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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



vigorous and productive. The older 

 varieties I purpose describing in a later 

 issue. 



SLUG SHOT. 

 The Horticulturist for August has 

 just been received, and after perusal I 

 find a great many inquiries carefully 

 answered. One, however, in regard to 

 Slug Shot does not seem clear. I 

 would therefore beg to request you to 

 publish, for the benefit of the fruit and 

 rose growing public, the fact that from 

 repeated experiments on the trial 

 grounds of J. A. Simmers, situated on 

 Yonge street. Slug Shot has done very 

 serviceable work on all kinds of fruit 

 and rose plants, and has proved itself 

 to be just the thing for the general 

 public. It is cheap, therefore within 

 the reach of all growers, and not only 

 does it act as an insect exterminator, 

 but also as a fertilizer, as it leaves the 

 plants in a healtliy condition, which is 

 frequently not the case witli other more 

 expensive insecticides. You will agree 

 with me that the public must first hear 

 of successful experiments before being 

 convinced, and a visit to the grounds 

 of J. A. S. will prove what I assert. 

 Yours very truly, 

 Anton Simmers, 



Firm of J. A. Simmers. 



CANADIAN FRUITS AT THE EXHIBI- 

 TION. 



Sir, — The Canadian fruit, preserved 

 in about 1,000 glass jars, continues to 

 be one of the chief attractions of the 

 Exhibition, notwithstanding many of 

 the specimens have lost their natural 

 colors. 



This Exhibition cannot fail to be of 

 gi*eat benefit to Canadian fruit growers, 

 as well as all other classes, and no 

 efibrts should be spared to supplement 

 this collection with fresh fruits at the 

 earliest possible date. 



All reports agree that the apple crop 



this season in Great Britain and on 

 the Continent will be under the aver- 

 age, excepting in Spain and Hungary, 

 where large crops are reported. 



Efibrts are being made to extend the 

 markets for Canadian apples directly 

 to all the principal cities of Great 

 Britain and on the Continent where it 

 seems practicable. 



I hope to be able to report very 

 shortly upon the prospect of success in 

 this direction, as well as in the matter 

 of cold chambers for fruit shipments in 

 Canadian steamers. 



Yours very truly, 



C. R. H. Starr, 

 Canadian Fruit Department. 

 London, S.W., July 28, 1886. 



NOTES ON STRAWBERRIES. 



First to ripen was Early Canada, 

 where it will succeed it is the best very 

 early sort, it blooms so early and its 

 blossoms are so much exposed that it 

 is quite often injured by early spring 

 frosts except in favorable seasons, 

 hence it is not safe to plant it very 

 extensively for market. In many 

 localities it does not succeed well. 



Crescent Seedling is next to ripen. 

 All things considered, this is the most 

 profitable market berry I have grown, 

 although the fruit is not of first quality 

 it is so early and productive. The fruit 

 colors on all sides at once, so that all 

 ripe berries can easily be gathered, and 

 it carries its size well to the end of the 

 season. • 



Daniel Boone is well worthy of a 

 more extended trial, fruit is of large 

 even size, bright red, good quality and 

 productive. 



Wilson appears to require better 

 treatment than it did years ago, to 

 make it profitable. It appears to be 

 deteriorating, although when given 

 extra good cultivation on rich soil, it is 

 still one of the best market sorts. It 

 yields such a large crop of fruit that 



