40' . THE CANADIAN HORTIGULTUKIST. 



a half inches across, and are long and narrow. The anterior pair are 

 of a dark olive green, crossed \)j bands and streaks of greenish-grey 

 and shaded on the outer margin with the same. The hind wings are 

 dxiU red with a patcli of greenish grey on that part of the hinder margin 

 nearest the body. The antennae or liorns are dull white above with a 

 rosy tint below. The head and shoulder covers are deep olive green, 

 the remainder of the upper surface of body pale-green, the under side 

 dull grey. 



The moth remains at rest during the day time, taking wing at dusk. 

 Its flight is very swift and strong, and its muscular structure so 

 powerful that when captured it will almost beat itself to pieces by its 

 constant fluttering. The insect is double brooded, the first brood of 

 moths appearing on the wing about the middle of May, the second 

 during August. The eggs are laid by the moths singly, on the under 

 side of the leaves of the vine, and hatch in five or six days. 



EIBSTON PIPPIN AKD POXBUEY RUSSET. 



BY REV. K. BURNET, LONDON, ONT. 



How Ribston Pippin recalls the well remembered scenes of youth- 

 hood, when anything in the shape of fruit was agreeable whether or 

 not it was first class. The " Eibston," however, has always been first 

 class. No English appple perhaps has attained such universal appro- 

 bation. In its characteristics there is presented to us the wide 

 divergence there is in American and English tastes. In England acid 

 and sub-acid apples, as a rule, are in great repute. In •America- the 

 sweet and soft suit the majority of palates. 



The Eibston has always stood in deserved favor with fruit growers 

 on both sides of the Atlantic. Here it is brought into comparison 

 with the Newtown Pippin, the Swaar, the Spitzenburgh, and even 

 with the Baldwin. In the English market it stands the foremost 

 among apples. Canadian and American grown apples of this variety 

 bring the very highest prices at home. With us it has the drawback 

 of water-coring, which is of itself a considerable qualification to its 

 superior excellence. Around Hamilton it attains to great beauty, bein<T 

 large and handsome. Up Yong Street, in Markham, Scarboro', and 



