. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. 43 The Canadian Horticulturist. gone, and soon fell asleep also, and late in the fall I cremated him with the others; peace to their ashes. The pears pulled through pretty well, with the exception of one dwarf that was handy to get at. I gave it a couple of extra doses; it quit growing and the fruit shrivelled. My Montmorency cherry did well, and by picking the cherries half ripe, I got about four quarts of fruit. The robins only got about one bushel. The English Morello did not do so well. It kept on growing,
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. 43 The Canadian Horticulturist. gone, and soon fell asleep also, and late in the fall I cremated him with the others; peace to their ashes. The pears pulled through pretty well, with the exception of one dwarf that was handy to get at. I gave it a couple of extra doses; it quit growing and the fruit shrivelled. My Montmorency cherry did well, and by picking the cherries half ripe, I got about four quarts of fruit. The robins only got about one bushel. The English Morello did not do so well. It kept on growing, but the fruit, after the last spraying, ceased to grow, and dried up on the tree, and is there yet. I sprayed my English gooseberries, Industry and White Smiths, twice with ^ oz. liver of sulphur in a pail of water, and had no mildew. I used Paris green on currants and gooseberries for the worm with perfect success. It is better for the first spraying than hellebore, and much cheaper. Thus ends my first year's experience in spraying. I forgot to say that I had a good crop of grapes free from disease of any kind. I have learned some things; one of them being that Japan and native plums are as tender in the foliage as the peach, and must be sprayed, if at all, with very weak solutions. What spraying I will do next spring on pear, plum and cherry trees, I will do before leaves open. St. Thomas. A. W. Graham. v POSITION AND SOIL FOR ROSES. , â â¢' * . HE first requisite in the culture of roses is'the selection and prepara- tion of a suitable place for planting. To begin with, choose the best place in the garden, a place where you can offer sufficient protection by means of hedges or board fences from bleak, sweeping winds. A warm sunny position is also requisite ; if so situated that there is an exposure to the morning sun, and the hot rays during the afternoon are in part, or wholly shaded, all the better. Besides scattering them through our gardens, roses may be made very eff
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