92 THE CAl^ADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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DISAPPEARANCE OF INSECTS. 



C , Orillia, Ont., writes : 



We used to have in this neighhoi'hood a very beautiful little beetle 

 which frequented Apocynum in considerable numbers. Color, the brightest 

 green, witU golden reflections. Of course there can bo no connection 

 between the two insects, but it is a strange coincidence that in the same, 

 year that saw the arrival of the Colorado Beetle, this one totally disappeared, 

 and none had been seen since until the end of last summer, when I 

 ©bserved a very few on their favorite weed. 



glass' seedling. 



Geo. H. Dartnell, Whitby, Ont., writes : 



This plum has made free growth, requiring free pruning. It fruited 

 two plums Jjist season, of large size and handsome appearance. The 

 foliage is very handsome, large, and of a dark green. I had a large crop of 

 other plums, with not the slightest trace of Curculio. 



RASPBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES. 



Of the plants received from the Association, the buds of the raspberries, 

 were destroyed before arrival. The strawberries were in such a bad state- 

 that with all care they did not survive the summer. 



THE BURNET GRAPE 



Made a vigorous growth of nearly four feet before the month of Ma}'^, 

 1878, when the frost of that date killed it to the ground. It again shot 

 forth, and shows now two fine stems, and will probably fruit this year. 



PEARS. 



No signs of the slug this year or of blight. The slug was very bad the 

 two previous years. I dusted the trees with dry earth, or sifted coal 

 Ashes, with good effect. 



THE ONTARIO APPLE. 



The Ontario Apple was received in good order, and has made fair 

 growth. 



My garden is a sm^ll one, and the varieties are chiefly dwarfs. Soil 

 medium clay. I manure chiefly with sifted coal ashes, rotted manure and 

 superphosphates. 



I think the directors of many of our Agricultural Societies would do 

 well to submit their horticultural prize list to the Association. Many of 

 them are absurd, and tend to encourage the growing of varieties long dis- 

 carded for better ones. 



