The Canadian Horticulturist. 20 1 



In January, 1890, he was appointed Horticulturist of the Central Experi 

 mental Farm for the Dominion of Canada, a position which he still fills in a 

 most creditable manner. Of his work since that time, it is scarcely necessary 

 to speak, as our readers are kept well posted concerning it, by means of his 

 annual reports, bulletins, evidence before the Horticultural Committee of the 

 House of Commons, addresses at meetings, newspaper correspondence, etc. 



At the annual meeting of our Association, held in the City of Hamilton, in 

 December, 1890, Mr. Craig was elected the director to represent Ottawa and 

 the Counties of Lanark, Renfrew, Carleton and Russell, which constitute agri- 

 cultural division No. 2. Since that time his contributions to our journal and 

 report have been frequent and valuable. 



Some of the more important lines of work which he is pursuing at Ottawa 

 are indicated under the following heads : (a) testing fruits for the north, (fi) 

 crossing and developing new varieties, (c) systematic study of the methods of 

 propagation, (d) fungus diseases and the best way to destroy them. As M r. 

 Craig's labors are directly in the interests of the fruit growers of the Dominion, 

 it is only right that he should receive from them every possible assistance they 

 can render him for the prosecution of his work. This they may do by keeping 

 him well posted concerning new fruits, trees or plants which are discovered in 

 their various localities ; by distributing freely the bulletins issued by the Farm ; 

 by testing the varieties sent out, in order to know their adaptation to the various 

 parts of our country ; by experimenting with the various fungicides ; giving full 

 reports to him, and in various other ways. 



Mr. Craig is a member of the principal horticultural and pomological 

 societies of the United States and Canada, of the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; and 

 thus, by frequent contact with the leading students of horticulture and allied 

 studies in America, he is enabled to keep the fruit-growers of the Dominion 

 posted as to the very latest discoveries which promise to help them to the greater 

 success in their chosen industry. 



The Crosby Peach. — There seems to be plenty of evidence in favor of the 

 Crosby peach. There is little doubt as to its hardiness, but it is excellent 

 in other respects. Mr. Charles Wright, a successful peach raiser of Delaware, 

 pronounces it of deHicious flavor and while not so large as Crawford or Old- 

 mixon, it will bear a crop when they fail. Another life-long peach grower of 

 Delaware says that the Crosby has a beautiful color and is a perfect freestone. — 

 R. N. Y. 



Scabby apples rot much earlier than those free from scab, and spraying 

 with fungicides will save at least 50 per cent, of this loss. 



