THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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This is our experience with those trees 

 upon which we have tried it. 



The President, Mr. H. E. McKay, 

 said : — 



x^SHES AND BONE DUST, wet and left 

 in a pile a few weeks before planting, 

 was shown to be an excellent fertilizer 

 for corn or any other crop. In throwing 

 it in a pile on the ground it may be cov- 

 ered with earth to fix any ammonia that 

 may be released by the action of the 

 ashes. 



Lime and salt mixed in a pile in the 

 same way and left two months makes a 

 fine fertilize)'. 



HORTICULTURAL. 

 HARDY APPLES. 



Dr. Hoskins a famous orebardist in 

 Vei'niont, says in Tlte American Gar- 

 den, that there is a class of apples 

 between the more tender sorts, and 

 the two iron-clads, which ai'e worthy 

 of attention by those who live on the 

 Vjorder between the Baldwin zone, and 

 the cold north. This region crosses 

 ISTew England and the maritime pro- 

 vinces, touching as far north as Mon- 

 treal. 



The kinds are Pted Asti-acan, Yellow 

 Transpai'ent, Oldenburgh, St Lawrence, 

 Fameuse, or where this spots, the Shia- 

 wassee Beauty, known also as Fall 

 Queen, a large brilliant red fall apple, 

 Nodhead, Tinmouth, Northern Spy, 

 McLellan, and Westfield Seek-no- 

 farther. 



The Westfield Seek-no-farther, with 

 us, has proved rather a poor grower, 

 and we would venture to substitute 

 the American Golden Busset as more 

 desirable as an all-winter apple. And 

 among the fall apples we would sub- 

 stitiite the Alexander for the St Law- 

 rence. We have not tried the Nod- 

 head or the Tinmouth. 



PEACH YELLOWS. 



Now that peach growers in Canada 

 have some reasonable expectation of 



crops of this fruit, they will be pleased 

 to know of any means to help the 

 thrift of their trees. The failure of the 

 last few years has led to such general 

 neglect of the peach orchards, that no 

 more unsightly trees can be found, and 

 they are, in many cases, but an eyesore 

 to their owners. 



The Yellows, which has been so long 

 known in New Jersey has in latter 

 years invaded Canada, and in some 

 cases cleai'ed out whole orchards. So 

 far, the only cure has been " Cut down 

 and bui-n," but now we hear that pot- 

 ash fertilizers are an antidote. Well, 

 if so, we in Canada may easily keep 

 clear of this disease, for wood ashes are 

 abundant, and are easily applied. 



(Small ^xnxts. 



TRAINING THE RASPBERRY. 



BY SIMON" ROY, BERLIN', ON'T. 



The usual practice in training the 

 raspberry in the well kept gardens of 

 the wealthy classes in Scotland, which 

 are under the management of compe- 

 tent superintendents, is what may be 

 termed the pillar-and-arch system. 



The rows are planted at about 6 ft. 

 apart, and at about 3 ft. apart in the 

 rows, and the plants in the two rows 

 opposite to each other. A portion of 

 the canes (not more than thx-ee) are 

 selected to form the pillar on the out- 

 side of the rows, and cut back to a 

 uniform and desired height. The re- 

 maining canes are bent from each side 

 and tied together in the centre, thus to 

 form the arch or tunnel as you may 

 call it, and the whole when finished 

 will present an unique and artistic 

 appearance. 



The advantages of the above mode 

 of culture are apparent, a large and 

 economic surface to sun light and heat, 

 thereby pi-oducing finer fruit and in 

 greater abundance than can be effected 



