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diluted with 500 gallons of water to the pound. This poison is more likely 

 to injure the foliage of fruit trees than are the other arsenities, being more 

 readily absorbed by the leaves. 



A Remedy for Apple Scab. — The most approved fungicide and the most 

 economical one, which has yet been suggested for destroying the apple scab, is 

 ammoniacal carbonate of copper in its improved form. It is prepared as follows: 

 3 oz. carbonate of copper, 

 I lb. carbonate of ammonia, and 

 50 gallons water. 

 Mix the carbonate of copper with the carbonate of ammonia, pulverized, and 

 dissolve the mixture in two quarts of hot water. When they are wholly dis- 

 solved, add the solution to enough water to make the whole quantity fifty 

 gallons. 



The carbonate of ammonia can be purchased at 1 5 cts. a pound, and there- 

 fore the cost of the whole fifty gallons of this mixture, counting the copper 

 carbonate at 60 cts. a pound, would not be more than 30 cts. 



The Russian Apples. — We feel sure that the Russian apples sent out this 

 spring will give satisfaction. All except the Golden White were grown by Mr. 

 Craig at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa. They were all rooted, and have come 

 to us in good order, and we hope our subscribers will have success with them. 

 The following is a list of the varieties sent out, additional ones being added 

 because there were not enough of the Sari Synap and Stone Antonovoka : Plo- 

 dovitka, Arkad, Sari Synap, Stone Antonovoka, Titovka, Lebedka, Kara Synap 

 Golden White, Polu Miron, Wlfite Pigeon, Round Borsdorf, Winter Stripe and 

 Saccharine. 



Lawson Valentine. — The death is announced on the 5th of May, of Mr. 

 Lawson Valentine, at his home, Houghton Farm, Orange Co., New York. To 

 many of us, this gentleman is known as the moving spirit in the publication of 

 the Ajnerican Agriculturist, Rural Netv Yorker and the American Garden. His 

 capital had been made in mercantile life, but as a matter of choice, he had 

 devoted himself latterly to experiments in agriculture on a large scale on a tract 

 of land which he named " Houghton Farm." Here he had proposed to conduct 

 experiments after the manner of those carried on by Messrs. Lawes &: Gilbert, of 

 Rothamsted, Eng, purely from philanthropic motives. The loss of such men 

 seems like a universal calamity. 



Fruit Inspection. — The Committee of our Association to whom this sub- 

 ject was entrusted at the winter meeting last December, interviewed the Hon. 

 John Carling, the Minister of Agriculture for the Dominion, on Friday, May* 

 1891. 



