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CA XA DIA X IIORTICUL TUKIST. 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1 .00 per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the 

 Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable 

 Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. 



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 the address label- 



To Oup Subscpibeps. 



The Annual Report for 1887 is 

 now being printed and will soon be 

 ready for distribution. We promise 

 our readers a special treat in this 

 volume, which will be two or three 

 times as large as that of 1886, and 

 alone worth the $1.00 to any fruit 

 grower. As it will only be mailed to 

 those who send in their fees for 1888, 

 we hope all who have not yet renewed 

 will do so at once. 



The time for selecting from our 

 Spring Plant Distribution is extended 

 until the 1st of May, as our friends 

 are sending in a great many new sub- 

 scribers, and we wish to favor as many 

 as possible with a share in it. 



Hints fop the Month, 

 Pruning the Apple Tree. — Orchar- 

 dists differ very much with regard to 

 the best time for pruning the apple tree. 

 Some advise June, because wounds then 

 made heal more readily than at any 

 other time. Most farmers chose early 

 spring, when the first mild days come, 

 and before they can proceed with other 



work, and before the sap has begun 

 active circulation. Of late some writers 

 condemn this season as the cause of the 

 bleeding so often seen in apple trees in 

 cold sections. Dr. Hoskins treats of 

 this subject in a paper read before the 

 Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 

 showing that a tree that is not already 

 hiackliearted will not bleed, no matter 

 at what season it is pruned. This black- 

 heartedness is caused by excessive cold 

 in winter, and is common in northerly 

 sections, but unknown in southerly 

 ones. For instance, the Baldwin is 

 always blackhearted in Maine, New 

 Hampshire and Vermont, while the 

 Siberians and Russians are never in 

 that condition. A tender tree will 

 bleed, if blackhearted, no matter when 

 it is pruned, and the less it is pruned 

 the better. All things considered, we 

 have as yet no reason for condemning 

 the custom of our Canadian fruit 

 growers with regard to the time of prun- 

 ing their orchards, unless some special 

 object is in view, of which we may 

 speak under the head of Summer Prun- 

 ing. 



