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have about 200 Fameuse bearing for 

 the first time. I have altogether 

 1,000 apple trees in good condition. 

 Yours truly, 



J. H. Gumming. 

 F. S. — T would suggest your distri- 

 buting the Arctic plum next season. 

 St. Hilaire, P. Q., Sept. 12, 1882. 



THE GREEN CABBAGE WORM. 

 Deak Sir, — For some yeai^ past the 

 gi'owing of cauliflower and cabbage has 

 been rendered very difficult and un- 

 satisfactory, owing to the large green 

 grub that feeds on the leaves. About 

 a month ago my cauliflowers were 

 rapidly being destroyed, when I made 

 some strong brine, using common salt, 

 and watered the plants lightly, suffi- 

 ciently to wet the leaves, but not to 

 soak into the ground and scorch the 

 roots. The next day I found every 

 grub dead, and have not seen a living 

 one since. Hoping that this informa- 

 tion may be of much value to cabbage 

 growei-s, I have thought it worth plac- 

 ing in the hands of the public. 



Frank Evans. 

 Orillia, Oct. 3, 1882. 



LETTER FROM HON. M. P. WILDER. 

 My Dear Sir, — I have just receiv- 

 ed the report of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers Association for 1881. I am 

 happy to state that no better appix)- 

 priation of the Government's funds 

 could be made than to encourage the 

 development of the fruit resources of 

 the Dominion, whose extent of terri- 

 tory is equal to our own, and much of 

 which is yet to be filled with an en- 

 lightened and industrious population. 

 I like the whole book, embracing as it 

 does the " entomological," so closely 

 connected as it is with the successful 

 cultivation of fruits. It is a gi*and 

 volume, honourable to your society and 

 to the Government. 



Yours as ever, 



Marshall P. Wilder. 



THE CABBAGE MAGGOT. 



Dear Sir, — On page 235 of the 

 current number of the Horticulturist I 

 see a communication from Prof Cook, 

 of the Michigan Agricultural College, 

 to the AmeHcan Agriadturist on the 

 destruction of the Cabl)age and Radish 

 Maggot. 



I would like to know (and no doubt 

 many others would ba equally obliged 

 if you can inform the readers of the 

 Horticulturist) how the bisulphide of 

 carbon is prei)ared and how applied to 

 the young plants ; as the Professor, 

 while giving the formula for the car- 

 bolic acid preparation, does not give 

 the formula for the bisulphide of car- 

 bon, although he appears to consider it 

 the most efficient for the cabbage fly, 

 as it " destroys the maggot." If it 

 does this it is undoubtedly the best 

 }>reparation. 



I may add that during last spring I 

 tried the carbolic acid, preparing it and 

 sjjrinkling the plants according to 

 Prof. Cook's directions, with the single 

 exception that I applied it twice a 

 week instead of once ; but found that, 

 although it did not injure the young 

 plants in the least, it utterly failed to 

 keep the flies from depositing their 

 eggs, or to destroy the maggots ; conse- 

 quently my i-adishes were totjilly 

 ruined ; and my cabbages only partial- 

 ly saved by my gardener going over 

 the patch ewery three or four days and 

 carefully removing the soil where the 

 eggs had been depositetl from around 

 the young plants, and putting fresh 

 soil in the place ; a slow remedy, and 

 as the fly season this year was a very 

 long one, an expensive one ; and, worst 

 of all, not by any means a certain one, 

 for it is almost impossible not to miss 

 some of the wee w hite specks, which 

 are consequently left at the stalk of 

 the cabbage and destroy it. 



I would therefore like to try the 



