THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



be able to supply in a large measure her 

 own needs in the way of apples. 



Pan-American. — The Buffalo Cou- 

 rier is quite jubilant over the assurance 

 received at the head quarters of the exhi- 

 bition, that Canada would make a 

 splendid exhibit, and takes it as a fur- 

 ther evidence of the friendly feeling 

 existing between England and the United 

 States. 



Extraordinary Returns. — We are 

 often asked how much per acre may be 

 expected as the net returns from a peach 

 orchard, and such questions are the 

 most perplexing, for everything " de- 

 pends upon the man." Right varieties, 

 right location, right methods of growing, 

 packing and marketing make a man 

 rich, while neglect of these make a man 

 poor. 



It has been stated that Mr. Roland 

 Morrill, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, 

 the President of the Michigan Society, 

 gathered 12000 baskets of peaches from 

 50 acres of peach orchard, which sold 

 at prices ranging from $2.00 to $7.00 

 per bushel ! His returns from fifty acres 

 were $35,000!! 



The explanation is due to cultivation, 

 potash, manuring, sensible pruning, and 

 unmerciful thinning, as a result of which 

 many of his peaches measured three and 

 a half inches in diameter. 



Commercial Fertilizers, according 

 to Prof. Vanslyke are much more satis- 

 factory when used in conjunction with 

 humus, than when used alone. 



The Canadian Field Pea is consid- 

 ered in California the most satisfactory 

 to sow for green manure. They allow 

 from 85 to 100 pounds to the acre. 



Corrections. — On page 428 it 

 should read, " homes referred to by 



Charles Downing in his Landscape Gar- 

 dening " ; his own home was on the 

 Hudson. Also Prof. Sargent was editor 

 " Garden and Forest " not The Garden. 

 On page 447 Fig. 1688 should read 

 " Scale and ovule," not frond. 



The Koonce Pear is favorably re- 

 ported upon by Mr. E. P. Powell, of 

 New York State, as being large and hand- 

 some, of bright yellow color, with crim- 

 son cheek, and flavor equalling Sheldon. 



Vermont Beauty pear originated 

 on Grand Island, Lake Chaplain, about 

 1887. It is a pretty red cheeked pear, 

 of fine quality, ripening in October. 



Princess Louise. — Samples of this 

 apple have been received by the R. N.Y. 

 and described as highly colored, bright 

 red and whitish ground, flesh white, fine 

 texture, spicy, pleasant, and full-flavored, 

 higher quality than Shiawassee Beauty. 



The Canned Fruit Jellies in com- 

 mon use are said to be mostly made of 

 apples boiled down in diluted suphuric 

 acid, and flavored to resemble the vari- 

 ous fruits ! 



Obituary. — Peter M. Gideon, orig- 

 inator of the Wealthy apple, died at 

 Excelsior, Minn., October 27th, aged 

 79. The apple was named after his 

 wife, Wealthy Hall, whom he married 

 in I849. He was tne first superinten- 

 dent of the State Experimental Fruit 

 Farm 



The Macintosh Red Apple was 

 originated by Allen Mcintosh, of Inker- 

 mann, a Scotchman who served in Cap- 

 tain Cripler's company in 1837, and was 

 present at the Battle of Windmill Point. 

 He was also the originator of the Golden 

 Sweet. 



Johnson's Early is the name of a 



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