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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



ject in view that I have been interest- 

 ing myself in the matter." Mr. Hobbs 

 is the chairman of the Committee of 

 the House of Representatives appointed 

 to inquire into the best methods of 

 combatinsf the codlin moth. 



THE HILBORN RASPBERRY. 



This is a new variety of the Black 

 Cap family, an accidental seedling trans- 

 planted with a number of others by Mr. 

 W. W. Hilborn, of Arkona. This one 

 manifested such a decided superiority 

 over the others that he has continued 

 to grow it for over six years past, and 

 esteems it to be the most valuable of 

 all the Black Caps for either home use 

 or market. He states that it will 

 average larger than any of them, save 

 only the Gregg, is jet black, very pro- 

 ductive, and the best in quality ; that 

 it begins to ripen just after Tyler or 

 Souhegan, and continues in fruit later 

 than most. The plant is a strong 

 grower, has few thorns, and is as hardy 

 as any Black Cap. 



If any of our readers will send to 

 this office five new subscribers, they 

 shall receive in the spring three plants 

 of this new valuable Black Cap Rasp- 

 berry. 



APPLES IN ENGLAND. 



Green & Whineray's circular of 28th 

 November, '85, quotes Canadian apples 

 at Liverpool as follows : — Greenings, 

 125. to 12s. 6d. ; Spitzenburgs, 10s. to 

 Us.; Spys, 8s. Qd. to 10s.; Golden 

 Russets, 15s. to 17s.; Kings, 12s. to 

 15s.; Seek-No-Furthers, 9s. to lis. 

 Total arrivals to date, 209,222 bbls. 



OPINIONS OP^ THE PRESS. 



One of the most worthy of the publi- 

 cations of this province is the Canadian 

 Horticulturist, edited by D. W. Beadle, 

 of St. Catharines. Amonc: the con- 



tributors who are recognised as authori- 

 ties upon various horticultural tojncs, 

 is the name of F. Mitchell, of Innerkip. 

 Mr. Mitchell is a most successful florist, 

 and an intelligent writer.— Woodstock 

 limes. 



THE WINTER MEETING 



Of the Fruit Growers' Association of 

 Ontario will be held in the Town Hall, 

 Stratford, on Wednesday and Thursday, 

 the 10th and 11th of February, 1886, 

 commencing at ten o'clock in the fore- 

 noon of Wednesday, and continuing 

 through both days and evenings. 



We have received notice that Mr. 

 T. T. Lyon, the President, Mr. E. H. 

 Scott, the Chairman of the Executive 

 Committee, and Charles W. Garfield, 

 the live Secretary, of the .Michigan 

 Horticultural Society, and also Mr. W. 

 H. Green, of the Ohio Experiment 

 Station, intend to be present at that 

 meeting. They are all eminent as 

 fruit growers and horticulturists, and 

 will add very much to the interest of 

 the occasion. We trust that our mem- 

 bers will not fail to avail themselves of 

 this opportunity of listening to these 

 gentlemen. 



THE ASH-LEAVED MAPLE. 



Keg undo acer aides.. 

 A writer in the A^nerican Garden 

 says this " is a handsome tree. The 

 top is S))reading, symmetrical and grace- 

 ful. The foliage is dark green. The 

 trunk is smooth and well proportioned. 

 In point of beauty it is excelled by 

 none of our forest trees. It is equally 

 commended by its hardiness. It does 

 well in Lower Canada ; [We saw it 

 growing most luxuriantly at Winnipeg, 

 Manitoba, where it is not injured in the 

 least by the cold of winter. — Editor.] 

 and along the fortieth parallel, it is 

 never injured by the winter. Nor is 

 it injured by heat or drought." 



