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THE CANADIAN HOBTICDLTURI8T. 



of its mei'its. If Nos. 2 and 3 in the 

 above list are as productive, and as 

 little subject to mildew as the Industry, 

 we see little to choose between them 

 and it, except in point of size. 



Morton's Seedling is excellent in 

 quality, with a smooth, thin skin. It 

 is small when compared with the 

 others, but if as a Canadian seedling it 

 should prove both productive and mil- 

 dew proof its size will not hinder its 

 popularity. 



The Conn and the Ottawa are also 

 Canadian seedlings, and we have some 

 plants, received from Mr. P. E. Bucke, 

 of Ottawa, which we are testing, upon 

 which we will report at some future 

 time. 



Fay's Prolific Currant. — -Sir: 

 You will be glad to learn that I have 

 been very successful with all the pre- 

 miums I have received from the So- 

 ciety. The " Fay's Pi-olific," received 

 in 1885, has fruited well this year ; it 

 is just splendid. I intend to discard 

 all my old stock and ])ropagate from it 

 only. The " Canada Victor" grape re- 

 ceived last spring is doing remarkably 

 well, and will bear fruit next year. 

 And the " Niagara," received this year, 

 is all I can wish, and I hope it will 

 continue to deserve my good opinion of 

 it. I am yours very truly, 



J. L THOMPSON, Toronto. 



Bark Louse. — Sir : I have no doubt 

 that your article on the Bark Louse in 

 the June number of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist, very correctly described 

 the condition of my apple trees, for on 

 my looking over them to-day I find 

 matters very different from what I had 

 anticipated. About one-half of them 

 are badly infested with these insects, 

 and, as I suppose, the present will not 

 be an opportune time for applying the 

 alkaline solution, I will have to wait 

 till spring for it. 



J. L. T., Toronto. 



Printed Recipes in Grape Baskets. 

 — Sir : I happened to hear from one or 

 two growers that it is their intention 

 to put printed recipes in their grape 

 baskets, to educate people as to their 

 use. I think it will be wise to do so ; 

 but I think it will be well to have 

 them printed in French and English 

 for Montreal, as it it the French-Cana- 

 dian population that most require to be 

 instructed and encouraged to use fruit. 

 Yours, &c., 



JOSEPH BROWX. 



Montreal, Aug. 3, 1887. 



Jlppk Reports. 



FROM LIVERPOOL. 



Sir, — As the season is drawing nigh 

 for shipping apples, we take this op- 

 poi'tunity of letting you know the 

 position of our crop, and the prospects 

 for American apples during the coming 

 fall and winter. 



More than usual interest attaches to 

 our fruit crop this season, as both the 

 winter and summer weather has been 

 quite unusual for this country. A 

 long cold winter and bleak stormy 

 spring, which lasted until the end of 

 May, brought us most precipitately 

 into almost a ti'opical summer, and 

 June, July, and up to time of writing 

 have been a succession of warm sun- 

 shiny days, with hardly a drop of rain, 

 and fears were entertained that the 

 apple crop might be a total failui'e, 

 but from very detailed reports from 

 the forty counties in England we find 

 the crop as follows : — 



Average crop 22 Counties. 



Under average crop . . 13 " 

 Over " " .. 5 



40 

 In many sections the fruit is re- 

 ported to be dropping fast, so that we 

 do not consider the American supplies 

 will suffer from the quantity of apples 



