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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Annual Meeting. — Notice the change 

 in date : the Cobourg meeting will begin 

 Wednesday, December 4th, and continue 

 three davs. 



Prof. \'ax Deman, ex-U. S. pomologist, 

 will be with us at Cobourg and will con- 

 tribute largely to the interest and success of 

 our meetins:. 



Better Results. — The shipment of fall 

 pears sent forward by the Grimsby growers 

 •on the steamer Kastalia has netted them 

 much more satisfactory returns than did the 

 Bartletts. The average net returns is 92 

 cents per half bushel case. 



Seedling Pears. — Mr. E. C. Bevan, New- 

 castle, Ont. sends in four specimens of a very 

 fine pear, which he says are seedlings. 

 They are uncommonly large, and the flesh 

 is fine and buttery. 



Apple Boxes. — The regulation size as 

 used in New York shipments is in inches in- 

 .side measure, g?4 high, io3/^ wide and 20^4 

 long. Our own box is 10^2x1114x23 

 outside measure, which is essentially the 

 same. 



Apple Scab. — Professor T. J. Burrill, of 

 the Department of Agriculture of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, has announced that the 

 parasitic fungus, usually called apple-scab, 

 does not winter as supposed on the twigs of 

 the tree, and therefore cannot be killed by 

 spraying before the buds open. This is 

 deemed a very important matter in practical 

 orchard management for success hinges 

 upon its destruction and dependent on a 

 knowledge of its life history. For best 

 results the first application of the fungicide 

 (usually Bordeaux mixture) should be made 

 just after the leaf buds open. 



