174 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



seen perfectly ripe tomatoes of excellent quality on the table at rhanksgivihg 

 which were ripened in this way. Favorite varieties are Acme, Livingstone's 

 Perfection, Cardinal, Essex Hybrid and Emery. There are so many good 

 tomatoes that it is hard to make a selection ; but anyone who plants any of these 

 kinds will be satisfied. Set out about thirty-five to fifty plants to have a good 

 supply all summer. 



The turnip is propagated from seed and it should be planted where the 

 plants are to remain as they do not do well when transplanted. For early crops 

 sow as soon as the ground can be made ready in the spring, and thin four to 

 eight inches apart according to the size of the variety. The principal trouble in 

 planting turnips is in getting them so thick that much work is made in thinning. 

 Swede turnips are planted later, about June i, while the purple-top varieties 

 may be planted either early or late ; a good crop may be secured as late as 

 August 15. The Sweet German turnip is a very desirable sort for winter, as is 

 also Carter's Imperial Swede. These turnips should be planted from June 10 

 to 20 for the best results. The Sweet German turnip is commonly known as 

 the Cape turnip and is raised extensively on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Do not 

 fail to have a plentiful supply of this excellent vegetable for winter use.. — Ex. 



The CuPPant Bush BoPeP. — Theparent of the now common and widely 

 distributed currant bush borer is a small, slender, dark-blue moth with trans- 

 parent wings, but rarely seen except by entomologists, who know where to look 

 for such insects, or breed them from the larvae found in the stalks of currant 

 bushes. These moths usually appear in July, and the females deposit their eggs 

 singly at the axils of the leaves and on the vigorous young shoots. When the 

 eggs hatch the minute grubs bore directly into the stalk until they reach the soft, 

 succulent pith, following this and feeding upon it until they arrive at maturity 

 the following season. This destruction of the pith of the cane so weakens it 

 that it is very likely to be either broken off by winds or it dies the next season 

 before the fruit comes to maturity. }3ut sometimes the cane is not killed the 

 first season, especially if the grub bores its way from some lateral twig into an 

 old cane, and the latter may live a year or two after its pith has been com- 

 pletely bored out ; usually, however, the presence of the borers may be detected 

 by the feeble growth of the young canes and their pale green or yellowish leaves 

 late in the summer. 



By carefully examining the bushes in August and September, or very early 

 in spring, the infested canes can be found, and these should be cut out back 

 enough to reach sound pith, and the part removed and burned, in order to 

 destroy the grubs within them. No other effectual way of getting rid of this 

 pest has been discovered, but this is not at all difficult or expensive, and it 

 should be repeated annually, so long as a grub is to be found in the bushes.— 

 Andrew S. Fuller, in New York Tribune. 



