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15. — Have any insects appeared in nnu- 

 sual ninubers injuring any of our 

 fniits during the present season. 



16. — Do the large flowering Clematis suc- 

 ceed in this vicin.ity i 



17. — Which are the most desirable vari- 

 eties of cabbage to grow in this sec- 

 tion for the table I 



18. — Is celery grown in this part of the 

 country, and if so, how is it kept 

 through the winter ? 



10. — What squashes are grown here 1 Can 

 any of them be kept through the 

 winter I 



20. — Has the Norway spruce been planted 

 in this section of the cmnitry for 

 shelter, and with what results ] 



The first half hour of each session 

 will be devoted to the answering of 

 such questions as may be handed iu to 

 tlie Secretary. 



At this meeting the President will 

 deliver his annual address, and the ofii- 

 cers for the ensuing year will be elected. 



Men)bers intending to attend tlie 

 meeting will please apply to the Secre- 

 tary for a certificate, which will entitle 

 them to a reduction of railway fare if 

 the certificate is presented tt) the ticket 

 agent at the station where the journey 

 is commenced. 



The " Brunswick " House will ac- 

 commodate members at $1 50 per day ; 

 the " Queen's," " Dinsley," " Central," 

 "Exchange," and '' British," at $1 00 

 per day. 



THE CRESCENT STRAWBERRY. 



A. correspondent of the Farmer and 

 Fruit (jfixoer, Illinois, says " Crescents 

 are still ihn berry for a yield, and tliey 

 are good enough to eat, too, when fully 

 ripe. They yield with me about G,000 

 quarts to the acre." 



APPLES IN THE COUNTY OF SIMCOE. 



Mr. Charles Hickling, of Barrie, 

 writes us that apples are a moderate 

 crop, while cherries and small fi-uits 

 are good. 



APPLE CROP IN STORMONT COUNTY. 



We have received a letter from Mr. 

 John Croil, of Aultsville, in which he 

 says that the apple crop is a failure in 

 his vicinity. 



FRUIT CROP IX MISSOURI. 

 The Missouri State Horticultural 

 Society reports that 



Apples will be y'onths of a crop. 



THE DOWNING GOOSEBERRY. 



We have a few hundred fruiting 

 plants of this gooseberry which last 

 year were covered with fruit. This 

 year they are fully as heavily laden as 

 they were last ; there is no mildew on 

 j)lant Of fruit, nor hju there ever been 

 any. The berries sell readily to the 

 grocers and dealers in fruit at a dollar 

 per basket of twelve quarts. 



RED OR PINK CELERY. 



Peter Henderson, writing to the 

 Rural New-Yoikei\ says that all the 

 red or pink celeries not only keej) 

 mucli better than the white, but are 

 more solid and infinitely su])erior in 

 flavor to any of the white varieties, 

 and the wonder is that these are not 

 better appreciated. In London, Eng- 

 land, and in otlier European markets, 

 at least two-thirds of all the celeries 

 sold, he says, are led or pink ; consum- 

 ers there having long ago discovered 

 the superiority of these kinds over the 

 white. 



