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qualities of fruit. Twenty years ago it was quite 

 popular in the northwest prairie states. It was 

 intrv)duced into Canada by Charles Gibb in 1877. 

 Trees were planted at Gibbland Farm between 

 1877 and 1880. On the thin, gravelly soil, char- 

 acteristic of the west slope of Yamaska Mountain, 

 the tree has done fairly well, so far as growth and 

 vigor are concerned, but the fruit lacks size and 

 color. At Abbotsford it has always been an 

 undersized, flat apple, which did not color up until 

 midwinter. Neither has the tree been productive. 

 On the Experiment Station grounds at Cornell, 

 where the soil is a heavy and in places a stifi clay, 

 this variety' the past season gave an excellent crop 

 of fni't fully up to the size of the specimen you 

 forwarded Of course its normal size is meditun 

 or below. I do not know of any place where Wal- 

 bridge is popular, and I am of the opinion that it 

 has been very much overrated. I enclose you a 

 sectional outline which shows that it has a very 

 small core. 



Ithaca, N'.Y 



J. Craig. 



Fig. 2008. Wallbridge. 



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LiNDSw. — The members of the Lindsay Horti- 

 cultural Society are doing a quiet but noble work 

 by encouraging the growth of flowers, fruit and 

 shrubs and the beautifj'ing of the homes of our 

 citizens, and thej^ are entitled to much praise for 

 the good work already accomplished. 



The large attendance at last Friday night's 

 meeting in the council chamber, despite the dark- 

 ness and other unfavorable conditions, was a con- 

 vincing demonstration of the growing interest 

 being taken hy our citizens in horticulture and 

 floriculture. 



The president, Mr. W. M. Robson, occupied the 

 chair; Vice-President Cathro, Secretary Framton 

 and other oflficers were also present. 



President Robson in opening the meeting con- 

 gratulated the members and citizens on the society's 

 increasing usefulness. They were enabled to offer 

 very valuable prizes t^ members at a small cost 

 owing to good management and the liberal aid 

 extended b}^ the provincial government. The 

 premiums amounted to about 83 worth at a cost of 

 $1, and there was other advantages as well. He 

 hop d to see the membership double itself during 

 the coming year. 



After a few enjoyable selections on the grapho- 

 phone by Mr. W. H. Stevens, President Robson 

 read an extremely interesting paper entitled "Pos- 

 sible Achievements in Flowers and Fruits." The 

 paper contained a reference to the career of Harry 

 Dale, of Brampton, the greatest grower of roses in 

 the world, who started business some 17 vears ago 

 in a small greenhouse, and now has many acres 

 under gla'^s. Mr. Da^e has some 50,000 roses con- 

 tinually in bloom, and cuts 500,000 buds annually, 

 which are all disposed of in Canada. In iSqi Mr, 

 Dale carried off first prize at New York for cut 

 roses, the competition being open to the world. 



He emploj^s 50 men constantly about his green- 

 houses, and many others at certa'n time~. His 

 wage list averages §503 weekly, and it takfs 2,000 

 tons of coal to heat his greenhouses everj' year. 

 The paper also referred to the famous Monti eal 

 muskmelon, grown by specialists, and sold to le id- 

 ing American hotel and summer resort poprittors 

 at 85 and -86 each. About 5,000 are shipped an- 

 nually. The paper was received with applause. 



Secretary Frampton, before reading a pap r on 

 the Gloxinia, gave a few useful hints on flower 

 culture, and noted some of the simple cau^es lead- 

 ing to failure, but easy to remedy. The paper 

 was v'ery carefully written, and entered very fully 

 into the methods to be followed in attaining .success 

 with the Gloxinia. The reader generously dis- 

 claimed the authorship, and explained that the 

 paper had been written by a gentleman 'tro 

 modest to disclo-e his name." 



Mr. W. H. Stevens, Collegiate Institute Science 

 Master, read a paper on the gro\\i;h and care of 

 the tuberous-rooted Begonia, which the society is 

 distributing this year ito members, an^ong other 

 premiums Thtre are two varieties, the erect and 

 the drooping, the latter being especially suited for 

 window culture. Those who wish to ^ecuie the 

 plant should join the society or purchas-e from M. 

 Maxsom, our own reliable florist During the dis- 

 cussion that followed, Mr. Stevers said that all 

 smooth leaved plants might be watered on the 

 leaves, but water would discolor rough or spi nous- 

 leaved varieties. It was pointed out that many 

 people plant seeds too deep. Mr. Maxsom said a 

 safe rule to follow was to plant three time'^ the 

 depth of the Fe°d, and in case of very fine k'nds, 

 to sow on t' p of the pot or to sift a little mould on 

 top, and then smooth over. 



Florist Maxsom next gave n short but very in- 



