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CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



sulphur, and two ounces of cai'bolic 

 acid, thinned with water to the con- 

 sistency of white wash. This is ap- 

 plied to the tree about the 1st of 

 May, and sprayed upon the foliage just 

 after blooming. 



Mr. Moody. — Theremedy Mr. Hooker 

 speaks of is good. We use it, and 

 have not lost a tree in three years out 

 of an orchard of 10,000 trees. 



We use a great quantity of unleached 

 ashes, — 4,000 to 5,000 bushels a year in 

 our pear culture. 



The varieties are three-quarters 

 Bartlett ; a good many Kieffer ; 

 Duchess and Clapp's Favorite. We 

 have not been as successful with Anjou 

 as formerly. 



Kieffer has paid us better than any 

 other, but how long it will last I can- 

 not say. We spray every year with 

 London Purple or Paris Green. 



Mr. Hoag said I never use Paris 

 Green, but keep the bark clean, and 

 cultivate them frequently, thus giving 

 insects no harbor. 



Mr. Barry. — As an early winter pear 

 the Anjou is unequalled. To succeed 

 that, I would commend the Winter 

 Nelis. It is now the favourite 

 dessert pear for hotels. The Jo- 

 sephine de Malines succeeds the 

 Nelis and these three deserve the 

 highest praise as the leading winter 

 pears. The Winter Nelis is a regular 

 heavy bearer. 



Lawrence is also an admirable early 

 winter pear and would precede the 

 Winter Nelis. 



There is no danger of any over pro- 

 duction of choice fruit. Every per- 

 son should have fine pears upon 

 his table every day of the winter ; 

 and until this is done, fruit growers 

 are not yet doing their duty. You 

 can not get enough of good friiit. 

 There is no glut of that, and no fear 

 of there being an over-production. 

 Plant more fruit trees of the best 

 varieties. 



Mr. Pierce, of Ohio, said that he 

 could not get perfect samples of Winter 

 Nelis on account of curculio stings. 



COLD STORAGE. 



Are cold storage houses for fruit a 

 success ? 



Mr. Moody, of Lockport. — We have 

 a large fruit house, and lately large 

 quantities of ice have been used in it 

 for keeping plums, but it was a fail- 

 ure — fruit kept in it with ice soon de- 

 cays after removal. — I do not favor 

 the use of ice for keeping fruit. 



A delegate from Michigan condemned 

 cold storage with ice entirely. It 

 had been well tested in Michigan. 



The meeting lasted two days and 

 was full of life from first to last. 

 A change of name is contemplated 

 making it a State society and looking 

 for State aid, in which case four meet- 

 ings each year will be held at difterent 

 places in the State, the annual one con- 

 tinuing to be fixed for the city of 

 Rochester. 



MY EXPERIENCE IN FRUIT CULTURE. 



BY OKORQK MADDOCK, HAMILTON, ONT. 



FOR several years I have been a 

 member of the Association, yet I 

 never wrote a line of my experience in 

 connection with horticulture, or of the 

 lessons I have learned from the experi- 

 ence of others, who, like myself, have 

 profited by reading its welcome pages 



each month. I am an amateur, and, 

 therefore cannot enter into a long dis- 

 sertation, but having made my garden 

 my " hobby " and having spent delight- 

 ful hours industriously developing its 

 usefulness, I feel impelled to say a 

 word or two to other amateurs, as 



