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‘LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
Mowpay, April 26.
Mr. A. Petera presented a bill vesting certain Jands in James W. Richards and F. L. Haszard, trustees. Reterred to the private billa committee.
Mr. Aitken asked the honorable Com- missiover of Public Works if the Govern- ment is considering the prayer ot a peti- tion asking for the extension of a road from St. Mary’s Road, | Lot.61, to Camp bell’s Road, Lot 59, and what will be dove in the matter.
Hon. Mr. McLean said the petition had | been received and the Government would endeavor to have the road opened.
Mr. McKinnon asked the Commissioner of Public Works if a petition bat beea re- ceived from residents of Lorne. ¥aley and P squid Road,.asking for a road to con- tinue the Montagne Road direct to Lorne Valley Road, and what the Government intended doing in the matter; also, if a petition bad been received from residents of Wilmot, Murray River, asking for the opening of anew road from Snaram’s Point to.Marray River, and if the Govern. ment inteuded to gramt the prayer of the | petition.
»Hon,. Mr. McLean eaid both: reads had been under the consideration of the Gov- eroment and they would endeavor to have them opened as soon as possible.
| | House met at 3.50. | }
Hon. Mr. Peters presented the “Appropriation Bill, 1897,” whieh was read aw first, second and third time, and
passed.
‘Oa. motion of Mr. McKinnon the.act in- corporatiog the\Murray River Ha!! com - mittee was read a third teme and passed.
The .act incorporating the Aften Hail » Company owas ,read a -second time iv committee with Mr. Robertson in the chair. Reported agreed to and set down for.a third reading to-morrow.
On motion «f Mr. Shaw the bill _incor- ,porating the. Roseneath Hall Company was rexd a third time.and paseed.
Un motion of Mr. MeKinnon the act amending an act incorporating the Char-
louttetown Gas Light Company wasread a
second time with Mr. Kobertson in the chair. Reported agreed to and set down for third reading to-morrow.
Mr..MeKinnon moved the second read- ing of the act incorporating the trustees of the \Glenwood Public .Hall .with Mr. Godkin in the chair, Reported agreed to and set down for third .reading to-mor- row.
On. motion of Mr. MeKinnon the .act respecling surety and guarantee companies was read a third time and passed.
‘On, motion of ‘Mr. «A. Peters the act mmending the act incorporating the trustees of 81. James’ Church, Charlotteiown, was read » third time: and. passed.
‘On motion of Mr. Godkin, the bill to further amend the Act incorporating the Town of Summerside was read a second time in committee. The object of the: bill is. to empower the town to borrow certain moneys on debentures, and to rel! a certaiu plot of Jand in that town. Mr. Robertson took the.chair in.committee and the bill was reported agreed to. Third reading tomorrow.
Wr..Rogers (Charlottetown) introduced 4 bill amendiug the Act incorporating the City of Charlotietown in order to empower the corporation to borrow certain moneys on debentures. Set. down for second read- ing Lomorrow.
Mr. Prowse moved the second reading of the Act amending the Acts incorporat- ing the Roman Catholic Bishop of Char- lottetown, with Mr. Robertson in the chair. The object of the bill is to empower His Lordship to issue debentures in connection with the erection of the new St. ‘Dunstan’s Cathedral. The bill was reported agreed
morrow.
Gp motion of Hon. Mr. Farqubarson, the bill incorporating the Elliott Hall Company was read a second time, with Mr. Robertson in the chair. Third read- ing tomorrow.
Houge adjourned until 3 p. m. on Tues- day.
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A Valuable Paper Read Before the Meeting ef the Fruit Growers
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The following paper was read by Mr. ‘Henry Burke,.of Souihport, at the Fruit Growers’ Association.
As these meetings are being held for the encouragement Of more extended fruit growing on this Island itis with pleasure we see our most progressive farmers tallivg in with the idea, and taking so lively an interest in ihis most protitable branch of industry. There is no great secret, or any- thing like-magic, about the growing of fruit successfully; for the seund common sense thatenables you to grow a good .Crup of wheat, potatues or ensilage, that teaches you how to feed your stock, so as tu get the best returns in butter aud cheese will jast.as surely grow you a good and profitable crop of fruit. Our soil will pro- duce as good a quantity of fruit of the same varieties as can be grown in any other part of the continent of America. Lt [ understand aright, the last shipments for Lhe seasou. of apples trom Ontario and the United States, takes place in March, while the better keeping qualitv. of our apples grown here willeuable us to hold them
competition and consequently better pr cea. ‘In apple, quite a large range of varieties can ve grown here succesefully.
