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by this application complete success should not be always expected. 2. When 

 the amount of salt rises to o. i % the land becomes sterile, this would require a 

 dose of over one ton per acre, however, and is not likely to occur in ordinary 

 farming. 3. The information regarding the use of common salt as an extermina- 

 tor of insects, fungi, grubs and such pests, is limited and somewhat indefinite. 



APPLES FOR MARKET 



SiK, — I intend planting 200 apple trees this spring on clay and gravel loam. Would 

 you give me a list of the best kinds to grow for market, and would you advise planting any 

 fall varieties ? Would you recommend the Ohio Baldwin as a shipping apple, and is the 

 Rhode Island Greening holding its own in the market? 



H. BODWELL, Siount Elgin, Ont. 



We have had no personal experience with the Ohio Baldwin, and would be 

 glad to hear from any of our readers who have grown it. The old Rhode 

 Island Greening is not only holding its own, but rather growing in value in our 

 best markets, where its excellent quality for cooking purposes is becoming more 

 fully known. The only difficulty with it is its inclination to spot, and, for this 

 reason, some orchardists in the Niagara Peninsula condemn it. The Baldwin 

 still stands No. i for the commercial orchard, and is one of the best known 

 apples in the English market. The King of Tompkins heads the list for price, 

 and would be a most desirable variety if it were only a better bearer. The 

 Northern Spy and the Roxbury Russet must not be omitted. Among fall apples 

 there is one which always commands a high price, both in the home and foreign 

 markets, and that is the Gravenstein. 



NEW GOOSEBERRIES. 



Sir, — Could you give me any information where the King Conn gooseberry, and also 

 the Crosby's Seedling could be secured ? The latter was highly spoken of in a back num- 

 ber of the Canadian Horticulturist, but I have not seen either of these varieties quoted 

 in any nurseryman's catalogue. 



W. H. Pabkeb, Mimico, Ont. 



The King Conn is now known as the Autocrat, and is still in the hands of 

 the introducer, Mr. P. E. Bucke, of Ottawa. It is a green gooseberry of good 

 size and very productive, and not affected by the mildew. Whether it is really 

 a new variety, or some old variety now likely to be brought prominently forward, 

 we are unable to say. 



The Crosby's Early is a large dark red seedling gooseberry, apparently of 

 great value, samples of which were sent to us by Mr. Arthur Reeve, of Highland 

 Creek. He said it was a seedling, grown by Mr. Crosby, of Markham ; it is no 

 doubt a seedling of some English variety, for it has lately shown some tendency 

 to mildew, according to the habit of these kinds. So far as we know it has not 

 been propagated. 



