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should not recommend it here for the 

 flatter lands. Fameuse is one of the 

 best when the fruit fair, but it is un- 

 reliable. Canada Red, top-grafted, is 

 one of the veiy best, and in this vicinity 

 undoubtedly ranks next to the Russet, 

 or perhai)s superior to it. The St 

 Lawrence, Oldenburg, and Twenty 

 Ounce appear to be among the best 

 fall ap])les for this vicinity. The Olden- 

 burg demands a close market, however, 

 as it decays soon. The Russian a pies 

 of recent introduction ai-e not yet sufii- 

 ciently known to be recommended for 

 profit. — Prof. L. H. Bailey, Michigan 

 Agricultural College. 



SCOTT'S WINTER APPLE. 

 Scott's winter is an apple which is 

 coming strongly to the f; ont as an iron- 

 clad long-keeper of merit Our local 

 paper, the Newpoi-t Express, of August 

 10th, says : — "Last Tuesday Cushman 

 Gilbert brought in the ])roof that we 

 can have good fruit the year round in 

 thijS country. He had some fine Yellow 

 Transparent apples just ripe and also 

 Scott's Winter of last season's growth, 

 which wei-e still sound and of good 

 flavour. With the apple season con- 

 tinuing the year round we ought to 

 be well content." Prof. Budd, of Iowa, 

 speaks highly of it, while at the winter 

 meeting in Moiatreal, above referred to, 

 in reply to the question, " What about 

 Scott's Winter ?" Mr. Shepherd said, 

 " I suppose my trees are about ten years 

 old. So far they have been veiy satis- 

 factory : the tree is very hardy ; its 

 quality is very good. It is a little acid, 

 but it tones down about tlie middle of 

 January and gets to be a very good 

 quality. It keeps until spring with- 

 out any difliculty." Mr. Gibb added : 

 " I would like to endorse what Mr. 

 Shepherd says about Scott's Winter. 

 Its keeping qualities are good ; it is a 

 little under size, but I have nothing 

 better of its kind." I may add that 



Scott's Winter is the only keeping 

 apple that is carrying a full crop with 

 me this year I think it is quite as 

 hardy as the Wealthy and as produc- 

 tive. In good land, especially if thinned, 

 it is a full medium in size, but when 

 not properly cared for, and allowed to 

 over-bear, small. — VicKs Magazine. 



PEAR TREES IN SOD. 



BT W. F. MASSET. 



My experience is that pear blight is 

 much less destructive where the trees 

 are kept in sod, and the fertility of the 

 soil maintained by annual top-dressings. 

 While I would not assert that cultiva- 

 tion is the cause of blight, I have 

 no doubt that the tearing of the roots 

 during the season of rapid growth leaves 

 the tree in a weakened condition, favor- 

 able to the spread of fungoid growth. 

 Years ago I grew pears in a piece of 

 land which was annually heavily ma- 

 nured and cultivated in vegetables. I 

 noticed that blight almost always 

 followed to some extent the deep plow- 

 ing in midsummer, made necessaiy 

 by second crops following the early 

 vegetables. I have never known pear 

 trees grown in properly kept sod to be 

 seriously injured by blight. My ex- 

 perience is confirmed by a brother 

 orchardist, who states that his pears in 

 cultivated land were larger and better 

 looking than those in sod, but that those 

 grown in sod were finer flavored, and 

 that when the blight swept through his 

 cultivated trees, those in the sod escaped 

 altogether. 



But it will not do that fruit trees in 

 sod shoitld be neglected. Tlieir projjer 

 treatment will probably be more ex- 

 pensive than cultivating them. They 

 should have the grass mown as regu- 

 larly as a lawn, but never removed, and 

 should have an annual dressing of bone 

 dust and kainit. In other words the 

 fruit crop must be the only crop taken 

 from the land. Treated in this wav 



