THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



They call it Fusicladium dendriticum, a 

 mingling of Latin and Greek, evidently 

 meaning " a pest that spreads ruin upon 

 trees," and certainly it is well named. 

 The microscope reveals a miniature 

 forest of plants in each spot, and as 

 each 'one of these parasites draws its 

 nourishment from the apple the most 

 evil results must necessarily follow. 



It i* further claimed that the leaf 

 blight which was so severe last summer 

 and caused the trees to drop their 

 leaves, is the same species of fungus as 

 that above described which caused the 

 apple spot. 



No remedy is yet known, though 

 some of our scientists are now making 

 a study of this subject and will soon 

 make known the result. 



So far we only know of one means of 

 checking it, and that is to plant only 

 such varieties as are not subject to the 

 disease. The Early Harvest and the 

 Snow apple, which are breeding the 

 pestilence, should be cut down and 

 burned up ; and in future only such 

 varieties should be planted as the Yellow 

 Transparent, the Duchess of Oldenburg 

 the Golden Russet land others, which 

 are free from its ravages. 



The following description of the Yel- 

 low Transparent apple is from condensed 

 remarks upon the Newer Fruits at the 

 late meeting of the Michigan Horticul- 

 tural Society : " A most valuable early 

 sort ; precedes by some weeks the Early 

 Harvest ; of extra good quality, pleas- 

 ant flavor, beautiful color, waxen yel- 

 low ; hard wood. A Russian sort sent 

 out seventeen years ago,'same as White 



Astrachan and White Transparent Mos- 

 cow] Planted extensively in Virginia 

 and the Carolinas for early New York 

 market." 



APPLES IN BRITAIN. 



BY A. MCD. ALLAK, OODERICH, ONT. 



At the first of the season prices for 

 even the most ordinary samples were 

 very high, the buyers being under the 

 impression that the supply would be 

 extremely limited. But as the season 

 progressed prices have gone down until 

 now buyers are very particular, and 

 fruit that four weeks ago would readily 

 bring 20s. to 25s. will not realize 16s. 

 at the best i'or choice samples now. I 

 luckily sold a number of cargoes " to 

 deliver" and upon these the prices for 

 all kinds are high, but those arriving 

 now T cannot do much with. And I 

 am sorry to say the fruit is mostly 

 mixed in samples, very spotted and 

 wormy. 



Many packers, too, I fear, are pack- 

 ing right from the trees instead of 

 allowing the fruit to lie upon the 

 ground for some days first. Tne result 

 is that I find a great deal of wet, mouldy 

 fruit arriving for which only a trifle can 

 be realized. I have had to let go some 

 lots as low as 5s. per barrel for very 

 poor stufi". This ought not to be so and 

 the remedy is in the hands of the ship- 

 pers, who should be more careful in 

 giving instructions to their packers. 

 Indeed, they should make packers re- 

 sponsible for all poorly culled and 

 packed samples. The various kinds 

 should be packed tight enough to allow 

 for a slight shrinkage. In doing this 

 probably some kinds will need to be 

 pressed more than others as a soft or 

 spongy variety will shrink more than a 

 crisp variety. 



Then, again, special engagements 

 should be made with steamship com- 

 panies so that they should store all away 



