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R E-PACKING APPLES IN BRITAIN. 

 Mr. a. McD. Allan gave his views at 

 Niagara regarding the possibility of hand- 

 ling our apples in Britain to better advan- 

 tage than hitherto, by carefully re-packing 

 them before offering them for a sale. His 

 attention had been called to this subject 

 when at the Colonial Exhibition in England. 

 He had seen so many apples arriving " wet 

 and wasty " and selling at a loss. He was 

 of the opinion that by re-packing such fruit 

 in smaller packages they could be sold at a 

 profit to the shipper, where now there was 

 only loss. 



By the use of cool chambers on ship-board 

 he believed it would be possible to export 

 even such early apples as the Duchess of 

 Oldenburgh. He doubted whether it would 

 pay to export pears to England, unless in case 

 of u nusual scarc it y in E ngland, as the pear 

 was an important crop with European fruit 

 growers. The Bartlett pear, as grown in 

 Canada, was a very superior fruit to the same 

 as grown in England. 



THE WAGER PEACH. 

 Mr. Morris, of Fonthill, states at Nia- 

 gara that, in his experience, the Wager and 

 the Mountain Rose were the two most profit- 

 able peaches to grow in this district for 



market. We have had most favorable 

 impressions of the Wager. Last year it 

 was the only kind which was really laden 

 with fruit ; and the color is good, and the 

 season just when there are not many fine 

 peaches to compete with it. Still we must 

 withhold opinions until after a longer trial. 



SUMMER PRUNING THE 

 RASPBERRY CANES. 



A VERY successful grower at Grimsby does 

 not believe in summer pruning the raspberry 

 at all, unless possibly a little pinching of the 

 ends to make them stocky. His plan is, 

 thin out the canes so that each will grow 

 strong and stout, and to do all the pruning 

 in the spring following. At that time he 

 takes his grape pruning shears and shortens 

 the cane down to four or five feet in height, 

 or in case of any injuries showing the pres- 

 ence of the tree cricket, he cuts them off' 

 below the point affected. These are then 

 burned and the insect destroyed. He even 

 cuts off all side branches, and depends 

 wholly upon the stout stalk to send out bear- 

 ing shoots all down its whole length. 



The eminent success which he has had in 

 this way inclines us to give his method a 

 thorough trial. His bushes are at this date 

 (July 15th) laden down with their weight of 

 fruit, and be claims that his fruit will be 



