THE CANADIAN HOKTICULTURIST, 



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hibited some peach boughs, and showed 

 thataboutone-fourth of the fruit budshad 

 apparently thus far survived the winter, 

 and therefore a few peaches might rea- 

 sonably be expected this season. Mr. 

 D. Yanduzer had not previously been 

 able to find any live peach buds, but 

 had been to-day convinced thei-e was a 

 small proportion. Mr. W. H. Nelles 

 thought that three crops of fruit was 

 about all that could reasonably be ex- 

 pected from a peach orchard. In plant- 

 ing ten acres, he would give a very 

 small area indeed to peach trees. Mr. 

 Orr said, if he had not seen a live 

 peach bud this season, he would not 

 give up peach culture if he lived in the 

 Grimsby section, (Applause.) It was 

 generally conceded that the " Yellows 

 and Curled-leaf" were more discourag- 

 ing features of peach-growing than cold 

 winters. 



To the question, "What was the cause 

 of the Jailure of the Plum crop 171 this 

 section last year?" Mr. Cline said the 

 crop had not failed with him. He had 

 Paris-greened his plum-trees four times 

 with three ounces Paris green to forty 

 gallons of water. The opinion pi-evailed 

 that the Curculio and not the winter 

 had caused the failure. 



The two following questions were 

 grouped in one, viz., "Is there any dan- 

 ger of overstocking the apple market ? " 

 and " What varieties 0/ apples would you 

 recommend Jor profit, in jjlanting 500 

 trees?" The writer being asked to 

 reply, said, on the whole, the prospect 

 is encouraging. It is not probable 

 that the area devoted to the apple in 

 England, France or Belgium will ever 

 be much larger than at present, and, 

 therefore, the foreign demand for On- 

 tario apples will probably never be less 

 than it now is. Besides this, the cities 

 West and South are beginning to look 

 to Ontario for their supply of good 

 keeping apples. In reply to the second 

 question, he gave the following list of 



500 apple trees for profit, viz.: Red 

 Astracan, 50 ; Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 50 ■ Baldwin, 200 ; Box Russet, 100 ; 

 Golden Russet, 100. He would omit 

 the Early Harvest, Rambo, Fall Pippin, 

 Greening, and Northern Spy on account 

 of the black spot which was gradually 

 coming upon them ; the King, because 

 it bears such light crops, and the Cran- 

 berry Pippin because it is often so mis- 

 shapen. Mr. A. H. Pettit gave the 

 following list for 500 apple trees : 

 Cranberiy Pippin, 150; Baldwins, 150; 

 Col vert, 25; Golden Russet, 75 ; Green- 

 ing, 75 ; Rox Russet, 25 ; Northern 

 Spy, 60 ; Astracan, 20 ; Duchess, 20 ; 

 Ribston Pippm, 10. 



The following questions were also 

 discussed, in addition to many others, 

 viz. : What varieties of Raspberries and 

 Blackberries are most p)rofitable ? What 

 damage is to be Jeared from the Pear 

 Slug ? Would you recommend the plant- 

 ing of Pear trees at present high py'ices ? 

 What varieties of Quince would you re- 

 commend for general cultivation ? 



And now, Sir, that I have given you 

 a brief account of our meeting, I want 

 to ask whether the Ontario Association 

 could arrange for some kind of relation- 

 ship between such smaller associations 

 and itself. Certainly it would contri- 

 bute very much to the success of such 

 meetings as this one, if some delegate 

 from the Fruit-Growers' Association of 

 Ontario could be present to give us the 

 benefit of his counsel upon the subjects 

 under discussion ; and for this, I am 

 sure, no one would be more welcome 

 than yourself. 



L. WOOLVERTON. 



RASPBERRY SAW-FLY. 



The raspberry saw-fly (Selandria 

 rubi) is not a difficult insect to keep in 

 check if noticed in time. It is very 

 inconspicuous on account of its colour 

 and appearance. A weak mixture of 

 about an ounce of " hellebore " to a 



