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The above descriptions are based upon single specimens, the others 

 having been sent away to either the artist, or to the Windsor Meeting, and 

 consequently may need qualifying. We subjoin the report of the Fruit 

 Committee at Windsor on these apples. 



" D. Nichol, Cataraqui, shows the following apples : — Gibson strongly, 

 resembling the Black Detroit in flavor, scarcely any better. Leeds, large, 

 green apple, with slight blush, closely resembling Holly in form, and about 

 the same in size, but inferior in quality. La Rue, very large, handsome, but 

 rather poor in quality. McLean, a handsome apple, much resembling Prin- 

 cess Louise, with which in its size, form, color and flavor (?) it is almost 

 identical." 



THE PRINCESS LOUISE. 



jiyiR. T. T. LYON, speaks of this apple as follows: — The Princess 



^y I Louise is a still more recent introduction by our Canadian friends, 



which, whatever its actual parentage, betrays in its size and color, 



as well as in the whiteness, aroma and juciness of its flesh, indications of a 



close relationship with this type of apples. 



Its aristocratic name accords well with the daintiness of its quality, as 

 well as with its general appearance, as also with the political peculiarities 

 of its native region ; but it will be very sure, if naturalized on this side of 

 the border, to lose the aristocratic prefix ; and despite its acknowledged 

 delicacy and beauty, become plain Louise. 



GALVANIZED WIRE TRAYS FOR EVAPORATORS. 



ly yi R, E. B. RICE, of Port Huron, Michigan, read a paper on the 

 /^Jy I subject of Evaporated Fruits at our Windsor Meeting, and in the 

 course of it he showed that the use of galvanized wire trays was a 

 serious matter ; several cases of zinc poisoning have resulted. Owing to 

 this danger in the use of American evaporated apples, Germany has 

 refused them if cured on galvanized wire trays. 



After quoting various excellent authorities in proof of this, Mr. Rice said, 

 that unless a wire cloth could be found, so galvanized that the acid of the 

 fruit will not affect it, it is clear that its use must be abandoned. The 

 question is, what is to be substituted, for the only metals in use that are 

 proof against fruit acid are gold, silver and platinum. The new metal, 

 aluminum, when it becomes cheap, may answer the purpose. For the present, 

 Mr. Rice favored the use of iron wire cloth, as iron rust cannot be called a 

 poison, or else return to wooden trays. 



