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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



est sorts. Method of planting and 

 trellising. Comparative standing of 

 white, red. and black sorts. How 

 protected during the winter. The 

 proper season for pruning. 

 8. Hedges. — Is the common native Spruce 

 suitable ? Black Spruce and Norway 

 Spruce compared. Proper time to 

 plant. How far apart. When to 

 prune. 



DOUGALL'S SEEDLING GOOSE- 

 BERRIES. 



The Rural New-Yorker says that 

 these have not proven mildew proof 

 in the RuraVs grounds. 



REMEDY FOR MILDEW. 

 Put one pound of sulphur and one 

 pound of lime in two gallons of water, 

 boil down to one gallon ; of this put 

 one wineglassful into five gallons of 

 water and syringe the plants therewith 

 twice a week. 



REMEDY FOR GRAPEVINE MILDEW. 



Prof. Piley, writing to the Rural 

 New Yorker, gives the following 

 remedy for the downy mildew which 

 usually appears on the under side of 

 the leaves in the form of small patches 

 of white down. Dissolve a pound of 

 sulphate of copper in a gallon of water. 

 In another vessel put two ))ounds of 

 unslaked lime and pour over it a quart 

 of water. After the lime is slacked 

 add the solution of sulphate of copper 

 and make the lime into a thin bluish 

 paste, by mixing thoroughly. This 

 mixture is to be sprinkled lightly on 

 the leaves with a small broom, but not 

 on the fruit. This downy mildew is 

 most abundant in wet weather, and is 

 known to botanists as Peronospora 

 viticola. 



THE SALOME APPLE. 

 Professor Budd is reported to have 

 said, at the last meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society, of this apple : 

 " It is a very nice keeper, and good 

 grower, and would geiierally be called 

 hardy, though not as hardy as Fameuse, 

 but more so than Ben Davis. It is of 

 good quality ; keeps well with ordinary 

 care ; rather small in size ; season, in 

 Iowa, January to March ; about as 

 hardy as Pewaukee which is more 

 tender than Wealthy ; better than Ben 

 Davis, but smaller." 



TO PREVENT GREEN-FLY IN THE 

 ROSE HOUSE. 



Spread a layer of tobacco stems two 

 inches deep and ten inches wide the 

 full length of the greenhouse and give 

 them a dash of water when you are i 

 watering. The slight fumes constantly j 

 arising from the tobacco will keep the 

 green-fly entirely in subjection. — Chas. 

 Henderson, before the Florists' Conven- 

 tion. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



GRAPES IN PERTH COUNTY. 



Can you please inform me (1) what 

 kind of Grape Vines would grow best 

 here (Perth Co). Our soil is loamy, 

 and trees and vegetables do well. I 

 have a Grape Vine, but it does not do 

 very well on account of the frost. 

 Also (2) which is the easiest and best 

 method of producing new vines from a 

 branch of a vine. (3). Should the soil 

 be rich for grapes. (4). At what time 

 of the year should a person plant 

 branches for a new vine. Strawberries 

 seem to do well here ; also gooseberries 

 and currants. We have two plums 

 which are Yellow Gages ; the frost 

 has not hurt them yet, and we expect 



