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THE CANADIAN HOETICULTURIST. 



solid, rich, small seed, nearly free; ripens 

 with Heath Cling Peach, blooms with 

 the Weaver Plum, about a week later 

 than Wild Goose. Free from all dis- 

 eases and insect depredations as any 

 known variety. — Farm and Garden. 



THE TUBEROSE. 



Because many farmers' wives cherish 

 the belief that some wonderful skill at- 

 tends the cultivation of this planet, they 

 deny themselves the pleasure of its 

 possession. The bulbs must be lifted 

 before there is any danger from frost and 

 spread in a warm sunny place to tho- 

 roughly dry. If they become chilled in 

 any way, either before being lifted or 

 during the winter, their value is des- 

 troyed. But if kept in a warm closet 

 they will repay for all the trouble by 

 their spikes of beautifully pure and fra- 

 grant blossoms. 



Tuberoses are reproduced very rapid- 

 ly. Therefore after a start has once been 

 made with a collection of bulbs of one, 

 two and three years' growth, the owner 

 can continue to set the same and there 

 will be no trouble in having all that are 

 desired. », 



There is no difficulty about the plan- 

 ting and cultivation. They will do well 

 on any soil that will produce a good crop 

 of corn. The soil should be made mel- 

 low, so as to be easily worked, and the 

 bulbs set at such distance apart as the 

 extent of surface will allow, and covered 

 with the soil. All the cultivation that 

 is necessary is to keep the soil mellow 

 and free from weeds. 



If desired for early blooming the 

 bulbs may be set in boxes the latter part 

 of the winter and kept watered and in a 

 warm room. They will then come to 

 flowering earlier than if not set in the 

 ground until all danger from frost is 

 -Farm and Garden. 



PIONEER BEET-SUGAR COMPANY. 

 Through most worthy efforts of the 

 directors, etc., of the beet-sugar com.- 

 pany at Coaticook, P. Q., Canada, the 

 Canadian Government has granted to 

 it a subsidy of $35,000. This amount 

 added to the money elsewhere obtained 

 will permit, it is thought, the manufac- 

 ture of beet-sugar under more favoring 

 circumstances than last year. The 

 planting season has been considerably 

 retarded, owing to late frosts, etc. In 

 the early part of June there remained 

 yet considerable sowing to be done. 

 The greater number of contracts for 

 beets have been made on the Island of 

 Montreal. The seeds appeared above 

 ground with a satisfactory regularity ; 

 and the weather is said to have been 

 favorable, as regards amount of rain, 

 heat, etc. 



The seeds sown were of the Imperial 

 and Electoral varieties. The fertilizer 

 used was mainly superphosphate manu- 

 factured from the bone waste, and resi- 

 dues from defecation ; this, it is con- 

 sidered, makes a most excellent plant 

 food. 



About 10 tons of seed were used to 

 the acre, distributed with an ordinary 

 seed-drill. — The Sugar Beet. 



Apple Jelly. — Pare, core and quarter 

 two dozen large, tart, juicy apples. (If the 

 apples are red and you desire the jelly to be 

 colored, leave the skins on, only being care- 

 ful to remove imperfect spots. ) Boil them 

 until thoroughly soft, in enough water to 

 cover them, being careful not to mix to a 

 pulp by stirring. Strain the juice by letting 

 it drip slowly through a flannel jelly-bag 

 made into a cone. Do not press it, or the 

 juice will not be clear. To each pint of 

 juice allow three-fourths of a pound of 

 sugar. Boil the juice until "clear," add 

 the sugar and boil fifteen or twenty min- 

 utes longer. To one pint of the jeUy add 

 the juice of one lemon — not the grated rind, 

 unless you wish your jelly to have the 

 lemon instead of the apple flavor. 



