THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



to wash the trunk and larger branches of 

 peach and plum, but must not come in con- 

 tact with the fruit buds, as it will kill them. 

 The main object of fall spraying is to break 

 up the scattering of late broods. This 

 having been accomplished, the spray can be 



repeated again next spring, just before the 

 buds swell, with a 20 per cent, mixture of 

 kerosene and water. This stronger mix- 

 iture must not be applied in the fall, winter 

 or on a misty or damp day. — American 

 Agriculturist. 



Canadian vs. French Pears. — A re- 

 markable testimony to the excellence of 

 Canadian Bartlett pears comes from the 

 London (England) Daily Mail : 



Many varieties of magnificent pears, 1,000 

 cases in all, and numerous cases of famous Craw- 

 ford and Elberta peaches have have just been 

 landed and sold at Manchester. The fruit came 

 from London, Ontario, and created quite a stir in 

 trade circles. Many of the pears are quite what 

 are termed giant fruit. In color, flavor and 

 juiciness they are far superior to French pears, 

 and met a ready sale. The fruit was packed in 

 chambers regulated by mechanical refrigerators. 



That Canadian pears should surpass the 



French pears when tested by the educated 



taste of the fastidious Englishmen is quite 



worthy of general congratulation among 



Canadian fruit growers. France is famous 



for the excellence and variety of her pears, 



as is shown by the long list of French names 



of pears, and her exports of this fruit to 



Great Britain are enormous in quantity. 



But Ontario bids fair to win her laurels 



away from her, and, if we mistake not, her 

 pears will soon be more famous in the great 

 markets of the world than were Californias. 



The Bartlett, strange to say, succeeds far 

 better here than in England, the place of its 

 origin. Berkshire is its home. About 1770 

 it was introduced to the public by a nursery- 

 man in Middlesex, named Williams, and has 

 ever since been known in England by his 

 name. In 1797 Enoch Bartlett, of Boston, 

 introduced it into America, and there his 

 name was substituted for Williams. 



This pear has such a tendency to mature 

 quickly and soften, that to land it in a firm 

 condition in the Manchester market a month 

 after it was gathered in our Canadian 

 orchards was indeed a triumph for Mr. 

 Hanrahan's system of ventilated cold stor- 

 age, which is being adopted fOr the carry- 

 ing of our fruits. 



An Unprofitable Peach Crop is reported 

 from Delaware and Maryland owing to the 

 enormous quantity of small sized fruit on 

 the trees. Growers are bitterly disappointed, 

 because this was the first big crop in four 

 years, and they expected to reap rich 

 returns. Instead of this, their fruit has not 

 been worth picking and thousands of bushels 

 have rotted on the ground. The cause of 

 the small size is due in part to the over- 

 loaded state of the trees, and in part to the 



very dry summer. They have learned one 

 lesson by a costly experience, that thinning 

 must be done in order to grow profitable 

 grades of peaches. Low grade peaches 

 were not worth over 5 or 10 cents for half 

 bushel baskets, medium grade 15 to 20 

 cents, while strictly fancy fruit brought from 

 60 to 90 cents a basket. Where no grading 

 was attempted buyers usually bought the 

 whole at the value of the poorest grade in 

 the package. 



