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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



apples, and received the following re- 

 plies : — 



Dear Sir, — I have just read your 

 letter with respect to the Ben Davis 

 apple. T have not seen any quotations 

 except from New York, and there they 

 were higher than any other variety. 

 I sent my Ben Davis and Golden Rus- 

 sets to Montreal, where they were 

 bought and stored for spring shipment. 

 I got twenty five cents more per barrel 

 for the Ben Davis than for any other 

 variety. It is certainly one of the best 

 shipping apples we have, bat the tree 

 wants good warm soil, well drained, and 

 good cultivation. The fruit must be 

 thinned on the tree to produce good 

 samples, then they will bring more than 

 Golden Busset or Northern Spy. 



P. 0. Dempsey. 



Albury, P. E. Co., 23rd. Jan., 1886. 



Dear Sir, — At present the Ben 

 Davis is an excellent apple to grow for 

 profit, as it bears well and ships admir- 

 ably, and takes well in the British mar- 

 ket. It is just a question if it will 

 hold its present place in these markets, 

 as they are becoming particular regard- 

 ing quality and Ben Davis is not num- 

 ber 1 in that respect. Upon the whole, 

 however, 1 think it will remain among 

 the shippers to England, although, 

 others will be in advance in price owing 

 to a better quality. 



Yours very truly, 



Alex. McD. Allan. 

 Goderich, Jan. 20, 1886. 



(2) Probably no apple stands out so 

 much superior to all others as to de- 

 serve the distinguished position of the 

 " best winter apple. " If there be any 

 such apple,' we should expect to be told 

 that it is the Golden Busset. Will 

 our readers in the County of Peterboro' 

 please to write us and let us know 



which of the winter apples grown by 

 them they consider on the whole to be 

 the best. 



CANKER WORM. 



Would you have the goodness to in- 

 form me as to the best method of getting 

 rid of that pest which we call down hei-e 

 the measuring worm, from its habit of 

 looping itself as it moves along. It lit- 

 erally bares the trees of every leaf and 

 appears to have established itself, as it 

 comes along every season with the ut- 

 most regularity. Please favor me with 

 your advice in this matter. I want a 

 method of wholesale destruction, for 

 their name is legion, and oblige, 



Pictou, Nova Scotia. H. PrimroS'-:. 



Beply. — See article on the Canker 

 Worm in this number. 



WHEN TO SPRAY PLUM TREES. 



What time of the year should plum 

 trees be sprinkled with Paris Green, 

 as mentioned by one of your correspon- 

 dents as being a preventive of the cur- 

 culiol T. A. M. 



Parkhill. 



Beply. — As soon as the fruit is set. 

 The curculio begins its work very early 

 in the season, just as soon as the young 

 plums appear. 



LUCRETIA DEWBERRY. 

 How should the Lucretia Dewberry 

 be treated 1 It is something new to me. 

 Bowmanville. C. T. 



Beply. — The dewberry is a trailing 

 blackberry, and may be allowed to trail 

 over the ground or upon a support of 

 some kind. Probably an inclined trellis 

 like that mentioned for grape vines 

 (see p. 284, December, 1885) would be 

 an excellent support. 



