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recommended highly, proved to be bit- 

 ter and unpalatable. In Sweedisli 

 turnips, our Scottish Champion and 

 Sutton's Champion, sowed 3rd June, 

 yielded us a fine crop of splendid tur- 

 nips. Tlie dei)redations of the black 

 lly, the greatest hindrance to their cul- 

 ture, we found much lessened by 

 .sj)rinkling the plants as soon as they 

 iipear with a solution of bitter aloes, 

 ' pounds to a 40 gallon barrel of water, 



portion of it boiled to dissolve the 



loes. 

 With varying seasons it is difficult 



< name the proi)er time for lifting 



•getables. That they still orrow is no 

 xcuse for leaving them till the lifting 

 of them, if not risky, is unpleasant. 

 As a rule we think they should be 

 stored in our section not later than 

 15th October. 



Done with the Gardener, a word to 

 the Cook may bring us more thanks. 



Sweet corn, cut off the cobs ripe as 

 for use, and firmly packed in the usual 

 glass jars, placed in cold water on the 

 stove, and boiled three hours with the 

 covers screwed on, is little, if any, in- 

 ferior to fresh pulled. Try it, readers, 

 and you will abandon the old system 

 of drying it, or any other. When re- 

 moved from the stove tighten the covers. 



John Croil. 

 Aultsville, Stormont Co. , Nov., 1885. 



OYSTER SHELL BARK-LOUSE. 

 Having noticed at different times, in 

 the I/orticnlliirint, remedies mentioned, 

 that I considered inferior, for the des- 

 t ruction of the Scale, or Bark-Louse, on 

 I pple trees, and at the same time having, 

 » my own knowledge, in my possession 

 t very effectual remedy, I have often 

 t Iiought of mentioning it to you, which 

 I will now do. When I planted my 

 \ oung orchard, there was an old orchard 

 in the centre of the plot, and it was 

 about three years afterwards that I 

 noticed, for the first time, that the 



trees of the old orchard were literally 

 covered, even to the fruit spurs, with 

 the Bark-Louse ; and they had spread 

 into several hundred trees of the young 

 orchard. I cut the old orchard down 

 and burnt the trees, branches and all ; 

 the following year, in the month of 

 February, or March, I applied the 

 remedy in question with the best re- 

 sults, killing all the insects, excepting 

 on a very occasional tree, which another 

 dose the following year cleaned; and 

 to-day, out of 8,000 trees, I do not 

 know of one that is infested with the 

 Bark-Louse. The shells of the old 

 louse remained on the trees for a few 

 years, so that many thought they were 

 still infested, but they were not, and 

 eventually the old shells were washed 

 off by the rains. 



The remedy is simple : Take small 

 cotton bags, two inches wide and three 

 or four inches long, filled with the 

 composition ; and with a little carpet 

 tack fasten them in the forks of the 

 trees, or on the upper side of the main 

 branches, in February or March ; and 

 the rains dissolving the composition, it 

 makes its way into the sap, and being 

 carried to every part of the tree poisons 

 the insects on whatever part they may 

 j be. It is this : — 2 lbs. of copperas, 

 J lb. blue vitriol, ^ lb. saltpetre, 4 lbs. 

 hard soap, 4 lbs."* common salt. Pul- 

 verize all but the soap, and mix with 

 the soap thoroughly ; then fill the little 

 bags, and proceed as above directed. 

 Yours truly, 



D. Young. 

 Adolphustown, Ont., Nov., 1885. 



BRIGHTON GRAPE. 

 The Brighton grape sent me some 

 time ago by the Fruit (Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, bore a heavy crop this year, 

 and the berries ripened fully in spite of 

 the backward season. 



D. R. 

 Montreal, Nov. 18, 1885. 



