. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian GOOSEBERRIES IN 1894. OR the general good, I take the liberty of reporting my season's operations. I am a gooseberry grower ex- clusively, except for home use. I am persuaded that this is the only cure for glutted markets with fruit of inferior quality and all its train of consequent evils. I saw strawberries sold in Toronto at 4c, and it was all they were worth. My gooseberries were sprayed with liver of sulphur before the leaves came out, and at intervals of two weeks till the f
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian GOOSEBERRIES IN 1894. OR the general good, I take the liberty of reporting my season's operations. I am a gooseberry grower ex- clusively, except for home use. I am persuaded that this is the only cure for glutted markets with fruit of inferior quality and all its train of consequent evils. I saw strawberries sold in Toronto at 4c, and it was all they were worth. My gooseberries were sprayed with liver of sulphur before the leaves came out, and at intervals of two weeks till the fruit was out of danger, with the result that not a speck of mildew appeared upon either fruit or foliage of any variety— even Whitesmith was perfectly free. Some varieties are now attacked on the tips or new growth. Downing averaged 5 quarts to the bush all around, and sold readily at 6c. Pearl, about the same as Downing in yield, but the bush is a more vigorous grower, indeed, in this respect it has no peer except Champion. Champion gives promise of being an enormous yielder of large fruit, , larger than Downing. No sign of mildew on bushes not sprayed. Whitesmith sprayed gave fine, clean, large fruit. Queen gave a few specimens on spring-planted bushes—large, yellow and good; very vigorous grower. Autocrat did well as usual; fruit very large. Chautauqua seems to be vigorous. Triumph, vigorous. Red Jacket, killed back to the ground last winter but came again from roots this spring vigorously. Lancashire Lad bore a fine, large berry tinged with red, and of splendid quality. Sprayed again to-day with liver of sulphur for mildew on fall growth of foliage. I may say I sprayed Downing early in the season with Bordeaux to prevent rust, with the intention of spraying at intervals all summer, but at second spray- ing my sprayer—a cheap knapsack one—gave out by the bursting of the bulb. I learned two lessons from this experience; first, that these cheap machines have not fo
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