THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Chesnuts. — Bull. 42, Delaware, is 

 devoted to the European and Japanese 

 chesnuts. On the whole it would ap- 

 pear that more is to be expected in the 

 near future from the Japanese varieties 

 than from the European. The Killen, 

 one of the former, has already been re- 

 ferred to in these columns. 



A prominent Nova Scotian. — Mr. 

 W. C. Archibald, above mentioned, 

 called at this office on 31st ult, on 

 his way to visit the Agricultural College 

 at Guelph. This gentleman is the 

 chairman of the Board of Control of 

 the School of Horticulture at Wolf- 

 ville, and now hopes to be instrumental 

 in having an Agricultural College estab- 

 lished in his province. 



Prince Edward Island. — The 

 President writes that the subject of better 

 storage and ventilation for apples in 

 ocean transport is to be discussed at 

 their next meeting, and they will unite 

 with us in asking legislation on this im- 

 portant condition of success. He says 

 the island has been so much encouraged 

 by her recent export of apples that con- 

 siderable planting will be done in the 

 coming spring. 



The Niagara Peninsular Fruit 

 Growers have elected Wm. Armstrong, 



St. Catharines, President, and C. E. 

 Fisher, Queenston, Secretary. The next 

 meeting will be held in St. Catharines 

 about the middle of January to listen to 

 Professors Fletcher and Macoun of 

 Ottawa. 



The Burlington Fruit Growers 

 have elected A. W. Peart, Freeman, 

 President, and W. F. Fisher, Burling- 

 ton, Secretary. 



Fruit Pulp would suiely be a profit- 

 able article of export in seasons when 

 green fruit is high priced ; and since it 

 will keep indefinitely, when once pro- 

 perly sealed up, we cannot see why it 

 need be sold during those seasons when 

 it would not bring a margin of profit. 

 Here is a clipping from the Greengrocer, 

 London, England : — 



There is a good chance for our Colonial 

 fruit- growers in supplying the London market 

 with fruit pulps. This year French and 

 Italian apricot pulp is extremely scarce. 

 Last year it could be bought at from £15 to 

 £20 per ton ; it is now fetching very much 

 higher prices, and we are informed that until 

 June next prices are likely to rule high. It 

 is put up in tins containing about 281b. , but 

 the principal requirement is that the pulp 

 shall be quite clean and free from specks. 

 Dried apricots also will be wanted, and will 

 fetch good prices. The pulp must, of course, 

 be boiled with just sufficient sugar to make 

 it keep in good condition. 



What is to hinder our exporting 

 raspberry and peach pulp, with profit ? 



Green Grape Rot. — When holding 

 institutes in the famous grape belt 

 of Western New York, the subject of 

 black rot of the grape was thoroughly 

 discussed by the growers and also by 

 the scientists. The almost unanimous 

 verdict was, that spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture pays. In some seasons there is 

 no apparent good result, but there nearly 

 always is a decided benefit. It pays to 



clean up all trash, and especially all old, 

 rotten grape clusters, and burn them. 

 Even the tendrils on the vines were 

 known to be a place of refuge for the 

 spores of the black rot, and they were 

 taken off by some careful vineyardists. 

 Cases were related where the disease had 

 spread from a dried berry or two left from 

 former years. 



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