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circumference at 3 feet from the ground, the diameter of the top of 

 the tree being over 100 feet ; it bore alternately 40 and 85 bushels 

 annually, and one year reached 110 bushels [Rev. C. H. Horey.] 

 Near Weathersfield, in the same state, an apple-tree said to be planted 

 in 1640 is still in full bearing. In Prof. Meehan's " Gardeners' 

 Monthly " is a record of the fecundity of an apple-tree in New England, 

 given by Mr. W. S. Platt, of Cheshire ; its eight branches spread 

 over six rods, and five of the branches bore in one year over 100 

 bushels of apples, the bearing taking place alternately with the other 

 three branches. The tree fruits still at Mysore, but there the trees 

 remain of stunted growth [J. Cameron]. Ananas and Apples bear 

 fruit alongside each other at the tropic of Capricorn in East- Australia 

 [Edgar]. Orchards, particularly also of apple-trees have been 

 formed in sandy heath-ground with the best results. Apple-trees will 

 endure the winters of Norway to lat. 65 28' [Professor Schuebeler]. 

 They bear fruit as far north as Drontheim. In the most northern 

 parts of North-America the hardiest Russian sorts have become 

 available for culture chiefly through Dr. Regel, 110 other kinds being 

 able to resist the severe cold. The Bismarck- Apple originated in the 

 North- Western part of Victoria ; about 15,000 were planted in 

 Germany in 1893, and this sort is largely taken up by orchardists 

 elsewhere. The variety "Peasgood's Nonesuch " produces apples to 

 a weight of 26 ounces or even more [James Lake]. Quite recently 

 an apple without any core and seeds was brought under notice by Mr. 

 Marylander, of Baltimore. It originated in Virginia. The tree is a 

 rich bearer, although the flowers are never properly developed except 

 the ovulary ; the fruit is of excellent taste, yellowish throughout, and 

 reminds of the Golden Pearmain. In Europe apple-trees and other 

 fruit-trees are occasionally bored by the Scolytus destructor. One of 

 the best methods, to ward off the two kinds of codlin-moth from apple-- 

 trees and other fruit-trees, consists in tying rags from baggings 

 loosely around the base of the stem, as the larvae will seek shelter 

 therein, and may thus be captured in large numbers ; loose bark 

 infested should be removed. Mr. C. French, Government Entomolo- 

 gist for Victoria, recommends spraying with a solution of 1 Ib. 

 London purple (which contains, however, a larger percentage of 

 arsenic) in 100 or 150 gallons of water, as soon as the fruit begins to 

 form. In his valuable " Handbook of Destructive Insects " he also 

 gives descriptions and illustrations of different spray-pumps. One of 

 the remedies to subdue the troublesome " Aphis " of the apple-tree, 

 caused by the Schizoneura lanigera, is gas-lime [W. G. Klee] ; 

 further Paris-green sprayed early in the season ; according to Mr. 

 James Roberts, an application late in autumn of a solution of sulphate 

 of copper (similar in strength to that used for dressing seed-grain of 

 cereals against smut) to the roots of the apple-tree or even the 

 pounded sulphate of -copper simply scattered on the ground under the 

 tree. The strength of the solution to be employed is 4 Ibs. to a cask 

 of water. More generally known as efficient is the use of kerosene 

 emulsion, or dissolved whaleoil- or resin-soap against apple-blight, 



