THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



No plants, fruit or flowers can be removed 

 from the building until the close of the Exhi- 

 bition, without the consent of the Committee 

 of arrangements ; but cut flowers injured 

 from any cause may be replaced by others of 

 the same kind. 



Exhibitors may attach their names to ex- 

 hibits only after the judging shall have been 

 completed. 



Pot plants of exhibitors will be collected 

 and delivered by vans engaged for the pur- 

 pose by the Society, but the Society will not 

 be responsible for injury to such plants from 

 weather or other causes during such trans- 

 portation. 



A disinterested professional Florist will be 

 engaged to judge the plants and flowers, and 

 an experienced Pomologist to jud^e fruit. 



All exhibits must be the growth of exhi- 

 bitors within the county, and correctly lab- 

 elled. 



Sale of Plants, Fruit, etc. — At 8 o'clock 

 on the evening of the 12th October a sale of 

 pot plants and fruit will be held under the 

 direction of the officers of the Society ; and 

 exhibitors wishing to dispose of surplus stock 

 will be afforded an opportunity of doing so. 



Instead of money premiums, a handsome 

 lithographed Certificate will be issued, which 

 the directors have been assured will prove 



much more acceptable to exhibitors than cash, 

 as it may be preserved indefinitely. 



Port Hope. — A short time ago, the direc- 

 toi s of the Port Hope Horticultural Society 

 met in the Secretary's office. Among other 

 business, the question of plant distribution 

 was discussed. 



The feeling of the meeting was decidedly in 

 favor of the present system of premium dis- 

 tribution as being " the greatest good to 

 the greatest number." I am afraid that 

 it would be a hard blow to the Horticul- 

 turist, if the suggestion of one of your 

 contributors in August Number was ad- 

 opted — viz., the offering of a prize for the 

 bast essay on " shrubs, etc," This would 

 result in concentrating the amount (which is 

 at present equally divided among the subscri- 

 bers) in the hands of a few who have had the 

 privilege of a good education, while the bulk 

 of those, equally entitled, could not possibly 

 enter into competition. I am quite sure that 

 your correspondent is desirous of furthering 

 the interest of horticulture, but I have no 

 doubt, that after careful consideration, he 

 will find that his suggestion will not meet 

 with the approval of those who are now 

 enjoying the present system of distribution. 



J. C. Jackson (acting Secretary.) 



PEACH CULTURE. 



§WELL drained, naturally dry soil 

 is best. Thorough drainage is 

 necessary ; peach trees will not 

 grow with their feet wet. We have been 

 growing peaches of the Persian family ; 

 also varieties from South China. An- 

 other type from North China, which we 

 are just getting acquainted with, seems 

 to be more hardy than the Persians. 

 The most notable among the North 

 China peaches is the Elberta. The 

 Early Rivers is one of the hardiest 

 peaches. Some think that Mr. Rivers 

 really had a seedling of a North China 

 peach without knowing it. The Craw- 

 ford will thrive better on a clayey soil 

 than^on a sandy loam. The best soil, 

 all things considered, is a light, sandy 

 loam. 



The peach industry tends to increase 

 the value of land. Let ordinary farm 



land be developed into a peach orchard, 

 and all the land in that vicinity will 

 immediately command $200 or $300 an 

 acre. 



The land about the average home is 

 rich in nitrogenous matter, and peach 

 trees planted in this soil will make rapid 

 growth and produce splendidly for one 

 or two crops. But such rapid growth 

 makes soft wood, and the trees will 

 soon die. If we want our trees to live 

 long and be happy we must not give 

 them too much nitrogen. I would pre- 

 fer poor soil to a very fertile one, and 

 would feed it, but would avoid stable 

 manure. Fertilizers rich in phosphate 

 acid and potash give ripe, hardy wood, 

 and may be used freely. Potash adds 

 to the color and quality of the peach. — 

 Rept. Mass. Hort. Soc. 



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