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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fi(i. 2695. Apple Packing in the Orchard. A 



Picker emptying his Basket on the 



Packing Table. 



It is a little more expensive than lime, but 

 the advantages are in its favor. Five 

 pounds of the soda are needed to neutralize 

 the four pounds of sulphate of copper. The 

 formula therefore would be : 



4 pounds copper sulphate. 



5 pounds washing soda. 

 40 gallons of water. 



Sparks^ Earliana tomato has been tested 

 for three years by Prof. Macoun, horticul- 

 turist at the Central Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa, and has proved itself the best early 

 variety out of 93 varieties tested ; the first 

 fruit having been gathered on the 29th of 

 July. The seed was sown in hot bed on 

 April 3rd, the plants pricked out into straw- 

 berry boxes on April 25th, and planted ir. 

 the open ground on June 2nd, four feet 

 apart each way. The fruit is not only very 

 early, but also of good size and quite 

 smooth. The total yield of five plants was 

 jy lbs. 6 ounces, or about 15 lbs. per plant. 



HARDY APPLES FOR THE NORTH. 



"1 ]| 7 HILE in the most northerly parts 



» * of Ontario crossbred Siberian 



Crat)S are the most promising varieties 



of apples, there is a line south of which 



some of our hardier varieties of Pyrus 

 malus may be successfully grown, and in 

 view of the rapid settlement of these parts 

 we cannot too soon determine what varieties 

 may be safely recommended for cultivation. 

 Fisher, of Montana, Sta. Rept. 1902, reports 

 on 64 varieties planted in 1895, of which 

 only twenty-six are alive, and of this num- 

 l)er only eight are worth growing. These 

 are Wealthy, Yellow Transparent, Duchess, 

 Okabena, Hibernal, Tetofsky, Longfield and 

 Gideon. 



THE WEALTHY APPLE. 



The Wealthy apple seems to be grow- 

 ing in favor on all sides, and especially along 

 the northern limits of its growth. It is per- 

 fect in form, free from spots, does not 

 need spraying, is little affected with codling 

 moth, and is withal beautiful to look upon 

 and pleasant to the taste. Almost the only 

 fault found with it is that it drops early from 

 the trees, and this can be obviated by early 

 harvesting. Mr. W. T. Macoun has an acre 

 of Wealthys at the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, and has been exporting them 

 in bushel boxes, tastefully packed. His 

 records show an average profit for four 

 years of $121.38 from trees set ten feet 

 apart in the orchard each way. 



Prof. Macoun exported his Wealthy ap- 

 ples to Glasgow last fall, and was much 

 pleased with the result. On the ist of Octo- 

 ber, 1902, he forwarded 59 cases of Wealthy 

 in boxes measuring 10^ x ii^ x 22 — the 

 California 50-lb. apple box — and they vvere 

 sold at 6s. 9d. per case. 



SCAB ON THE APPLE AND PEAR. 



EVERY season, unless climatic condi- 

 tions are peculiarly unfavorable 

 to its growth, this fungus becomes 

 more and more troublesome to the fruit 

 grower. Varieties that once were im- 

 mune are now quite subject to it, and a large 

 part of the crop is unfit for market, both 



