put in fully 

 ripe remained without cracking. Currants, 

 raspberries, and blackberries placed in the 

 formalin and alcohol mixture mentioned 

 above remained firm, but the color was not 

 well preserved." 



The Apple Maggot. — Card, of Rhode 

 Island, has found orchard cultivation to go 

 a long way in destroying this insect. Of 

 500 apples picked from a tree in grass, 

 September 19th, where the ground had not 

 been ploughed about 400 were wormy, 

 while on the ploughed ground only about 

 half of that number were affected. 



The Quality of Canadian Fruits is the 

 subject of comment in The Fruitgrower, 

 published in London, England, from which 

 we quote as follows : 



We are particularly pleased to testify to the 

 quality of the Canadian fruits. They are far 

 superior to the American, the flesh of the fruits 

 are finer, more juicy and toothsome, whereas a 

 good many of the Californian Newtown apples 

 are hard and quite different to those sent from 

 Canada. This is proved indirectly by the excel- 

 lent prices which rule for best Canadian stuff, 

 and we hope that the public will create a larger 

 demand than ever for the finest of fruits which 

 will be shipped us from the patriotic colony 

 which sent such brave volunteers to uphold the 

 glory of England in South Africa. 



Perfect Success in Export of Tender 

 Fruit. — This season inaugurates an entirely 

 ne\y era in the fruit growing industry. 

 Until this present season there was no 

 guarantee of temperature on shipboard, and 

 the ship companies would not agree to keep 

 the temperature within certain specified 

 limits ; the fruit might be cooked or it 

 might be frozen, and all the same they 

 would not be responsible. But this year this 

 agreement has been made. Besides this, 

 the Provincial Department of Agriculture 

 has taken an intense interest in the success 

 of this experiment and has determined that 



it shall not fail. A car has been fitted up 

 by Mr. Hanrahan, especially fitted for fruit 

 carriage, holding exactly the number of 

 cases required to fill the storage chamber 

 on shipboard, and the storage on the 

 Manchester Trader has been fitted up in the 

 same way, so as to give cold with ventila- 

 tion, which is so important to the best 

 results. Two shipments have been forwarded 

 in this system, and the third is to follow. 

 We are happy to state that all these have 

 arrived in perfect condition and have 

 brought the most favorable criticisms from 

 the English papers. Our Crawford and 

 Elberta peaches in particular surprised them, 

 for they could not believe that such elegant 

 fruit could be grown in the open air. Com- 

 plete reports of prices, etc., will be given 

 later on. 



Our Gladioli Expert, Mr. H. H. GrofF, 

 of Simcoe, records victories for his Gladioli 

 at London, Toronto, Montreal and New 

 York. He has scored a victory over Mr. 

 J. L. Childs in his own country that is most 

 gratifying. "This stock," he writes, "he 

 has discarded, it having been superseded by 

 the more advanced work to be exhibited at 

 the Pan-American in 1901." 



Our Winter Meeting. — On invitation 

 of the Board of Trade and the Brant County 

 Farmer's Institute, the Ontario Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association is to meet in Brantford on 

 Wednesday morning, December 4th, at 9 

 o'clock. Mr. S. D. Willard, of Geneva, N. 

 Y. , Vice-President Westen, New York Hor- 

 ticultural Society ; Prof. H. E. Vandeman, 

 ex-U. S. Pomologist ; Dr. Saunders, of the 

 Dominion Experimental Farms ; the Hon. 

 John Dryden, and many others have been 

 invited to be present and take part in the 

 discussions, and topics of extreme interest 

 will be discussed. Programmes may be 

 had on application to the Secretary. 



