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alongside. It is a very prolific bearer, all the bearing parts of the canes 

 being covered with fine bunches of large oblong berries, the flavor of which 

 is A 1. Sharp, sweet, and spicy ; far ahead of the other standard varieties 

 I have. Some practical men who have tasted it, say it is equal to the Black 

 Hamburg, which I believe is one of its parents. It is a fine keeper ; at 

 Christmas the bunches were as plump and fi'esh as when cut fj-om the vines, 

 and the flavor as good as when fresh. The first year it bore fruit it was 

 ripe a week or ten days before the Concord ; this year it ripened with the 

 Concord, being very much troubled with the thrip, which no doubt retarded 

 its ripening. It reflects ci*edit on the Association for introducing it, and 

 on INIr. Denipsey as the originator. My soil is heavy clay, underdrained, 

 and owing to the exposed situation I trim and trellis my vines low, keeping 

 them well pruned back. — Thos. Hedley. 



REPORT ON BURNET GRAPE. 



The Burnet grape vine I received from the Association has grown very 

 strong. It bore twelve large bunches of good flavored fruit this season. 

 Soil, heavy clay ; southern aspect, against concrete wall. 



— W. Wise, Clinton. 



BURNET GRAPE. 



The Burnet Grape had several fine bunches of grapes on it last year. 

 It fruits nicely down here, and stands the weather well. 



D. V. Beacock, Brockville. 



Last year was a terror here. All my plum and peach trees are dead, 

 and about 1,000 pear trees are gone, and the rest are sickly looking. Apple 

 trees are also dying, especially R. I. Gi*eening. I lost about 2,000 trees, 

 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 years old. — W. McKeNzie Ross, Chatham. 



Antioch College, Yellowsprings, Ohio. 



Will you allow me to make a few remarks on Mr. Saunders' paper. 

 In speaking of the codlin moth, {Carpocapsa pomonella), he says that no 

 one to his knowledge has ever taken it at sugar. Now it is a little singu- 

 lar that this year, when tlie codlin moth is much scarcer than usual, two 

 specimens out of the three that I have seen were caught at sugar in a dish 

 hung on my apple tree. I am inclined to attribute the scarcity of the in- 

 sect this year to our cold winter and the continuance of snow on the ground, 

 which has driven the woodpecker to search more closely for food. The 

 second point I wish to notice is pi-obably an efiect of climate, but here the 

 egg of the moth is not laid until some time after the blossom of the aj^ple 

 is over. My trees were in full flower during the first week in May. I took 

 the first codlin moth on June 2nd, and then on June 13th. On this latter 

 day I saw the first signs of their presence in the fruit. Cai-eful search 

 had previously failed to detect them. Then nearly six weeks passed be- 

 tween the fall of the blossom and the hatching of the caterpillar, 



E. W. Claypole. 



