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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICULTURISTS.-II. 



N entering the hall of meeting one is surprised at the variety of spray 

 pumps and other requisites for the fruit grower on exhibition. The 

 pumps we need not speak of now, as our own trial of sprayers on 

 the 2nd of April affords the best of all proofs of their efficiency, 

 and the result will be fully pubhshed. 



Among other appliances 

 was a potato bug killer, which 

 consists of a bellows with long handles) 

 which pufifs out the Paris green through 

 the spout in a blast, scattering it in 

 such fine particles that one pound an" 

 swers for an acre of potatoes. The 

 ^nventor is Charles Mills, Fairmount, 

 New York. 



The Seeley Fruit Basket was shown by Mr. J. B. Seeley, 1027 Walnut 

 Street, Philadelphia ; apparently a handy package for choice tender fruit. It is 

 packed from the bottom, allowing fine display facing on top ; admits of shipping 

 without crating ; convenient for transportation, and is a convenient and accept- 

 able package for the consumer. 



Fig. 949.— Potato Bug Killer, 



Fig. 950 — The Sekley Fruit Basket. 



The Peach Buds are largely destroyed in New York State. In reply to 

 an inquiry concerning them, growers from various parts of the State reported a 

 temperature below 15'' on the 6th of January, and blackened buds. In Southern 

 Ontario the weather has not been so severe, and the prospects of the Grimsby 

 and Niagara peach growers is better than those of their New York State cousins. 

 On examination since coming home, and after the cold days of February and 

 March, the writer finds that fully one-half the buds are alive at Grimsby, and 

 this ensures a crop. Peach growers in Essex say they have not lost any buds 

 through cold weather this season. 



