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one a fire evaporator and the other a steam one ; on enquiry vre found 

 ]\[r. Butler gave the preference to the steam evaporator. 



Syrup is the staple production, though sugar can be readily obtained 

 l)y continuing the process of evaporation. Mr. Butler informed us 

 that the charge for a gallon of his "Golden Amber Syrup" was sixty 

 cents, and that an acre would yield at least 150 gallons. A rough 

 estimate could only be made of the expense per gallon for making the 

 syrup, it was thought from fifteen to twenty cents per gallon. Quite 

 a number of farmers in the neighborhood had grown quantities of the 

 Sorgum cane, and samples were lying about belonging to A., B. and C. 

 waiting for their turn to be passed through the mill and evaporated to 

 the syrup point. 



Having been courteously entertained, and every desirable infor- 

 mation imparted, we reluctantly bid Mr. Butler and assistants a kindly 

 "good bye." 



We have only further to add, that on page 14 of the same 

 publication, and on the cover of the March number, will be found the 

 prices for which, and the place where the Early Amber seed can be had. 



COERESrONDENCE. 



WHAT IS THOUGHT OF THE FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. John J. Jarvis, Ingersoll, writes : — 



" I have been a member for the last five years. I think it is the best dollar laid 

 out through the year." 



R. Baijent, Toronto, says : — 



" I have felt much interest and gained valuable knowledge in the many excellent 

 essays and notices on fruit matters in that most excellent monthly, the Canadian 

 Horticulturist." 



FRUIT TREES IN iVLGOMA. 



W. "VVarnock, Blind River, says : — 



"Almost any of the hardy apples do well on St. Joseph's Island and on the main 

 Manitoulin, and some pears are doing well, but I have not learned what variety. No 

 tree of any of the improved varieties has been planted on the north shore of the 

 Georgian Bay until within two or three years. I have made enquiries of tho settlers 

 along the shore from Bruce Mines to the mouth of the Mississiga, a distance of over 

 forty miles, and no one has seen a tree bearing yet, except one at the Bruce Mines, and 

 that is a seedling. I made it my business when there to visit it, and found it growing 

 in sod, and was told that it had borne regularly for five or six years, and that it had 



