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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



mild rich flavor of the latter with the size 

 and appearance of the former, with larger 

 bunches and more of them than the Fay. 

 This medal is offered for a new fruit, orna- 

 mental shrub, tree, flowering plant or 

 vegetable which, after three years' test, 

 shall be considered worthv. 



should be used not to have it very closely 

 approaching the boiling point of water. — 

 L. Bnrbank. 



Mr. H. K. Van Deman, the most expert 

 pomologist in the United States, is to be 

 with us at our Annual Meeting in Cobourg 

 next December. He is late U.S. pomologist, 

 and now employed as expert judge in fruit 

 at the Pan-American. 



CiROFF's Hybrid Gladioli certainly make 

 a magnificent showing at the Pan-American 

 Exposition, and deserves special notice. 

 For fifteen years Mr. Groff has made the 

 hybridization of these flowers a special study 

 and offers thousands of new and distinct 

 types to his patrons under the general name 

 of Groffs hybrids. He has on exhibition 

 continally about 10,000 spikes of bloom, the 

 product of 150,000 bulbs set especially for 

 this purpose. 



Best Grafting Wax. — One pound tal- 

 low or raw linseed oil, two pounds beeswax, 

 four pounds rosin. Slowly melt all together, 

 stir well and when partially cooled pour into 

 pans which have been moistened or oiled to 

 keep the wax from clinging too tightly to 

 them. When thoroughly cold break into 

 convenient pieces. 



For use it should be melted and applied 

 carefully over all exposed cuts and open 

 cracks around the grafts. A small paint 

 brush is the most convenient for this pur- 

 pose. It can be applied safely much warm- 

 er than can be borne by the hand, but care 



Wilder Medals for Ontario. — At the 

 Biennial Convention of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society a few silver and bronze 

 medals are conferred upon meritorious ex- 

 hibits, in memory of that eminent horticul- 

 turist, the late M. P. Wilder. Acting under 

 instruction from the Department of .Agricul- 

 ture, we forwarded our fruit experiment 

 station exhibit from the Industrial to 

 Buffalo where this convention was to meet, 

 and we are gratified that it has been award- 

 ed a silver medal. It was certainly a most 

 interesting collection, containing about 150 

 varieties oi apples, besides grapes, pears 

 and plums. 



In addition to this a siher medal was con- 

 ferred upon M. Pettit, Winona, our experi- 

 menter in grapes, for his excellent collection 

 of varieties ; a silver medal upon Albert Pay, 

 St. Catharines, for his collection of fruit, 

 and a bronze medal upon Mr. Orr, President 

 of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, 

 for his excellent exhibit. 



Peach Culture is a specialty with Mr. R. 

 Morill, oi Michigan. He applies annually 

 to his trees 100 lbs. wood ashes per acre and 

 400 lbs. of bone meal. He plows the ground 

 about 2 1'-o inches deep, just after blooming 

 season, and then cultivates continually, 

 going over his whole orchard of one hundred 

 acres every day. He does not try to culti- 

 vate close to the trees, but thinks that by 

 cultivating the middle of the rows each way 

 he gets the result aimed at, viz., the reten- 

 tion of the moisture. This is what he calls 

 "horse lesf irrig^ation." 



