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wliilc otlicr years nearly all will •,'ro\v. 

 A fair estimate of their germinating 

 ((ualities can be made by cracking a 

 few, as nearly all plump, natural- 

 appeai'ing kernels will grow under favor- 

 able circumstances. It is best to plant 

 rather more nuts than trees are wanted 

 for, like most nut bearing trees, the» 

 walnut does not transplant easily. 

 After being gathered, the seed should 

 not be allowed to dry ; if shij)ped a 

 distance, the nuts will keep from dry- 

 ing out witli damp moss about them. 

 In the fall they can be planted at 

 once, and covered three or four inches 

 deep in well-prepared ground. If 

 planted in the spring, over winter 

 spread the nuts two or three layers 

 deep, n)ixed with earth or leaves, and 

 covered lightly ; if the ground is 

 moist, at least part of the rains should 

 be kept off, planting as soon as the 

 frost is out of the ground. Good cul- 

 tivation should be given for the first 

 few years, after which Init little fur- 

 ther cave." 



Fruit Inspkctiox. — This subject, re- 

 ferred to on page 211, ivas carefully 

 gone into by the fruit growers of 

 Nova Scotia two years ago, and it was 

 argued by one member that inspectors 

 should be appointed in every ward 

 throughout the fruitgrowing sections 

 of the country by the municipal 

 councils ; and, further, that the Local 

 Legislature be petitioned to enact a 

 law prohibiting the shipment of apples 

 to either local or foreign markets until 

 tiiey have received the inspector's 

 brand. After a full discussion it was 

 referred to a committee, whose report 

 was that the object sought would be 

 best attained by ainending tin; law in 

 such a way as to compel each grower 

 to stencil upon each barrel his own 

 name, the variety and grade of the 

 fruit. 



Reo Russet. — The Garden and 

 Forest speaks of the Red Russet as 

 gaining in favor for the vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness of the tree, and the beauty 

 and long-keeping (juality of the fruit. 



Tluitree is as sturdy as the J>aldwin,and 

 the fruit keeps as long as the Roxl)ury 

 Russet. 



This does not fjuite accord with our 

 e.xperience with this apple. For beauty 

 of fruit and e.vcellence of (|uality, 

 certainly, it stands very high, and 

 deserves the highest commendation, 

 but at Maplehurst the tree is not as 

 vigorous as the Baldwin, and in keep- 

 ing qualities it is not e(|ual to the Rox- 

 bury Russet. The latter keeps till 

 June, and the former only until April. 



A Remedy for Parasites of Plants. 



We now have some foreign journals 

 among our exchanges, both English 

 and French, and among them the Jiul- 

 leiin d'Arhoriculiui'f, de Floricullure 

 ct dti Culturi' F>to.(flri', edited by four 

 gentlemen who are professors in the 

 State School of Horticulture. Ghent, 

 Belgium. 



We translate an extract which may 

 prove useful to many of our readers : — 



" The use of sulphate of iron has 

 been recommended very often for con- 

 tending with the enemils which attack 

 certain plants There does not exist a 

 universal panacea, but it is proved 

 that the action of that substance is 

 undeniable in certain cases, providing 

 that the application has been properly 

 made. 



The Revue llorlicole^ in asserting the 

 excellency of that remedy, in its issue 

 of July 16th, 18S.S. enumerates a series 

 of experiments showing that sulphate 

 of iron can be usefully employed for 

 destroying mosses ; the peronospora of 

 the potato, for fighting cankers of 

 trees, spots of pear.s, gum, brown-rust, 

 dodder the grubs on rose bushes, and 

 the anthracnose of vines. 



For small plants the .salt should be 

 dissolved in the proportion of one 

 kilogramme to one hectolitre of water, 

 and the .solution sprayed in proportion 

 of one-tenth of a litre to each plant ; 

 for i-ose-bushes the (|uantity of sul- 

 phate should be doubled, and the 

 sprinkling repeated two or three times." 



