A YHAK A:\1()N(; TllK oRCHAliUS OF NOVA SCOlJA. 
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Thus, speaking roughly, two-thirds of the host varieties of apples and 
eleven-twelftlis of the best peaches are of American origin from foreign 
parents ; half of the best plums and a quarter of the best pears are 
American, the pear and plum being the most peculiarly European of 
the various fruits. American fruits constantly tend to diverge from the 
foreign types which were their parents, and they are as a rule better 
adapted to their environments than foreign varieties are. 
Orchard Implements. 
Some of the best orchard implements I saw in use in Nova Scotia 
were : — 
"Pomona" pump (Gould's Manufacturing Co., Seneca Falls, New York), 
of which a figure is given. (Fig. 3.) 
"K clipse " pump (Morrill & Morley, Benton Harbour, Michigan). Both 
Fig. 3. — The " Pomona " Spraying Pump. 
With Agitator. All Working Parts of Brass. 
of these pumps have hard brass working parts complete, fitted on a 
40- gallon barrel, with hose, bamboo rod, and double Vermorel nozzle, 
^3. 15s. ; costing singly about 24s. additional for carriage to London. 
Orchard spring-tooth harrow (Syracuse Chilled Plough Co., Syracuse, 
N.Y.), £1. 19s. 
As an example to us in co-operation amongst farmers and Govern- 
ment aid to agriculture, I will give a short account of the work of the 
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