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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



and Kiefer. Only Morello Cherries are 

 recommended, and Plums of the Miner 

 type. 



THE MIDSUMMER MEETIXG 



Of the Fruit Growers' Association of 

 Ontario will be held in the Town of 

 Uxbridge on Wednesday and Thursday, 

 the 24th and 25th of Jiine, 1885. The 

 Mansion House, Plank House, Revere 

 House and Bascom House will entertain 

 members at one dollar a day. The 

 usual arrangement will be made with 

 Railways for reduced fare. Members 

 are requested to send to the Secretary 

 at St. Catharines a memorandum of such 

 questions as they desii-e to have dis- 

 cussed. 



THE ONTARIO APPLE AND 

 McINTOSH RED. 



At the winter meeting of the Maine 

 State Pomological Society held in 

 Gardiner, Maine, Feb.. 23rd 1885, Mr. 

 Geo. B. Sawyer, the Secretary of the 

 Society, exhibited some samples of the 

 Ontario apple, raised from scions sent 

 for ti'ial by the Fruit Growei*s' As- 

 sociation of Ontario. The fruit was 

 thought to be crisp and juicy, but too 

 sharply tart to be popular as a dessert 

 fruit. 



We notice that one gentleman re- 

 poi'ts that the JMcIntosh Red is proving 

 a prolific bearer, judging from but a 

 limited experience however, but not a 

 late keeper. 



APPLES IN ENGLAND. 



On the ;3rd of March No. 1 Bald- 

 wins brought from 15s. Qd. to 18s. 6d. 

 per brl. ; No. 1 Russets, from 15s. to 

 20s. ; No. 1 Vandevere, from 12s. to 

 18s. 6d. 



On the 7th March, Canadian Bald- 

 wins sold at 1 5s. to 1 8s. ; Spy at 1 3s. 

 to 16s. ; Golden Russet (Canadian) at 

 14s. to 22s. ; Rox Russets at 9s. to 

 1 3s. ; Greenings at 1 Os. to 1 4s. ; Can- 

 ada Red at 1 7s. to 1 8s. per bi'l. 



On the 14th March, Green & ^^hin- 

 eray, Liverpool, report Canadian Bald- 

 wins at 16s. to 18s. ; Golden Russets 

 at 16s. to 24s. ; Rox Russets, 10s. to 

 1 4s. ; and Greenings, 1 2s. to 1 6s. Ar- 

 rivals for the week, 14,396 brls. Total 

 to date, 483,039 brls. 



On 28th March, Green & Whineray, 

 Liverpool, report Canadian Baldwins 

 17s. to 19s., and Golden Russets 20s. 

 to 26s. Arrivals for the week. 11,555 

 brls. 



Keeling <k Hunt, London, report 

 Nova Scotian Rox Russets from 15s. 

 dd. to 26s., and Baldwins from 1.3s. 6d. 



to 14s. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



Deau Sir, — 1 have in my dining- 

 room a glass fei'nery, with close fitting 

 top of same ; but have not been suc- 

 cessful in the cultivation of native roots 

 planted last fall. Will you kindly tell 

 me through the columns of your maga- 

 zine — 



1 . Whether the top should be left on 

 continually, or removed at intervals ] 



2. Whether it is necessary to have a 

 faucet for drainage, or if a layer of 

 charcoal in the bottom of tray will an- 

 swer the purpose ? 



3. Also, how often the plants require 

 water ] 



Your reply will much oblige 

 Yours respectfully, 



Mrs. W. D. Watson. 

 Ayr, Ont., March 13. 



Reply. — You will do well to i-aise 

 the glass, so as to admit aii* occasion- 

 ally. 



2. A faucet ls not necessary, if you 

 do not water so very abundantly as to 

 cause a quantity to remain stagnant. 



