The Canadian Horticulturist. 



refrk;erator service to England. 



Sir, — A Hrm of fruit ami sliip Ijrokera of Hull, Kngland, are equipping a steamer with 

 refrigerating apparatus to ply between Annapolis, N. S., and London, England, exclusively 

 for the apple trade. If sutiioient encouragement could be given them from the apple 

 shippers of Ontario, I believe they would run the steamer to Montreal, this coming season. 

 The steamer in question will carry ten thousand barrels of apples, and will make the voyage 

 from Annapolis to London in nine days. Such a service would be a great boon to Untario 

 <ipple shippers, for, with such facilities, we could safely ship our tenderest apple.s, which, 

 under ordinary circumstances, rot in our orchards. In addition to apples, we couhl experi- 

 ment in shipping to England our small fruits, and the probability is that, in a short time, a 

 lucrative market for tliem could be opened up. The rate of freight, of course, would be a 

 little higher than is charged by the ordinary steamers. 



Jo.s. Scarborough, Hanoi-er, Out. 



Such a service as that referred to in this letter, would be highly appreciated 

 by all growers and shippers of apples in Ontario. We could afford to pay a 

 higher rate of freight to have our apples landed in first class-condition, and we 

 hope that our correspondent will encourage his friends to make the experiment 

 this present season, if possible. 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE. 



Sir, — Has any one tried corrosive sublimate in dilute solution for extermination of 

 insects and destruction of fungi ? 



I. J. Cle.ment, Sarnia. 



We know of no one who has tried this substance. Probably the strength 

 required would be also destructive to the foliage of the plant, which we would 

 wish to protect. Prof. Shutt of Ottawa, to whom we have referred the matter, 

 says he will undertake a scries of experiments, determining the effects of using 

 this substance. 



THE GRAPE PHYLLOXERA. 



Sir, — Knclosed please find a piece of the root from one of my vines. JMeasc state in 

 the Horticultubi.st what is the matter. 



V. Scott, Cromarty. 



Prof. I'lctcher has examined this root and finds that it is severely infested 

 with phylloxera. This subject is exhaustively treated in Saunders' " Insects 

 Injurious to Fruits." See also the Canadian Horticulturist for 1891, page 

 247. 



