The Canadian Horticulturist. 



WESTERN NEW YORK FRUIT GROWERS. -II {Concluded). 



HE Pear Tree Psylla, of which an account is given 

 elsewhere, was mentioned by some prominent 

 fruit growers present as one of the worst enemies 

 of the pear. No remedy was known until this 

 year, when Mr. Slingerland, of the Cornell Uni- 

 versity, issued a bulletin of his experiments. 



The subject of the Cold Storage house for keep- 

 ing fruit was well discussed. Mr. Hale said that, 

 in Connecticut, some growers, who had had eight 

 years experience with cold storage, had come to 

 the conclusion that there was not much advantage 

 in it, except for Bartlett pears. Sometimes, by prolonging the season of mar- 

 keting the Bartlett, it was possible to handle them to much better advantage, 

 and sell at much higher prices. On the whole, the opinion of the meet- 

 ing was that there was money in the cold storage house for keeping fancy apples 

 for a fancy market. We think it is quite evident to apple growers in Canada 

 this winter that, had we first-class cold storage houses in which the best apples 

 could be kept in prime condition until the month of February, or March, 

 and then sent forward to the British markets, great advantages might be 

 gained. Even now, February 14th, the prices of Canadian apples are rapidly 

 advancing, and those who were so fortunate as to have suitable fruit to send for- 

 ward will receive ample reward for their trouble. 



Mr. Bailey's opinion was, that the cold storage house would be very useful 

 in any city where fruit is to be sold, for then the fruit could be placed on the 

 market just when it was most wanted, and when outsiders have difficulty in 

 reaching the market with their fruits. Apples handled in this way have frequently 

 brought as high as $4 and $5 a barrel in the Chicago markets, in the months of 

 February and March. 



Speaking of Japan plums, Mr. Willard said that the Botan (Abundance) 

 ripened about the 20th of August. All the Botans have yellow flesh. The 

 Burbank is the most productive of the lot; he had seen branches loaded at 

 about the rate of one hundred plums to a square foot. The fruit is carmine on 

 one side and yellow on the other, of medium to large size, and ripens about the 

 10th of September. In New England the Botan, Burbank and Satsuma have 

 proved the most hardy in wood, and have, so far. shown no trace of black knot ; 

 and the fruit is very attractive. The Satsuma is a round plum, deep carmine, 

 and deep red all through the flesh. These three will no doubt prove valuable 

 for market. They are long keepers, which is an advantage over the English 

 varieties ; some samples of the Satsuma kept in good condition for two weeks 

 after they were gathered. 



