318 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



hundreds of cars, and thousands of tons. Will any good business man for a 

 moment affirm, that it need cost ten cents per nine-pound basket to move this 

 product one hundred, two hundred, or even one thousand miles ? 



After deducting the cost of baskets and labor employed in picking and 

 packing, estimates from several vineyards indicate a net profit per acre of from 

 fifty to one hundred dollars. Doubtless some exceed the latter, and some may 

 fall below the former figure. The demand for roots for spring planting goes 

 steadily on, and everything indicates a prosperous outlook for the grape, and on 

 a basis as substantial as that underlying any other agricultural industry. 



In the improvement of farm buildings, the erection of fine packing houses, 

 and the use of the best tools, the swift progress made in this department in the 

 last ten years, stands unequalled in the entire history of Chautauqua County. — 

 Chautauqua Co. in Vineyardist. 



The Ontario, a hybrid resulting from the crossing of the Northern Spy and 

 the Wagner, I consider the most valuable apple I have among 80 varieties. 

 It was distributed by the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, in 1879 or 

 1880, and is rated in Ontario at 39 points in a possible 40. — higher than any 

 other, except Northern Spy. It is a strong grower and perfectly hardy, it bears 

 early and annually ; fruit above medium, and of remarkably uniform six, with- 

 out waste from imperfections, that keep with ease in an ordinary cellar until May 

 or fune. I have reported favorably of the Ontario for the last ten years, and 

 have given away thousands of scions but have not succeeded — and I do not know 

 why — in getting it placed in the columns of desirable apples in the reports of 

 the American Pomological Society. — Charles E. Brown, Yarmouth, N.S. 



For peppermint soil should be rich, mellow and moist. Divisions of the 

 roots are dropped about six inches apart in rows two feet distant. Keep clear 

 ot weeds. Plant in May. When the plants come in blossom cut and carry im- 

 mediately to the laboratory and distil. If dried for use, it must be done in the 

 shade and branches must not become wet in drying. A plantation will last 

 for years, but it is usual to renew it every three or four years. If Bert Walker's 

 neighbors raise it, buy a few roots or cuttings from them. Expense of raising 

 is light. Get your neighbors to try a mill on the co-perative plan. 



Strawberry Leaf Blight may be prevented by the use of the Bordeaux 

 mixture. This is our best known fungicide. The mixture is made by dissolv- 

 ing three pounds of sulphate of copper in three gallons water and mixing with it 

 ime water made by slaking two pounds of quicklime in three gallons water. 

 To the mixture add ten gallons water, then strain and it is ready for use. 



Peaches and apples have been seen in Eastern markets in small quantities. 

 Peaches were too green to be desirable and the apples were small and common. 



