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irregularities about the calyx are prolonged into great humps. These lines of 

 study can nowhere be pursued with the same success as here, where the fruits of 

 the whole continent are placed side by side. The Red Gravenstein, a variation 

 from the Gravenstein, but prettier, and well suited for dessert, is an apple of 

 great promise, sent forward by the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association. 



I Hthess Apples have come to hand from British Columbia. They 

 are large, clean and good, though not yet very high colored. The same variety 

 has come from Quebec, and in addition the Blushed Calville, the Montreal 

 Peach, Alexander, St. Lawrence, Winter St. Lawrence, etc. There are also 

 immense Alexanders and Gravensteins from the famous Annapolis Valley, Nova 

 Scotia, which attract much attention. The Province of Ontario has had quite 

 a variety of fresh fruits daily for a month past, and the high standing of this 

 banner province among the exhibiting States is well assured. 



Two Gentlemen from Italy called at the Canadian Horticultural Court 

 on the 5th of September, viz.. Chevalier Celso Capacci, Royal Italian Com- 

 missioner from Florence, and Baron Giovanni de Riseis, from Naples. An 

 arrangement was made for the exchange of reports of the Tuscan Society of 

 Horticulture, for those of the Fruit Growers' Association of Canada. These 

 gentlemen are very intelligent and highly educated. They are large land owners 

 in Italy, the latter in the classic lands of Horace, Calabria and Apulia, where, 

 he says, not only grapes and peaches, but apples also are grown with success. 

 Fruit culture is rapidly extending in that country. 



Experiment Station. — We have a kind letter from Mr. W. C. Archibald, 

 Earnscliffe Gardens, N. S., in which he describes the vigorous effort being put 

 forth by the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association for the establishment of a 

 fruit experiment station in that province, in connection with a school of horticul- 

 ture. A promise was made them by the Provincial Government of $50 for each 

 student, to the maximum of $2,000, and the intention is to ask the Dominion 

 for assistance toward the conducting of the experimental work. He proposes 

 that the Ontario Association act in concert with the Nova Scotians, in seeking 

 for the extension of experimental horticulture in both provinces at the same time 



A World's Horticultural Society has been formed by the world's 

 representatives at the World's Fair. Mr. P. S. Berckmans of Florida was chosen 

 President, and Mr. Geo. Nicholson of London, Secretary. In addition there is 

 to be a Vice-President and Secretary for each country .represented. The chief 

 object will be the interchange of information between the various countries of 

 the world. This Society has official correspondents in every country, and will 

 form a most reliable bureau of information. 



