,oS Thp: Canadian Horticulturist. 



here suggested will have to be varied to suit local conditions ; still, I claim that 

 the principles involved are correct, and that if they are intelligently ])ra(tised in 

 connection with the best-known methods of defending the fruit from its enemies, 

 a great advance will be made. 



In the peach and i)luni orchartl^ the practices which I have suggested are 

 not likely to be the best, as it will be advisable, in most cases, to keep these 

 constantly under cultivation. Hut here, as in the former case, fertility may be 

 preserved by feeding animals during the winter, and by preserving and removing 

 the manures produced to the orchards. 1 have the utmost faith that this method 

 of <^ettin<' ]ilant-food, through [)lants and animals, will lie found to be the most 

 economical in most cases. 



I contend (i), that the soil should be cultivated and iilani-footl set free to 

 the utmost limit ; (2). that leguminous and tap-rooted plants should be used as 

 plant-food gatherers ; (3), that animals should be ke])t as much for the value of 

 the manure they produce, as for the jirofit realized from their other products : 

 (4), that the least possible amount of stalk and vine and limb be grown consistent 

 with economy and the health of the plant : and (5). after having practiced all the 

 economy possible, if there is still a lack of fertility, in order to secure the highest 

 (lualitv of (product and the greatest net income, that commercial fertilizers of a 

 hi'di "rade should be applied with a liberal hand. If it is found at any time that 

 commercial fertilizers give better net results than farm-manures, then there should 

 be no hesitancy in changing from one to the other. I believe that farm-manures 

 which have lain in the open yards or have been heated, and which have been 

 drawn long distances, are far more expensive than are high-grade fertilizers. 

 \Vell-preserved manure is worth, on an average, more than $3.00 per ton, and 

 our experience proves that such manure, exposed in piles from Ajuil to October, 

 often loses one-half of its value ; therefore. I am led to believe that many tons 

 of manure which are transported from the city contain less than a dollar's worth 

 of soluble plant-food. This may act beneficially as a mulch, but, so far as the 

 plant-food it contains is concerned, it is too often an expensive way of preserving 

 the fertility of the \:ind.—Fn>/essor Eo/n-rfs, before IV. .Y. )'. Hort. Soc. 



I'm-: \i;\v .Xpricot Shknse. — The hi.story of this new Chinese apricot, 

 which is now being introduced and creating much interest at the North West has 

 been given to us by Prof lUidd as follows: " It was obtained from me under 

 the name of Chinese Apricot, antl was grown here from jiits received from a 

 missionary located at the Province of .Shense in N. W. China, .\fter testing the 

 hardiness of the tree and value of the fruit. 1 named it Shense. It is a fme 

 glower, with large, handsome, thick foliage, and an early bearer of large and good 

 fruit. In all rcs|)ects it is the best hardy apricot 1 know of. and much better 

 than any Russian sort I ha\e seen in this country or in Russia." 



