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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



by Mr. G. H, Powell, of Briarcliff Manor, 

 N. Y. , as the worst enemy of the sour 

 cherry. So serious had the pest proved 

 itself in some sections in New York state, 

 that the cultivation of the Montmorency 

 and Morello cherries was in danger of ruin. 

 The worst feature was that no certain 

 remedy had yet been discovered by our 

 scientists. 



The Cherry Rot was also a most serious 

 obstacle in the way of the cherry g-rower. 

 Powell had checked it by the use of pure 

 sulphate of copper, 2 ounces in 40 gallons 

 of water without lime, so as to leave the 

 fruit clean for market. "Did not this in- 

 jure the foliage asked a fruit grower. 

 "No," said Mr. Powell, " I used as much 

 as three, and even four, ounces to forty gal- 

 lons of water, applying it every day, and 

 even this did not spot the foilage. " " How 

 many times did you apply it," asked an- 

 other. "I applied it" said he, "about 

 ten times in all." 



Prof. Beach, of Geneva Experiment Sta- 

 tion, said he had used Bordeaux on his 

 cherries for Brown rot, directly after the 

 fall of the bloom, but could not see suffi- 

 cient benefit to really pay for his work. He 

 warned fruit growers to be careful in the 

 use of copper sulphate "for it will certainly 

 spot the foliage, if made too strong." 



Prof. Stewart, of Geneva, said Brown rot 

 fungus was a more serious enemy than was 

 commonly supposed. Its attacks were not 

 by any means confined to the fruit, but it 

 also affected the twigs, and in wet seasons 

 often causes their death. The cherry, the 

 plum and the apricot were all subject to it, 

 in the case of the two latter it often killed 

 them back a foot, and in peach trees even 

 two feet. This fungus, Stewart declared, 

 started its growth much earlier in the sea- 

 son than most people supposed, and con- 

 tinued its ravages all the season through, 

 both on the fruit and the twigs, and there- 

 fore it was wise to begin treatment early. 



THE QUEBEC FRUIT GROWERS. 



'HE Ninth Annual Meeting of the Pom- 

 ological and Fruit Growing Society 

 of the Province of Quebec was held 

 on the 1 8th and 19th of December, 

 at Coaticook, situated among the hills, or 

 high rolling land, of the Eastern Township, 

 just east of Sherbrooke. 



The meetings were well attended by a 

 flourishing class of farmers, who, although 

 their chief industry is dairying, took a lively 

 interest in the subject brought up and were 

 eager with questions and entered with en- 

 thusiasm into the discussions. 



It was certainly a surprise to some of us 

 to see the fine collection of exceptionally high 

 colored fruit that was shown on the tables. 

 There were about 65 plates; — 8 or 10 plates 



were Fameuse or Fameuse type of beautiful 

 color ; Ben Davis was in evidence, but speci- 

 mens even poor in quality, size and color^ 

 and it is to be hoped the coming fruitgrower 

 in that section will give it the go-bye in 

 favor of fruit of higher quality which they 

 are evidently capable of producing. 



The Russians were not as much in evi- 

 dence as one would suppose in that section^ 

 only three or four plates being shown. 



I was very much surprised to see a plate 

 of Baldwins said to be grown in the vicinity. 

 To see such a fine collection, 125 miles east 

 of Montreal, leads us to wonder where is the 

 limit of the fruit producing area of the 

 Dominion. In all probability, if this fruit 

 belt was to be followed through New Bruns- 



