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retary as Prof. A. A. Crozier, of Amos, Iowa, surely we may expect great public 

 benefits will accrue from its meetings and labors. 



"The Fertilization of our Fruits," is the subject of a paper by Mr. J. P. 

 Ray, Wisconsin, in the Scientific American, and in speaking of the strawberry he 

 says that, in selecting varieties, the question of affinity ought to be considered, 

 some plants having stronger affinity for each other than others. For instance, 

 Jessie he considers to be the best fertilizer for the Bubach, and Burt's Seedling 

 or Governor Hoard for Warfield's No. 2. To get earliness and firmness he 

 recommends Michel's Early. The principle on which he makes the selections 

 is simply this : where any variety is wanting in any point, as productiveness of 

 fruit, of firmness of texture, or quality, the fertilizer should be chosen which 

 excels in the point lacking. 



Kerosene Emulsion. — There are two methods given of preparing this ; 

 (i) Dissolve m two quarts of water one quart of soft soap, or one quarter 

 pound of hard soap. Heat to boiling point and then add one pint of kerosene 

 oil, stirring violently for three or four minutes. Add water to make the kerosene 

 equal one-fifteenth of the whole compound. (2) Dissolve half a pound of soap 

 in a gallon of boiling water, and then add two gallons of kerosene. When wanted 

 for use, dilute with nine parts of water. Either will be found quite effective in 

 ridding the cherry, and other trees of those ugly black aphids which have in- 

 creased upon them so rapidly during this dry, hot season, and also in clearing 

 the rose bushes of the green lice which often appear along their stems in such 

 vast numbers. 



The Arsenites and Lime. — The following statement appears in a recent 

 bulletin of the Ohio Experimental Station : In 1888 we sprayed a number of pear 

 trees with London purple in the proportion of eight ounces to fifty gallons of water. 

 At the same time other trees were sprayed with the same mixture, except that 

 a half peck of fresh slaked lime was added. It was then found that while the trees 

 sprayed with London purple alone had their foliage decidedly injured by the 

 application, those sprayed with the lime and London purple were not affected. 

 In 1890 these experiments were repeated in such manner as not only to show 

 the effect of adding lime, but also to determine whether Paris green or London 

 purple is the more liable to cause injury to the foliage. The results of these 

 experiments fully confirm those of 1888 and 1889 in showing the advantage of 

 adding lime, and they further show that Paris green is much less liable to 

 injure foliage than London purple. 



Frauds on Apple Shippers. — It has always been our aim to aid our 

 brother fruit growers, by every possible means in our power, both in the growing 

 and in the disposal of their products ; and we have tried to be particularly care- 



