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necessary to use much greater care in the planting of an apple orchard than in 

 the planting of anything else. A mistake made in planting an inferior variety of 

 wheat, corn, or any other kind of produce, may be rectified the following season, 

 but this is not the case in setting out an apple orchard, and it behooves those 

 intending to plant apples to exercise the greatest care possible. The Association 

 strongly recommends the planting out and grafting only of those varieties which 

 are in themselves intrinsically superior in quality, and meet with the market's 

 requirements, having due regard to the locality and to the soil. The following 

 kinds are known to be excellent in quality, and by thorough test have proved 

 their superiority as good shippers : Summer — Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 Alexander. Early Fall — Gravenstein, Maiden Blush, Cayuga Red Streak. 

 Late Fall — Blenheim, Ribston, Twenty Ounce, Cranberry Pippin, King, 

 Hubbardston, Fallawater, Fameuse. Winter — Northern Spy, Spitzenburg» 

 Greening, Baldwin, Golden and Roxbury Russet, Seek and Jonathan. 



" The Association would further recommend the re-grafting of all Talman 

 Sweets, Phoenix, Pewaukee, Swaar, Jennettings, etc., with the Northern Spy, 

 Golden Russet, or any of those varieties which are recommended to be grown. 

 The Association further recommends that growers give more attention and care 

 to their apple orchards. From the appearance of the majority of the orchards 

 throughout the country one would suppose the growers imagined they had done 

 their duty when they have planted the trees, and that nature is expected to do 

 the rest. After planting the right varieties a thorough system of cultivation, and 

 a proper pruning of the trees is as essential to the production of good fruit as a 

 thorough system of cultivation and care is necessary in growing anything else." 



This Association has invited the Executive of our Association to meet with 

 them at Toronto, at an early date, to re-consider the grades of apples established 

 for our export trade, in order that they may be satisfactorily adjusted for 

 operation during the coming apple season. 



Black Knot — Errata. In paragraph 3, near bottom of page 128, 

 should read, " A characteristic fungus is formed in them, fruiting in the knots 

 from their earliest stage — and nowhere else." 



Our Report for 1893 will be one of the most interesting yet published. 

 It will only be sent to those who have paid their membership to our Association. 

 A bound copy will be mailed from the Department of Agriculture to names and 

 addresses of paid members furnished by us. 



A Yellow Barked Variety of the bright red twigged Red Osier Dog- 

 wood, Cornus Stolonifera, has been sent us by Mr. W. K. Manning, of Brooklin, 

 Mass., one of the judges in landscape art at the World's Fair. The variety was 

 found in Stockbridge, Mass., where the type abounds ; and Mr. Manning calls 

 it Cornus Stolonifera, var. aurea, or the Yellow Osier Dogwood. These plants 

 are valuable as an edging plant for groups of large shrubs on account of its habit 

 of spreading along the ground. 



