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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



provided themselves with a large spray- 

 ing pump, attached to a 50 gallon barrel, 

 in order to wage war against the cod- 

 ling moth. But we are constantly- 

 asked for a convenient kind of sprayer 

 for the garden and small sized vine- 

 yard. Such sprayers have been long 

 in use in France, and one in particular,, 

 called the Japy sprayer, is of special 

 merit, (Fig. 29). We are glad to be 

 able to state that a similar one has 

 been designed by Mr. B. T. Galloway ; 

 it is now being manufactured in the 

 United States, and is offered for sale 

 at $14.00 retail. The expense of the 

 pump and of copper mixtures are quite 

 an item, it is true, but the good results 

 are so certain and important that the investment is a perfectly safe one. 



The Japy Sprayeb. 



RAISING PEACH TREES. 



Sir, — I intend to set out about five acres of peaches. The soil is a gravelly sand, and 

 is situated on the western edge of the mountain, half a mile north of Fenwick. Would 

 you please give me some advice with regard to the raising of peach trees from the pits, 

 and also, how the young trees should be budded ; the best varieties and the distance apart 

 they should be planted in the orchard ? 



Wm, Clapton, Fenwick, Ont. 



UR friends in the neighborhood of Fonthill, near which place Fen- 

 wick is situated, had much encouragement last year in peach grow- 

 ing, for their trees yielded an abundant crop and the price was 

 extravagantly high. Wherever peaches will succeed in Ontario, 

 there is no more profitable fruit to grow, for very frequently a grower has received 

 for his peach crop as much money as would, under ordinary circumstances, be 

 considered a fair value for the land upon which it was produced. 



Our subscriber is wise in undertaking to grow his own trees, for any one, 

 who has a little skill in this way, may save himself quite an expense in the pur- 

 chase of the trees. The method, usually adopted by nurserymen, is somewhat 

 as follows : The peach pits are thoroughly mixed with sandy soil or sawdust, 

 either in a box or in a garden bed, and left in this way exposed to the winter's 

 frost, which renders them easily cracked in the spring. A choice piece of 



