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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Errata. — On page 33, and on frontispiece 

 opposite, where it reads "Prof. Wm. Saun- 

 ders, Director of the Experimental Farms of 

 Ontario," read instead of the last two words, 

 "of the Dominion of Canada." 



Also for F.R.C.S. read F.R.S.C, meaning 

 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. 



Also on page 37 for Ohio Farmer, read 

 Orange Judd Farmer. 



Spraying, — At the recent meeting of the 

 Ohio State Horticultural Society, Prof. Weed 

 stated that he had fully demonstrated the 

 possibility of destroying the " Little Turk '' 

 with London purple in a solution of one 

 ounce to ten gallons of water. He also found 

 that by adding Bordeaux mixture to the 

 solution he could prevent the plum rot. The 

 only difficulty was that the mixture adhered 

 to the fruit, making it necessary to wash 

 it with a weak solution of vinegar and water 



Russian Apricot. — We are constantty 

 receiving enquiries regarding this fruit. Two 

 dozen trees planted on Maplehurst Fruit 

 Farm have not yet borne a single specimen, 

 though three years planted. It was stated at 

 the Ohio meeting, above mentioned, that this 

 apricot was as subject to damage from frost 

 when in bloom as the European varieties, and 

 therefore not likely to be of any more value. 

 We hope to be able to report definitely con- 

 cerning the value of this fruit after the 

 coming fruit season. 



Nuts for Profit.— At the Trenton meet- 

 ing of the New Jersey Horticultural Society, 

 Mr. Parry advocated nut culture for profit. 

 A new walnut, named as " Praeparturius," 

 was recommended as wonderfully productive. 

 Of chestnuts, he grows several varieties of 

 the Japan strain, which he highly commends ; 

 as, for instance, the "Reliable" and the 

 " Giant," which are of an enormous size, and 

 have sold as high as 40 cents a quart. The 

 "Paragon "and the " Miller " are probably 

 American varieties, and these are very prom- 

 ising. He claims that at the present prices 

 of these large nuts, an acre of having them, 

 twenty-seven trees, will bring $200, without 

 any expense other than the harvesting, which 

 he claims can be done for about half a cent 

 per quart. 



THE FARMERS' PARLIAMENT. 



The Central Farmers' Institute at Toronto 

 was fully attended by representative farmers 

 from all parts of Ontario. Mr. Aurey,M.P.P., 

 the president, gave an interesting address in 

 which he paid a tribute to the Dominion Gov" 

 ernment for the generous response given to 

 Farmers' Institutes, in sending out without 

 any expense to the latter, the professors of 

 the Experimental Farm, to give addresses 

 on their special departments. The same 

 spirit had been manifested by the Ontario 

 Government, in sending out the professors 

 of the O.A.C. and specialists in various 

 branches of industry to speak at the January 

 meetings. 



He alluded to the subject of annexation as 

 one in which the farmers of Ontario had no 

 sympathy, though they might be desirous of 

 closer commercial relations. 



Prof. Shaw, of the O.A.C, in his address 

 on the need of an universal herd law for the 

 Province, showed the inconsistency of the 

 legislation which professedly encouraged 

 road side tree-planting, and at the same 

 time permitted live stock to run on the road. 

 He advocated planting trees freely along our 

 roads, and that a law should be passed o' 

 universal application, preventing cattle from 

 running. No fences along the road would 

 then be needed and the beauty of the land- 

 scape would be wonderfully increased. 



Mr. E. Morden, of Niagara Falls South, 

 read an important paper on market fees. 

 He showed that it was unfair that the ijiar- 

 ket gardener should be compelled to pay tax 

 first upon his land, and then a second time 

 upon his produce of the market. The towns 

 and cities receive sufficient benefit from the 

 visits of the farmers and gardeners to the 

 town without charging them for the few feet 

 of space which each man occupies in the 

 sale of his produce. The town is receiving 

 as much benefit from the market in buying 

 their food supplies as the farmers in their 

 sale of their produce. 



All these and other important questions 

 were referred to the committee on legislation. 



