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This mixture would be found most serviceable for the destruction of the 

 apple spot, grape mildew, codling moth, raspberry anthracnose, canker worm, 

 etc. The amount of the mixture required would be about a gallon and a half 

 per tree of ordinary size, and this would amount to about $2 per acre for the 

 two applications which would be necessary. 



The first application of the Bordeaux mixture should be made just before 

 the blossoms open, and the second application soon after the fruit is formed. 



For gooseberry mildew, he recommended eau celeste, which should be 

 applied early as a preventive, or potassium sulphide, eight ounces to 25 gallons 

 water. This latter would only cost about 20 cents, and the price, therefore, need 

 debar no one from using it. 



The time for picking apples was discussed by Mr. Craig. In his opinion 

 it was not best to allow apples to hang after the seeds had matured. Mr. Craig 

 showed two samples of the Wealthy, one of which had hung on the tree ten 

 days longer than the other. The latter had colored after it was picked, and on 

 the first of March it was in better condition than the former. Mr. Craig had 

 rained his experience in the following way : he had picked one-half the apples 

 from a tree of Wealthy, early, just when they were mature, and the other half 

 was left ten days longer. Of those first picked, only 15 per cent, were spoiled 

 when last examined, while of the second picking 25 per cent, were decayed up 

 to the same date, February 20th. 



Propagating raspberries by layering was also treated of by Mr. Craig. This 

 was the common method employed by nurserymen who shovel the earth in 

 among the branches, covering nearly every part of the bush ; the parts thus 

 covered would all throw out small shoots and could be easily used in making 

 new bushes. Most shrubs may be propagated from green wood slips having 

 three or four leaves, if made in July and firmly set in the ground and kept 

 shaded. 



The writer, in his address, gave a detailed account of the common mistakes 

 made by Canadian apple growers, and afterwards replied to numerous questions. 



Grafting Nut Trees. — Top-working a hickory or walnut, or all common 

 trees and shrubs, can be done by annular budding. June, when the bark slips 

 easily, is the time. The method is simply this — take scoin ^ to y± of an inch 

 in diameter ; remove a ring of bark 1^ to 2 inches long, bearing a good strong 

 bud ; cut off a limb of the stock, leaving a stub, from which another and similar 

 ring of bark is removed. The ring from the scoin is carefully split, if necessary, 

 and substituted, taking care that it neatly fits the remaining bark of the stub, and 

 its edges when split are close enough to unite. Cover the whole with a paper 

 sack tied below the wound and success is sure. Care is necessary that the parts 

 to be united fit, and are not bruised. — Prof. J. L. Budd. 



