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CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Ont. Boats and cars will carry passen- 

 gers at one fare from Trenton to Picton 

 and return. Tickets should therefore 

 be bouglit to Trenton from whence the 

 certificates will entitle the holders to 

 return at a reduced rate. Two certifi- 

 cates will be required in case a through 

 ticket to Trenton cannot be purchased 

 at the starting point. 



Rates at Royal Hotel, Picton, $1 per 

 day. 



The following will be the leading 



TOPICS OF DISCUSSION. 



(1) " Fruit Growing in the County 

 of Prince Edward," by John P. Wil- 

 liams, Bloomfield. 



(2) "The Farmer's Fruit Garden." 

 L. Woolverton, Grimsby. 



(3) " The Farmer's Vegetable Gar- 

 den." 



(4) " The Production of New Varie- 

 ties of Fruit V)y Hybridization and Seed- 

 lings." P. C. Dempsey, Albany. 



(5) " Forestry for farmers, or what 

 forest trees will pay the farmer to 

 plant." Thos. Beall, Lindsay. 



(6) " Growing Fruits for Canning 

 Factories." Wellington Boulter, Picton. 



(7) "Pear Blight," (with illustra- 

 tions). Prof. J. H. Panton, Agricul- 

 tural College, Guelph. 



(8) " Growing and evaporating Corn." 



W. R. Dempsey, Reeve of Amelias 

 burgh. 



(9) " Conservatories, their manage 

 ment, selection of plants, etc." F. Mit- 

 chell, Innerkip. 



(10) " The North-West ; probabilities 

 and possibilities of that country for 

 fruit consumption, and for fruit pro- 

 duction." A. McD. Allan, Goderich. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



The following questions have been 

 handed in for the Question Drawer : — 



1. In what state and where does the Rose- 

 leaf Hopper pass the winter ? 



2. Will it pay the farmer to plant good land 

 to Walnut trees ? 



3. How can a natural wood lot of Beech, 

 Maple and Elm be best utilized for profit ? 



4. How can we best forward the interest of 

 Horticulture in our Association ? 



5. What is the cause of the Fungus-scab on 

 the apple. Why are some varieties subject to 

 it, and others free from it, etc. 



6. What is the cost, and what the profits of 

 evaporating apples and other fruits ? 



7. What is the best way to pnme and trellis 

 the grape ? 



S. T(unatoes, what soil is best ? Does it pay 

 to trellis ? 



9. Can we improve any of our present 

 methods of marketing fruits ? 



10. How may we secure uniformity and fair- 

 ness in the awards of prizes to fruits ? 



It is hoped that the meeting of 

 Wednesday evening will be enlivened 

 bv local contributions of addresses and 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



Planting an Apple Orchard. 



47. Will it likely prove a pi-ofitable invest- 

 ment to buy cleared land at twenty dollars an 

 acre, which lies high, and is naturallj' drained, 

 and abounds in shaley lime stone, for the pur- 

 pose of planting out an apple orchard on a 

 large scale ? Also, the following kinds are 

 known to do well on next farm, and on same 

 kind of soil. Can you recommtiid anything 

 better in a 1,000 trees? American (ioldtii Rus- 

 .sett, King Tompkins, Winter Strawberry, 

 Greening and Ribston Pipjiin. The site isa 

 very exposed one, higher than the .surrounding 

 forest trees. A Membkr. 



Repbj hi/ A. McD. Allan. 

 (1) I IJELIEVE it will pay well. In- 



eed, my experience for many yeais has 



Vjeen that the fruit crop was rapidly 

 coming to tlie front, and now it is there, 

 as the best paying crop upon the farm. 

 (2) The kinds named are all such as 

 will pay for export trade. If Baldwin 

 succeeds there I would certainly plant 

 it. And the Blenheim Pippin certainly. 

 I would think Blue Pearmain should do 

 well there, and if so, there is money 

 in it. 



Force Pumps. 



48. Where can the pumj) be purchased, re- 

 ferred to in volume X., p. 134 '.'—J. F., Ottawa. 



