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Plants of this variety were distributed a year ago to members of our Asso- 

 ciation, from whom we shall soon receive reliable reports of its suitability to our 

 province. 



The Warfield is another berry which appears to stand testing. Its great 

 merit seems to be its firmness, making it a first-class berry for distant shipment. 

 Those who value the old Wilson will find in this many of the same character- 

 istics, as firmness, quality and rich dark color. Prof. Green says of it : — 



The most marked characteristic of this variety is its shipping qualities, 

 ranking the highest of those named in this particular. The plants are vigor- 

 ous and productive, berries medium in size and of fair quality. Those who 

 grow for near market only will find this variety less satisfactory than the above 

 named, except when it is desirable to hold the berries some time after being 

 picked. It has a place, which it fills very satisfactorily, but for near market it is 

 not the equal of either of the varieties named above. 



These three varieties are imperfect in flower, but no perfect flowered kinds 

 equal them in productiveness. Of course planters will set, say, about one row 

 in five of Jessie, Sharpless, or some other good staminate variety, for the pur- 

 pose of furnishing them with pollen. 



FURTHER POINTS ON SPRAYING WITH COPPER SOLUTIONS. 



OW that the time has arrived for treating our vines and 



trees with the copper mixtures, a few additional points may 



be helpful. Their usefulness for grape mildew has been 



fully proved by the testimony of many vineyardists, who 



state that they have thereby made a saving of from 50 to 



90 per cent., and, for the apple scab, their eff"ectiveness has 



been fully demonstrated at several Experiment Stations. 



Nor is this all ; an evident result of this treatment is that bright healthy 



foliage, without which it is impossible to mature fine fruit, or to produce that 



vigor in the tree or plant which is necessary for fruitfulness. 



We notice considerable variance in the modes of treatment prescribed, for 

 the reason, no doubt, that the work is still in the experimental stage. Mr. Gallo- 

 way, Chief of the Division of Vegetable Pomology of the United States, advises 

 ammoniacal carbonate of copper as the best remedy for both the downy and the 

 powdery mildew. In the case of the former, he advises the first application 

 about the time the berries are well formed, and a repetition every twelve or fif- 

 teen days, or oftener in rainy weather, until the berries begin to color ; the latter 

 he would treat the same, with this exception, that he would not begin until the 

 first sign of the trouble is visible. For the treatment which he recommends for 

 the apple scab, we refer our readers to his own letter on the apple scab. 



