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skinned foreign varieties are never so ef- 

 fected. 



A lady here informs me that she picked 

 up a tin pailfull of these fallen berries, for 

 they look all right when they first fall. She 

 set the pail upon a table, where it remained 

 all night. Next morning she. was sur- 

 prised to find the pail literally covered with 

 small worms or maggots. 



Upon his last official visit Prof. Hutt, of 

 the O. A. C, took away a pint of those fal- 

 len berries to investigate, and following his 

 instructions I have a pint put up in a glass 

 jar with thin muslin tied over to see if any 

 grubs make their appearance. 



This year I have kept my bushes sprayed 

 continually with flour of sulphur in the hope 



that the offensive smell would prevent the 

 fly from depositing eggs, but with onJy fail- 

 ure as a result. 



Pearl, Downing, Champion and Red 

 Jacket have not a dozen berries each left up- 

 on the bushes. 



The first thing is to detect and know the 

 fly that deposits this ^g'g, for I have no 

 longer any doubt of this being the cause. 



It seems a great pity that just as we have 

 got such a perfect variety as Josselyn that 

 such a pest should appear upon the scene. 

 I should like to know if others have their 

 gooseberries eflfected in this way. Last 

 year we lost about 25 per cent, of the crop, 

 but this season 100 per cent. 



Nantvr. Stanley Spillett. 



THE PRESERVATION OF FRUITS FOR EXHIBITION 



PURPOSES. 



PROF. H. L. HUTT, O. A. C, GUELPH. 



MOST of the large exhibitions, as 

 well as the smaller township and 

 county fairs, are held at a time 

 when nearly all of the small fruits are out 

 of season. Consequently we seldom if ever 

 see a good display of these valuable small 

 fruits on exhibition. That they can be pre- 

 served in good condition for such a purpose 

 was fully demonstrated by the display of 

 strawberries, raspberries, currants, goose- 

 berries, etc., made by the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College at the Pan-American Exposi- 

 tion at Buffalo. 



We have at the college also a collection 

 of fruits in antiseptic fluids, some of which 

 were put up four years ago for the Paris 

 Exposition, and others that have been in the 

 jars seven or. eight years and are still in 

 good condition. 



In the collection put up for Paris and 



Buffalo neat glass jars of various sizes, with 

 large mouth and glass stoppers were used, 

 but for less pretentious exhibitions the or- 

 dinary glass fruit jars should answer the 

 purpose well. 



For the benefit of those interested in ex- 

 hibiting fruits at the fall fairs, as well as for 

 the many inquirers we have from time to 

 time wanting to know how these fruits are 

 kept, we give below brief directions for pre- 

 serving fruits in this way. 



The fruit should be carefully selected, 

 and if possible shown on the branch just as 

 it grew. This prevents it floating to the top, 

 as it would if the jar were not full of fruit. 

 Strawberries are best shown by picking 

 them 'with long stems and tying the berries 

 about a central twig so that each berry 

 stands out separately. Care must be taken 

 to avoid all bruising, and the fruit should be 



