THE CANADIAN H0KTICULTURI8T. 



face of the ground with a liberal supply 

 of good, solid manure. In the spring, 

 when the trees began to open their 

 blossoms, pails full of liquid manure 

 were given them occasionally as long 

 as the blooming process lasted ; also 

 for some time afterwards, particularly 

 if the weather were dry. The fertilizers 

 used were the drainings of the stable 

 and cow-house, fresh solid manure of 

 any kind well mixed with water, and 

 a few handfuls of guano well stirred 

 up in a pailful of water. 



As a result of this treatment the 

 author states that the trees soon covered 

 themselves with fruit spurs, yielding 

 great quantities of fruit. That this 

 process of root pruning forced the trees 

 to make short stitf wood well supplied 

 with fruit buds. He thinned out all 

 small, poor fruit, and then let the trees 

 bear to their very utmost. In addition 

 to the manuring, he gave the trees an 

 annual dressing of lime. 



We have no doubt but that by this 

 method of lessening the wood growth 

 of a tree, and at the same time supply- 

 ing the remaining roots with an abund- 

 ance of food, and thinning out the fruit 

 so that each remaining specimen shall 

 have sufficient room for full develop- 

 ment, perfect fruit, of fine appearance 

 and full flavor will be obtained. This 

 method is particularly to be commended 

 to those who have but small grounds, 

 who can attend to the trees during the 

 season of growth, and see that they do 

 not suffer for lack of food or moisture, 

 and who desire to have very choice 

 fill it and of the highest flavor. It 

 must be remembered that when the 

 loots are thus shortened, food and drink 

 must be supplied to the remainder, else 

 the tree will suffer, and the fruit, and 

 possibly the leaves, drop. 



Should any of our readers have trees 

 that are making too vigorous wood 

 growth, and therefore yielding little or 



no fruit, they will find this root prun- 

 ing process will check the excessive 

 wood production and throw their trees 



into fruit bearing. 



CODLI]^ MOTH IN NEW ZEALAND. 



We have been favored by Mf. R. 

 Hobbs, of Auckland, with a copy of 

 the report of the joint Codlin Moth 

 Committee appointed by the Legislative 

 Council and the House of Representa- 

 tives of New Zealand to consider and 

 make suggestions for the proper work- 

 ing of the Codlin Moth Act, 1884, with 

 the object of checking the spread of this 

 terrible pest. 



It appears from the report that the 

 investigations of the Committee took a 

 much wider range, and embraced scale 

 insects, peach blight, &c. Mr. T. Kirk 

 prefers syringing with a weak solution 

 of caustic potash, rather than Paris 

 Green, for preventing the Codlin Moth 

 from depositing its eggs. 



The appendix to the report contains 

 copious extracts from the Canadian 

 Horticulturist and the Report of the 

 Fruit Growers' Association for 1884. 



In his letter just received, Mr. 

 Hobbs states that he has received at 

 diflferent times copies of the Canadian 

 Horticulturist from Mr. Twohy, Hamil- 

 ton, but that he wishes to become a 

 regular subscriber, and accordingly he 

 encloses his subscription for two years, 

 1886 and 1887. He adds: " I made 

 free use of your Journal by taking ex- 

 tracts from it re the cure for insect 

 pests, feeling sure also that you would 

 be pleased to know that the usefulness 

 of your Journal extended as far as New 

 Zealand. Ours is a grand country for 

 fruit, and our mild climate is very 

 favorable to insects as well. We are 

 now only beginning to realize the fact 

 that we must do something to keep 

 them in check ; and it is with this ob- 



