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acter has been properly tested. It is too much like marrying a wife without having made 

 her acquaintance. I like Count Von Moltke's advice — "Weigh, then accept" — better. 

 We have seen too many cases of where new fruits receiving high recommendations have 

 been planted largely by growers, and the result a failure. For instance, the Weaver plum 

 was highly recommended, and sold at a high price at one time, and now it is almost dis- 

 carded. Also the Moore's Arctic has been sold through many sections of Eastern Ontario 

 for $1.50 each, and we can scarcely find a tree alive now, although it was said to be very 

 hardy, of excellent quality and perfectly free from attacks of the curculio. This last is 

 generally true, as there is scarcely ever any fruit seen on them down in this part of the 

 country. So I think it well to advance slowly but surely. And especially the farmer or 

 those who are planting for their own use will do well to plant nothing but well tested 

 varieties, as experimenting is too costly and requires too much time for individuals to carry 

 it on very extensively. W. J. Kerr, Smith's Falls, Ont. 



Prunus Simoni. 



My Simon's plum, which you sent me two years ago, bore last year. The fruit was like 

 a peach, but very bitter, even when preserved. A good many agents are selling them, and 

 I think we should make it public that they are not of much value. 



D. L. Skipper, Mount Forest. 



Any reader ivill please send in a reply to any question. 



Will vegetables, such as onions, potatoes, etc., get tainted by growing in ground which 

 has been enriched with fish manure ? 



Does it injure strawberries to pull them early in the morning with the dew on ? 



Do jams and jellies take a woody taste when put in small wooden pails ? If so, what 

 is the best method to take it out ? John Stewart, Nanaimo, B. C. 



Could you tell me, through The Canadian Horticulturist, the value of flesh and 

 the hair from the tannery, as a manure ? What would it be worth a load ? A member. 



CM., Port Elgin. 



Growing Tomatoes under Glass. — <S'«r, — How are they set on the benches? At 

 what temperature should they be kept ? J. Beck, Egmondville. 



Sprayer. — Sir^ — What kind is best, and where made, and probable cost ? 



Thos. Lawlor, Whithy. 



Fertilizer. — Sir^ — What is best kind of fertilizer to use in a young orchard of pear 

 and plum trees ? T. L. , Whitby. 



Seeding an Orchard. — Sir, — What is best mixture to seed down an orchard ? It is 

 sandy land, with slope to west. It was broken up and last year seeded with buckwheat. 



___^___^ H. M. McD. 



Consultation with Exporters. — A Committee from our Association, con- 

 sisting of Mr. M. Pettit, of Winona, and Mr. A. H. Pettit, of Grimsby, met at 

 Toronto on the 13th inst., with the Committee representing the Apple Exporter's 

 Association mentioned above. Three points were especially debated upon, viz., 

 the inspection of apples according to the legalized grades, the basis of a contract 

 between buyers and growers, and the varieties most suitable for export. The 

 views of the exporters on this last point is well set forth above, the contract 

 between buyers and shippers is probably wise if it can be made equally protec- 

 tive for the apple grower as for the apple buyer, but the inspection and grading 

 is evidently too much in the interests of the growers, because if this practice 

 were adopted, they could sell direct to English dealers on contract based on the 

 established grades, without middlemen. 



