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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 1900 



sociations in all parts of Canada where 

 they do not now exist. 



A report on orchard survey work done 

 during the past season in the apple orchards 

 of the Lake Huron shore, was made by Mr. 

 S. E. Todd, O.A.C., Guelph, wno had 

 charge of the work. Mr. Todd showed by 

 charts that a large part of the district is 

 admirably located for the production of 

 fruit. He showed that most of Lambton 

 county is farther south than the Niagara and 

 Burlington fruit districts. Except a very 

 small area, the whole section along the Lake 

 Huron shore could be made into one large 

 orchard. By charts and tables Mr. Todd 

 showed that it pays to spray, fertilize, culti- 

 vate and to organize. He said that much 

 educational work is needed in that district 

 in respect to spraying and the control of 

 orchard pests. Much of the nursery stock 

 there is very good but the substitution of 

 varieties is complained of by many of the 

 planters. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Space in this issue will not permit men- 

 tion in detail of the remaining addresses. 

 Mr. J. A. Ruddick's address on "Cold Stor- 

 age of Apples and other Fruits," appears 

 as the leading article of this issue. An 

 exceedingly interesting talk on orcharding 

 on the Pacific coast illustrated by limelight 

 views, was given by Prof. John Craig, of 

 Cornell University, at the concluding ses- 

 sion which was presided over by the Hon. 

 J. S. Duff, Minister of Agriculture. At 

 this session an address was given by Mr. 

 C. C. James, the Deputy Minister. 



Earlier in the proceedings were addresses 

 on "Spraying 10 Acres of Apples: Cost, 

 Equipment and Results," by M. C. Smith, 

 Burlington; on "Lime-sulphur vs. Bor- 

 deaux for Summer Spraying of Apple and 

 Pear Orchards," by Mr. L. Caesar, O.A.C., 



Guelph; and on "Pointers from the West," 

 by Mr. J. W. Crow, O.A.C., Guelph. These 

 addresses will appear in part or in full in 

 subsequent issues. Pointers from Mr. W. 

 T. Macoun's address on "Uniformity in 

 Judging Systems for Eastern Canada," ap- 

 pear on another page. 



Entomological Society 



The 46th annual meeting of the Ento- 

 mological Society of Canada was held at 

 Guelph on Nov. 4 and 5. The meeting 

 throughout was characterised by the many 

 ' good jjapers that were presented. As space 

 is limited, only a few of the papers can be 

 referred to in this issue. 



Mr. L. Caesar, in his address, dealt 

 principally with the white pine borer, 

 which appears to be fairly abundant in the 

 old Niagara district and also with the 

 plum curculio and its relation to the fall 

 attacks on ajiples. 



Mr. McArthur Gibson read an extract 

 from his annual report, relating to the pre- 

 valence of the brown-tail moth in French 

 importations of nursery stock. The prompt 

 action of the Dominion government in 

 stamping out so quickly this pest, which is 

 causing so much consternation in the States 

 of Maine and Massachusetts, is highly to 

 be commended. 



An interesting and instructive address 

 was given by Dr. Gordon Hewitt, the Do- 

 minion entomologist, recently appointed 

 from England to take the place of the late 

 lamented Dr. Fletcher. Dr. Hewitt show- 

 ed some admirable slides of the internal an- 

 atomy of the house fly and pointed out to 

 the audience the various points to be tak- 

 en into consideration when dealing with 

 the economic importance of this obnoxious 

 household pest. He also showed slides of 

 other flies of close alliance to the house fly 



and showed the differences so as not to allow 

 the public to confuse them. The latter part 

 of his address was chiefly taken up in show- 

 ing the fly's relation to disease. In the 

 discussion of this address. Dr. Bethune 

 pointed out that the fly's name was being 

 changed from the "house fly" to the "ty- 

 phoid fly," impressing the audience with a 

 few statements which go to prove the desir- 

 ability of the change. 



Mr. R. C. Treherne gave a paper on the 

 nursery work in Ontario. After showing 

 the importance of the industry, he showed 

 the various insects that had been prevalent 

 in the nurseries during the past season. 



Dr. Bethune closed the proceedings with 

 an address on the insects of the year. He 

 said that there had been no serious out- 

 break of any kind but that the aphids which 

 are always present were found this year in 

 alarming numbers. These aphids were very 

 bad on turnips, grain, lettuce, roses, cab- 

 bages, elms, beech and other forest trees. 

 on apple, plum, cherry, and also on the coni- 

 fers. The usual remedies of kerosene and 

 whale oil soap were recommended. For 

 aphids on roots of plants he suggested fund, 

 gation of nearby ant nests with carbon bi- 

 sulphide. The spruce gall louse was also 

 bad this year. Spraying with lime-sulphur 

 and mechanical trimming were recommend- 

 ed. Various scale insects were in promin- 

 ence also : e.g., San Jose, oyster-shell, ter- 

 rapin, and the cottony maple scale. The 

 squash bug, absent last year, was found 

 again this year. 



Household insects, such as carpet beetle, 

 cockroaches, fleas and bed bugs still re- 

 tained their prominence. Borax and Roach 

 Food for cockroaches and tar paper and py- 

 rethrum powder for fleas and bed bugs wero 

 recommended. Finally the speaker stated 

 that cleanliness in the house and out in tli' 

 fields and orchards was the best remedy fur 

 any insect pest. — R.C.T. 



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