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ful not to admit to our advertising columns, the name of any commission mer- 

 chant who is not of first class reputation. We are therefore exceedingly grieved 

 »o find that F. Corby & Co., who advertised with us last year, have turned out 

 to be fraudulent, and that several Ontario shippers, who consigned their apples 

 to them, have been badly victimized. Their plan of operation was to report the 

 fruit arriving rotten or slack, and so not bringing enough to pay bills of lading ; 

 they then proceeded to collect from the shipper the amount of expenses of 

 carriage even, thus pocketing the whole proceeds of the cargo. A swindle like 

 this deserves the exposure which it gets in the Trade Bulletin, and will we hope 

 put us all more than ever on our guard. This Corby cSc Company is but a new 

 name for the firm of Pitt Bros., of Covent Garden, London, Eng., whose adver- 

 tisement we refused insertion in our journal two years ago, because we had some 

 doubts regarding their reliability. 



The Bubach strawberry should, according to the best authority, be pro- 

 nounced Bubaw, and not Bubak ; and, since it is better to be right than wrong, 

 we ought to govern ourselves accordingly. Mr. VanDeman, United States Pomo- 

 logist, speaks highly of this berry in his last report. He says that it has more 

 good words said about it than any other variety now before the public. The 

 originator is Mr. J. G. Bubach, of Princeton, Illinois, and is called number 5, to 

 distinguish it from others which he has originated. The plant has a robust and 

 hardy constitution ; the flowers are pistillate, but this defect is easily remedied 

 by planting every fifth row with some perfect flowered variety. The color is 

 crimson, and very attractive ; the flesh is dark to the centre, and, in large speci- 

 mens, a cavity is often found at the centre, but the fruit is sufficiently firm to 

 ship well. The flavor is good, but not of the highest quality. The berries are 

 large, and inclined to be coxcombed in shape, and they ripen about midseason. 

 The yield of fruit, under good cultivation, is heavy, so that altogether it is a very 

 profitable variety to grow for market. 



More about Fungicides. — Mr. B. T. Galloway, Pomological Chief at 

 Washington, gives some further points in his last report upon spraying trees. 

 After considerable experiments in the use of the various copper mixtures, he 

 finds that there is more profit in the use of the ammoniacal solution than in the 

 Bordeaux mixture, and that nothing whatever is gained by treating with the car- 

 bonate of copper in suspension when the ammoniacal solution is at hand. In 

 experimenting with pear leaf blight and scab in the pear orchard, he finds the 

 ammoniacal solution also to be preferable, and in his experience three early 

 treatments are just as effective as a larger number made at intervals throughout 

 the season. Indeed spraying after the fruit is half grown is liable to injure it. 

 Some experiments were also made in treating raspberry leaf blight, but he finds 



