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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Mr. George C. Brady of Detroit, a mem- 

 of our Association, who is well known in 

 American society, called at our office in 

 October, and we gave him a carriage drive 

 among our orchards. He was delighted 

 with our country. 



Prof. Waugh, author of Plum Culture 

 and other excellent works for fruit growers, 

 has promised to be with us at Cobourg and 

 give an address, illustrated with a stereopti- 

 con. Mr. Waugh is counted the life of the 

 convention wherever he goes. 



The Kieffer Pear is quoted at 13s. to 

 15s. sterling for barrels, with half boxes at 

 3s. in the Liverpool market. Not a high 

 price, indeed only about the price of good 

 stock in ordinary seasons, but of course it is 

 every cent that such a pear is worth, and 

 perhaps a good deal more. 



Colored Plates. — :Our readers will be 

 pleased to know that we are arranging to 

 use an occasional colored plate as a frontis- 

 piece of this journal. These are very ex- 

 pensive, one plate costing about $50 for 

 each issue. The first one will appear in the 

 number for January 1902, and will represent 

 the Windsor cherry. 



The Wellington. — A new seedling peach 

 apparently of considerable merit, has sprung 

 up in Toronto, where we would little expect 

 such a tender fruit to originate. It is a free 

 stone, of yellow flesh, somewhat resembling 

 a Longhurst, but much larger in size. The 

 tree has been fruiting for years in Toronto, 

 and shows great hardiness, never having 

 been killed back in the slightest dee^ree. 



•A Monument for the original Wealthy 

 apple tree is proposed by Mr. Jacob W. 

 Manning, of Massachusetts. This has been 

 done for the Baldwin apple at Wilmington, 

 Mass. A granite pillar has been erected 



near the site of the original tree, and on its 

 top an apple as large as a peck measure is 

 carved. The Baldwin is named after Col. 

 Baldwin, an eminent civil engineer, who 

 discovered the seedling tree in the year 1 790. 



The York Imperial .Apple, according to 

 a writer in the R.N.Y., varies greatly both 

 in eating and keeping qualities according to 

 the section in which it is grown. It is not 

 good for any purpose, in fall or winter, but if 

 well stored it is good for all purposes in 

 spring. It will stand up longer and bear 

 more handling than any of the finer varieties^ 

 and coming when all finer varieties are out 

 of the market, it sells well. 



Formlla for Outside Paint. — This 

 proves very satisfactory after five years' ap- 

 plication, is as bright as when first laid, and 

 appears to stand the weather well. Take 

 I gal. linseed oil, 10 lbs. dry zinc paint and 

 10 lbs. whiting and reduce to a paste ; dis- 

 solve I lb. potash ; reduce with skim milk 

 thin enough to spread as freely as oil paint. 

 Ground zinc may be used, but does not re- 

 quire so much oil. I was a practical house 

 painter for more than twenty-five years, us- 

 ing French zinc almost entirely for outside 

 work, and am surprised at the result of the 

 above. I shall try it on my outbuildings. 

 [G. E. Chadbourne. 



Pear Blight and Bees. — A committee of 

 fruit-growers, Missouri, have reported 

 against bees as spreading this disease of the 

 pear tree as follows : — 



"First. — The pear blight is not in the 

 least abating, but it seems to be increasing. 

 There is no pear orchard in the county free 

 from the disease, and many orchards have 

 the appearance of having been burned over. 



"Second. — No remedy has been discovered 

 that will check the disease. 



"Third. — No change has been produced in 

 the minds of your committeemen in relation 

 to the original cause of the rapid spread of 



