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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



THE RENFREW FRUIT GROWER'S 

 ASSOCIATION 



Will hold its annual meeting in the 

 Town Hall, Renfrew, on Friday, the 

 16th of January, 1S85, commencing at 

 one o'clock p.m. At this meeting the 

 officers for the ensuing year will be 

 chosen, the President deliver his an- 

 nual address, and other business affect- 

 ing the welfare of the society will be 

 transacted. 



The County of Renfrew Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association is a live society, and 

 doing a good work. It is the only one 

 that sent a report of its transactions to 

 be published with that of the Ontario 

 Association. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Corliss' Matchless Potatoes. — The 

 greatest yield of potatoes produced upon 

 the B. N.-Y. experiment plot, up to and 

 including 1883, was at the rate of 1 ,140. 33 

 bushels per acre. The variety was Cor- 

 liss' Matchless. 



The St. Hilaire Apple. — Dr. Hoskins 

 writes to the Home Farm that this apple ; 

 is larger than the Fameuse, more free 

 from spots, more acid, and having per- 

 haps slightly less flavor. It keeps five or 

 six weeks longer, and is recommended by 

 the Montreal Horticultural Society for 

 those localities where the Fameuse spots 

 badly. He adds that he regards it as pre- 

 ferable to the Fameuse as a market fruit. 



Forest Influence on Rainfall. — A 

 forest does cause rain to fall, says the 

 Forestry Bulletin, or at least it does not, 

 as does the open plain, prevent rain from 

 falling. This meteorological influence of 

 the forest is due to the moist condition of 

 the air column above tlie forests which 

 tends to saturate any clouds moving 

 through this area, thus facilitatuig preci- 

 pitation, wliile the heated air over the 

 plain tends to increase the relative capa- 

 city of an air cohunn for moisture, there- 

 fore decreasing the chance for discharge. 



The Bangok Blackberry. - This new 

 blackberry originated on one of the islands 

 of the Penobscot River, acd was brought 

 to notice by the late Hon. Geo. P. Sewall, 



of Oldtown, who was an enthusiastic ama- 

 teur fruit-grower. The variety is per- 

 fectly hardy, enduring the severities of 

 the Maine winters perfectl}' without pro- 

 tection ; it is productive, yielding regular 

 and abundant crops, and is a very early 

 sort. The berry is large, growing in clus- 

 ters of ten or twelve ; stem stout ; has no 

 hard core, and in flavor it is rich and 

 good. Ripe early in August. — The Home 

 Farm. 



Shiawasse Beauty. — This apple (a 

 Michigan seedling) almost exactly dupli- 

 cates the Fameuse in tree and fruit, yet 

 with a distinguishable difference in the 

 young wood. It is claimed never to spot, 

 and Secretary Garfield of the Michigan 

 Horticultural Society places it among the 

 two best seedling apples of that State for 

 excellence and profit. It seems strange 

 that as yet it has not been more widely 

 distributed, seeing that it obviates the 

 Fameuse's only defect. I have the va- 

 riety top-grafted, but it has not yet pro- 

 duced its fruit. It seems to be about as 

 hardy as the Fameuse. — Dk. Hoskins, in 

 Home Farm. 



Japan Lilies. — Among the many beau- 

 tiful lilies introduced from Japan, none 

 are more worthy of cultivation than 

 Lilium riibrum. The blossom is large, of 

 elegant iovm, pure pearly white, richly 

 studded with bright crimson, and it is ex- 

 quisitely fragrant. The bulbs are chsap, 

 hardy and easily cultivated. A single 

 bulb, costing about twenty-five cents, will, 

 in a few years, multiply sufficiently by 

 " offsets to fill quite a large bed. Once 

 planted, it needs no further attention, 

 growing better from year to year. A light 

 soil for it is prefei'able, but it will do well 

 in any rich, well drained ground. Drain- 

 aae is indispensable, for the bulbs decay 

 if kept water-soaked. They should be 

 planted four or five inches deep, and care 

 taken that no fresh or heating manure 

 comes in contact with them. This Idy 

 blooms iri the open ground from the mid- 

 dle of August to the middle of September, 

 a well-established plant producing from 

 six to fifteen blossoms. Otlsets are formed 

 every year around the parent bulb and 

 the underground joints of the stems. 

 These bulblets grow to flowering bulbs 

 the thu'd year. — Prairie Farmer. 



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