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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



securely in the centre of the exterior 

 case by cleats. 



The cost of case and packing material 

 he states to be as follows : the double 

 case, forty-five cents; the infusorial 

 earth, laid down in Montreal in bags or 

 one hundred pounds costing one dollar 

 and a half per bag, each bag being suf- 

 ficent for three cases, would cost fifty 

 cents, and a quire of large manilla paper 

 at a dollar and a half a ream would 

 cost seven and a half cents, thus mak- 

 ing the total cost one dollar and two 

 and a half cents per case. 



He thinks that this system of pre- 

 serving fruit in a fresh state promises 

 to be of value to the fruit grower who 

 wishes to keep extra choice fruit for the 

 holiday trade and market it in the cities 

 and towns in severe frosty weather, 

 inasmuch as there will be no danger 

 of it being injured by the frost during 

 transportation. For such purpose the 

 cases could be used an indefinite num- 

 ber of times, year after year. Further, 

 that it promises to be of great value for 

 the export of choice fruit of such a 

 quality that the price to be obtained 

 would be sufficient to pay for the pack- 

 age as well as the freight and charges 

 and leave a satisfactory margin of pro- 

 fit, such as would be the case with 

 tomatoes, nutmeg-melons, peaches, and 

 very choice pears. Inasmuch as these 

 cases can be stowed in the hold of the 

 vessel without fear of injury to the 

 fruit, they can be shipped at lower rates 

 for freight than fruit in ventilated 

 cases, which must always be carried 

 between decks. Also it may be that 

 something can be obtained for the empty 

 packing cases in England, where such 

 articles are always in demand, and like- 

 wise that the infusorial earth could be 

 sold for somewhat near the cost, as it is 

 quoted in the British markets at from 

 about twenty to thirty dollars per ton. 



In conclusion, Mr. Torrance calls at- 

 tention to the facilities herein presented 



for the safe shipment of our choice and 

 even perishable fruits next summer to 

 the Colonial Exhibition, whereby a 

 complete succession can be kept up dur- 

 ing the fruit season, and the fruit arrive 

 in a perfectly fresh condition ; and as 

 the fruit can be kept in these cases for 

 a considerable time without fear of de- 

 cay, it can be allowed to remain stored 

 in the cases until wanted to be placed 

 on exhibition. 



It is certainly to be hoped that the 

 gentlemen having the colonial fruit ex- 

 hibition in charge will make a thorough 

 investigation of this matter, and fully 

 test the value of this method of preserv- 

 ing and transporting fruit in the fresh 

 state. Should it prove to be what Mr. 

 Torrance expects, it will open up such 

 a market for some of our finer fruits and 

 vegetables as will give a new impulse to 

 their cultivation, and so increase the 

 volume of our transatlantic trade. 



PARIS GREEN FOR CUROULIO. 



By permission of Wm, Boy, Esq., 

 Royston Park, Owen Sound, to whom 

 the letter was addressed, we publish 

 the following communication : — 



My Dear Sir, — In conversation on 

 the train with Senator Plumb, he told 

 me that the past two years he has 

 successfully raised the most delicate 

 and finest fiavored fruit, when for 

 fifteen years before they have been 

 destroyed by curculio, and moths, and 

 other insects. 



He explains the reason by appli- 

 cation of Paris Green to the trees in 

 the following manner : — Plums ; after 

 the blossom falls and fruit appears, he 

 mixes, say a dessert spoonful of Paris 

 Green in a good full pail of water, and 

 with a large garden syringe squirts the 

 water on the fruit, leaves and branches 

 of the trees. This he repeats at in- 

 tervals of four or five days or more, 

 according to the nature of the weather, 



