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exhibition. Mr. Bennett, of Ottawa, showed one of these stems at the 

 annual meeting of the Fruit Growers' Association measuring eleven 

 feet high. A farmer between here and Montreal made some syrup in 

 the autumn of 1878, and gave an interesting account of his success in 

 a French paper. Col. William White, of this city, one of our esteemed 

 members, was the first person here to introduce the seed, some of Avhicli 

 he very kindly distributed, and some he sowed on his own grounds 

 with very good results. 



1 feel quite convinced that as a sugar producer the Early Amber 

 is destined to fill the great want of Ontario. It far surpasses the beet 

 root, being much easier handled, and no washing is required. It is 

 quite as productive per acre, and the appliances for manufacture are 

 much simpler and cheaper, the chemical knowledge required not being 

 of so scientific a nature. I trust the Ontario Government will direct 

 that attention may be called to the manufacture of cane sugar at their 

 Guelpli model farm, and that every endeavor may be made to redeem 

 the time lost in deciding the value of this enterprise, which has for 

 centuries been carried on by the despised Zulus and tlie Chinese. 



The Early Amber seed can be had from Messrs. Kenny & Miller, 

 Dundas, Eice Co., Minnesota, U. S. A., at the following rates : 

 By mail, - - - 60 cents for one pound. 



By express, - - - 50 " " 



" - - 40 cents per pound for 10 pounds. 



- - 35 " " 25 " 

 - - 30 " " 50 " 



- - 20 " " 100 " 

 The quantity of seed to sow an acre is four pounds. 



QUESTIO^sT DRAWER 



An esteemed correspondent asks : 



(1.) What about the Brockworth Park Pear, about which so much was said a year 

 ■or two ago? Has it proved to be a vahiable variety for our climate, or is it, like many 

 a new thing, no better than many pears we already had, or perhaps not as good ? 



The Brockworth Park has proved to be just as good as one of the 

 pears we already had, for on fruiting it in this country, Clias Downing, 

 of Newburgh, N. Y., the best living authority on such matters in 

 America, pronounces it to be only a new name for an old sort, the 



