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stock will bring ; there is little doubt such many instances wormy and spotty, and 



will realise a high range of prices, provided quite unsuitable for a fancy trade ; con- 



the quality is attractive. It however often sequently buyers would not give them at- 



happens that a small crop is caused atmos- tention, and they were moved with difficulty 



pheric conditions unfavorable to the keeping at low prices. 



quality and development of the fruit, in A small lot of boxes Californian Newtons, 



which case disposal on the home market is retailed at 126 for 4 tiers. 



the better policy. Arrivals have been from 



all shipping ports, including Nova Scotia, 



and the above remarks apply to one and all. Cable Report of London Market, Nov. 



A special feature is that Canadian Snows 8th, 1901, by F. A. O' Kelly & Co.: Nova 



are again arjiving mouldy, and consequently Scotians, Kings i8s to 22s, Ribstons 15s to 



sell at a wide range of prices, but mostly at 20s, Blenheims 17s to 21s, Culverts 14s to 



very low rates. -o^, Newtown Pipppins 30s, strong demand 



A fair quantity of Virginian Albemarle for best quality, Keiffers los 6d to iSs ac- 



Pippins has arrived, but, so far, are most cording to quality, California Newtons 9s to 



unattractive, being green, dull, and, in 9s 6d. 



^yEiT8@MI P^AUl^. 



Whale Oil Soap. 



1261. Sir,— Can you let me know through the 

 next journal where I can get whale oil soap, and 

 at what price per lb., as I wish to try some this 

 winter. I hear that the San Jose Scale is coming 

 this way from Kingsville, where they have it very 

 bad. Yours respectfully, 



M. G. Brune, 

 Essex Co., Ont. Olinda P. O. 



J. G. Ward, Consecon, Ontario, manu- 

 factures whale oil soap, and will be glad of 

 your order. 



Also better consult Mr. Geo. G. Foster, 

 Burlington, Government Inspector, of San 

 Jose Scale. 



Oyster Shell Bark Louse. 



1262. Sir,— When is the best time to spray, 

 and with what material for the oyster shell scale ? 

 Does fall, winter, or early spring spraying have 

 any deterrent eiTect on the aphis on plum and 

 cherry ? 



St. Thomas, Ont. A. W. Graham. 



The best time is about June ist, when the 

 young lice are leaving the cover shell of the 

 old mother, and trying to fine a new spot 

 on which to raise a colonv. 



Apples for Oxford County. 



1263. Sir, — I intend to plant a couple of acres 

 of apples for commercial purposes and to fill in the 

 rows temporally with small fruit or early bearing 

 apples. 



How would Baldwins, Northern Spy, Ontario 

 and Ben Davis do for permanent trees? 



Is the Cranberry Pippin, which I see you recom- 

 mend for export, suitable for this district ? 



Would you plant Wagener in between the others? 

 What others would do for the same purpose ? 



I have taken the Horticulturist for nine years 

 now and enjoy reading it very much. Yours truly, 



Embro. D. M. Ross. 



The varieties you mention are well chosen 

 as permanent trees in your orchard ; the 

 Cranberry Pippin is a little uncertain, and 

 we would not like to recommend it toohighly. 

 At Maplehurst, with good cultivation and 

 fertilizing, it grows larger than Ben Davis, 

 and fully better colored, and as the back- 

 ground yellows in midwinter, it is especially 

 attractive. But if at all neglected the fruit 

 becomes warty, a blemish to which the Ben 

 Davis is not subject. 



We would not plant Wagener or any 

 other apple tree between the regular orchard 



