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Wash for the Peach Tree Borer. 



An inquiry was received some time ago with regard to the composition of 

 Mr. Hillborn's wash to destroy the peach tree borer, because as first pubHshed 

 it was indefinite. The following is his recipe :~One bushel each of fresh lime 

 and hardwood ashes, with enough water to make a good whitewash. This will 

 require thirty or forty gallons. To this mixture add one pint of crude carbolic 

 acid. Mr. Hillborn says, " I remove the soil from the base of the trees and 

 apply the wash with a brush, as near the roots as possible, extending up one or 

 two feet This should be applied during the last of May, and completed early 

 in June." 



Sppaying" Pump. 



6§0. Sir, — \Vould you be kind enough to tell me where I can get a good spraying 

 pump, and what uozzle to use? I have sent to Montreal, Toronto and Boston for' the 

 McGowan nozzle, but no one seemed to have it. 



Edward Bayfield, Charhlfefovm, Ont. 



There are few really satisfactory spraying pumps manufactured in Canada, 



and, as a rule, we have found it necessary to import from the United States our 



first-class pumps. The one which has been advertised in our journal, first under 



the names of Little Dandy, and later, as the Ideal, which is now being made in 



Brantford, comes closer to our requirements of any manufactured in Canada, so 



far as we know. If the manufacturers will remedy some little faults in it, which 



can be done without much trouble, we would be able to highly recommend this 



pump. It is not so expensive as American pumps, and works quite satisfactorily 



indeed. The McGowan nozzle can be purchased from Mr. VV. H. Bunting, of 



St. Catharines, Ont. The price is $2.25, but these nozzles do excellent work. 



For a small hand pump write Mr. W. E. Saunders, London. 



Apples for Leeds County. 



6§l. Sir, — I have a couple of farms, which I lease out, and I have been thinking of 

 planting an apple orchard on one or both. I only want one or two varieties, and these 

 winter fruits. Some admire Spy, some the King, some Mcintosh Red, some tlie Ontario. 

 I hear good and bad accounts of each. How many trees should I plant to the acre ? 



J. R. Dargavel, Ehfin. 



In our opinion the Ontario would be the best apple for the County of 

 Leeds, of the four mentioned by our correspondent. The Spy is one of the 

 very best apples in quality, but a little tender ; the King, also ranks among the 

 highest flavored apples, but is a wretchedly poor producer of fruit ; the Mcin- 

 tosh Red is a beautiful dessert apple, but inclined to spot ; while the Ontario 

 does not spot, is very productive, and, being quite hardy in South Hastings 



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