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NOTES ON GOOSEBERRIES. 



' RECEIVED on July 8th by express a number of gooseberries from 

 John Carnie, Esq , of Paris. These consisted of two varieties : 

 Carnie's Yellow and Phoenix. The former were in very bad condi- 

 tion, the Phoenix being greener were in better shape. Carnie's 

 Yellow, as the name indicates, is yellow, and a very fine berry 

 apparently. In size about equal tr a little larger than Chautauqua, 

 12 berries weighing 2j4 ozs. Phoenix is a magnificent berry, as large 

 or larger than Triumph, 12 berries weighing 3^ ozs. I find the bush of 

 Carnie's Yellow to be quite vigorous, and, as Mrs. C. says, it is a great cropper : 

 it will no doubt be a popular variety. The foliage and tips of the young wood 

 of every variety under test mildewed with me this year, drought with heavy 

 dews at night seems to be favorable for the growth of this fungus. 



I cannot imagine where friend Brooks got the idea that Chautauqua is 

 reported by me as a small berry. I may have in private correspondence 

 carelessly spoken of it as small as compared with English varieties in general. 

 The Lancashire Lad is certainly a hairy berry, and Mr. B. is correct in using the 

 term hairy, as prickles don't correctly express the fact. No doubt the beiry 

 in its wild state was covered with what may be properly called prickles, 

 but cultivation has changed the character of these till hairy or pubescent is the 

 more correct expression. 



Yes ; my private opinion is that vigor is absolutely essential in any variety 

 that it shall be a success in Canada, and every year strengthens this opinion. I 

 find that as a general rule the vigorous growers are less effected by mildew. 

 The longer, cooler summers in England, with absence of mildew, make the con' 

 ditions quite different. However, as my duty is to report what I find to be the 

 truth, and not what I think, I may have reason in the future to change my mind. 

 South Simcoe Exper. Station. Stanley Spillett, 



Small Cost of Sppaying". — During last year the Delaware Experiment 

 Station made some exhausting tests as to the cost of spraying trees. In using 

 the Bordeaux mixture they sprayed the trees six times, and reckoned in the cost 

 of materials and cost of labor, and found it to be 2 cents per tree per spraying 

 or 12 cents per tree for the season. The result was that the rot was reduced to 

 one-third what it was on the unsprayed trees. They found also that four spray- 

 ings gave about the same results as six sprayings, and that there was about 

 twice as much rot with two sprayings as with four or six. So we see that four 

 sprayings, or 8 cents per tree, is all that it really costs. — New York Farmer. 



