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formed at one time for tlie manufacture 

 of these cases, and shippers who used 

 them found them well adapted to ex- 

 portation of Duchess apples and choice 

 fall pears. No doubt they would be 

 most serviceable also for carrying large, 

 selected Crawford peaches, indeed a 

 similar case is used for this purpose in 

 shipping into Philadelphia market. Mr. 

 R. W. Shepherd, Montreal, says : " I 

 have used the Cochrane case for five 

 years, and packed all my finest speci- 

 mens of Fameuse, Wealthy, and Winter 

 St. Lawrence in them, and hnd it pays 

 well. I have never averaged le~s than 

 $3.00 per case for these varieties. La.st 



Grafting Laburnum. 



42. I grafted a Lahurnuni on to the Locust or 

 Acacia tree last spring, but I did not succeed 

 in getting the scions to grow. Could you give 

 any advice ? I have an idea that the Laburnum 

 might be got to flower in these parts in that 

 way if anyone understood the grafting of it. — 

 Wm. Down, Stratford, Ont. 



Rcfdy by D. W. Beadle, St. Catharines. 

 I HAVE never attempted grafting 

 Laburnum on Locust. The Laburnum 

 grows so readily and rapidly from seed 

 that there has been no object to be 

 gained, even if successful. I do not 

 believe that the Laburnum would be 

 any more hardy growing on the Locust 

 than on its own root. As both of these 



season I tried a couple of siiipments of 

 Winter St. Lawrence in cases to Liver- 

 pool and Glasgow, with satisfactory 

 results. For extra fine specimens of 

 fruit, it is certainly more advantageous 

 to pack them in cases of this kind than 

 in barrels. 



trees belong to the same family {Legf- 

 uminosa^), it is possible that the 

 Laburnum might be made to grow on 

 the Locust. 



Paris Green and Bees. 



41. Will the use of Paris Green for the Cod- 

 ling moth be injurious to bees ? I knew one 

 hive of bees to die from the use of White Helle- 

 bore on currant bushes. — J. L., West Zorra. 



No doubt an application of Paris 

 Green in time of blossoming would be 

 injurious to the bees. But it is not 

 necessary to apply it at that time ; on 

 the other hand, it is more effectual im- 

 mediately after blossoming time is over. 



The Great American. 



43. Do y(;u know of a strawberry called th 

 Great American ; is it an old or new variety ? — 

 John Leonard, West Zorra. 



Rep'y by John Little, Uranton. 

 The Great American was one of Mr. 

 Durands seedlings, and none of them 

 have ever been of any value and have 

 long dropped from the list of most 

 catalogues ; there is no one now ofiers 

 it for sale. Subscribers can find it by 

 addressing T. T. Lyons, South Haven, 

 Michigan. 



