THE CAKAPIAN nOKTICULTURIST. 



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fifteenth of May, and it shonld be con- 

 tinued uncil July, whim the first bi'ood 

 of moths will have been captured. — 

 From a i^rize Esi^ay in Vick's Aiaga- 



zine for May. [Note by Editor 



OP Canadian Horticulturist. — We 

 doubt the catching of Codlin Moth in 

 this way. The Canadian species are not 

 thus caught.] 



lEOFlT IN FRUIT RAISING. 

 With all the tons of Grapes rai.sed, 

 how is it there is not a gallon of Grape 

 syrup to be liad for love or money 

 in market % If you don't know that 

 Grape juice boiled down to a clear 

 syrup is the most relishing thing in 

 sickness or health, for consumptives 

 and to keep people from getting con- 

 sumptive, to be eaten as food or diluted 

 for drink, that would banish wine 

 sooner than the temperance societies, 

 you have something to learn. This 

 article, once known, would prevent all 

 danger of an over-crop of Grapes, for it 

 would be made and kept by the barrel, 

 «nd exported for use in all climates. 

 The new production of cider jell}^, which 

 is merely cider boiled down, without 

 any addition till it is a solid, dark jelly, 

 is a great gift to the housekeeper, and 

 will be the salvation of the Apple 

 orcliards. What if Apples are fifty 

 cents a barrel in October"? Set the 

 cider mills going, and the huge enameled 

 evaporating pans. Perhaps cider jelly 

 at twelve cents a. pound will pay you, 

 as there is no sugar to be used. — Susan 

 Power in Vick's Magazine. 



North Windows. — To those who have 

 only north windows which are available 

 for growing plants, I would recommend 

 the Chinese Primrose. This is, every- 

 thing considered, the best winter bloomer 

 for sunless windows that I know of, and 

 can be relied on for a constant supply of 

 flowers from November until " Nature 

 awakes from her long sleep." — Viclis 

 Magadnt. 



MAINE'S APPLE SHIPMENTS. 



The city of Portland has now become 

 the third port in importance for the 

 shipping of apples of any place in Amer- 

 ica, as appears from statistics gathered 

 by the New England Grocer. The 

 shipments of apples from Portland to 

 Europe had not been very large until 

 the past winter, when two or three en- 

 terjirising shippers took hold of the 

 business and gave it a great impetus. 

 It is now definitely settled that Maine 

 a])ples can be successfully forwarded to 

 Europe from a Maine port, and that it 

 is not necessary to send them to Bos- 

 ton. 



The tot-d shipments of apples from 

 the port of Portland from the opening 

 of the season to date were 91,483 bar- 

 rels, 52,497 barrels of which were car- 

 ried out by the Allan line, and 33,9t>7 

 barrels by the Dominion line. All 

 these were not Maine apples, however, 

 as thousands of barrels of fruit grown 

 in Canada were brought to Portland by 

 tiie Grand Trunk for shipment from 

 tliat port. Of the total shipments, 

 62,974 barrels were Maine apples, and 

 L'b,509 barrels Canadian fruit. These 

 figures come from an official source. 



The following table, giving the ship- 

 ments from the leading ports for the 

 season ending April 25th, will show 

 that Portland is now the third apple 

 port on the continent, Boston being the 

 first and New York the second : — 



Boston — shipments 308, 118 barrels- 



New York " 254,5:30 " 



Portland " 91,483 " 



Montreal " 85,479 " 



Hahfax " 36,07G " 



Annapolis " 8,612 " 



Total 784,295 barrels. 



So Europe has consumed 784,295 

 barrels of American apples the past 

 season. Of this total, 508,813 barrels 

 went to Liverpool, the great apple mart 

 of England, 1 16,22G to London, 140.875 

 to Glasgow, 102 to Hamburg, 586 to 