The Y: How Transparent Red Astracan iDaches- or Oldenburgh, Tetofsky. Red Quarrenden, for summer; Alexander, Famnese, Hawthornden, Haas, Twenty Uuuce Fippin, Fall Jesnettin and Gravenstein for fall and early winter. As regards the Graveustein, I would say to those that have old orchards, and ¢cea- ‘template top grafting, to try the Gravenstein. They take well grafung on sold stock and bear freely:; and as a fall or -early winter apple, they bring the highest price. For winter, Bishop Pippin, Bibston Pippia, Ben Davis, Roxbury Russet:, Bienbeim Pippin, Northern Spy, Wealthy, McIntosh Red, Pewaukie, Golden Russet, Winter Bough, Colvert, English Russet, Royal Russet, Hurlbut, King of Tompkins, Rhode Island Greening, Mann Baldwin Stark, and last but not least the Nonpareil. These with the English and Ru-sian vareties which I am testing ina my nureery, aud which promise to be of rea] merit, will give a very fair let of good winter keepers. The Blenheim Pippin, like the Northern Spy, is very slow coming in to bear, and those who would want quick returns from their orchards, would not plant very many of them for that reason. And now knowing the best varieties to plent, the next thing in order would be the jocation fer your orchard. Some writers on fruit growing in this country recommend a uworthern exposure, but my twenty -two or twenty-three years’ experience in the fruit tree busivess and as@ nurseryman, bas not given me the idea that a northern exposure is,one of the requisities for successful truit growing on this Island. fo the United Siates and Upper Canada, where the climate is dry and hot, and where the direct rays of the run on a southern slope, would parch up ihe ground, and be otherwise detrimental to obtaining the best results, perhaps « northern locativu migh! be preferable. But down here by the sea where. the growing.
| season is 60 short, with a damp climate
and frequent showers of rain,, we want a!]
| the sunsbine we can get, eveu on a south—
ern location to .color.tbe fruit; and I would say just here, that the coloring ot the fruit does mot depend wholly on the amount of sun that strikes on it,but ie in- fluenced more or less by the supp'y of food
| in the soil tor the proper development of
the fruit. J have planted out orchards iv very many sections of this Islaud, and some large ones which have done splen- didly, without paying any attention wuat--
lever as tothe choice ofa northery ex- } posure. In fact, sf I were planting out
an oreherd for myself, [ would choose almost any other situation. Auy good land that will give a good crop of wheat, corn or potatoes, is all right in which to plant an orchard. A windbreak is almost uecessary in exposed situations. But here comes in a question, about which, | submit, there should be no question at ull, and that is on which side of your orchard should yor have your windbreak ? Mr. F B. McRae in his excellent paper read before the Eldon meetivg, ou the 18th Feb. last, recommended the windbreak to the g utheast. I do not agree with that idea, and I believe that the exprrience of every fruit grower in this country will bear me out when I say that itis not to the southeast, but to the north- west and southwest, where the sbelter is most needed, and more especially in winter, when the biting winds from the west and northwest, are stirring around at the rate of thirty-five or forty miles an hoar, aod the thermometer drops down into the twenties below zero as it has done this winter. In summer the prevailing winds are from the southwest, and trees exposed to that quarter, especially the fast growing ones, have their brauches bent up on tnat side, and the whole tree has a cant away towards the northeast, giving it a very unsbapely appearance ; and itis generally from that quarter the lieaviest winds come in the fall, in which the fruit is net only blown off but the trees are twisted about, and the heavily laden
brauches are broken. Bearing these facts
Qf Twenty Years’ Experience ia
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THR PRACTIGAL RESULTS
in mind, t would strongly advise to plant a windbreak to the nerthwest, west and eouth west.
In getting the Jand ready to plant an
orcbard, the very fir-t requisite is to have the land plowgicd erp; and I fully endorse Dr. Jeuniue’ twweorv of deep ploughing 1» preparing the ground. He is
on the right track; plough deep, beam deep if you can, and it your plougn Won't turn it that depth then take the old share over to the biacksmith and get a new point op it, apd see how much better it will work. I have often been asked if digging a hole eghteen inches or more deep, and filling it with manure and rich earth where tue tree is to be planted, would not do just as well as deep piough- ing? My answer is no, emphatically no, for if the tree is planted in that manner the roots will strike down where they can get the best food. The tree is alive, you know—or at least it should be—when 1t is planted ; aud when they get through that baskeiful or two of rich earth, they ere away down in the cold subsoil where there is neither warmth or food. Conse- quently the tree stops growing, becomes covered with moss, aud sooner or later dies. Andwhy? Because it has literally been starved to death; whereas, if planted on Jand that has been deeply ploughed, it can throw its roots out arvuud aod get hoid uf the plant food that is in the mau- ure andthe surface so:) that has been turned down. And another advantage— the roots will not be so near the eurface, which saves them from being eut ard desiroyed in after cultivation. Yet they are near enough to the suriace to be bene- fited by the heat of the sun, and the vivi- fving influences of the atmosphere.
There are many dittierent methods practiced iu setting out an orchard, as to the distance apart the trees should be planted. From twenty to twenty-one feet apart each way apple trees, aad from ten to fourteen feet for plum, pear, and cherry wonld be about the rigot distance, giving 166 to 110 for apple trees to the acre, and fromm 22@ to 330 plum, pear and cherry trees per acre. Perhaps to some this wou'd seem rather close, but experience and observation has taught me that this is about the right distance, everything considered. They shelter one another sooner, and bear better. Besides owing tothe short summer here, they don’t geow as large ae they do in the United States, Upper Canada or the Annapolis Valley. Therefore they may be planted closer together. If there are non-ferti- lizing varieties planted, they require fertilizing varieties close tothem. This may pet apply to apples so much as to pears, plums or strawberries, but there is no doubt that the fertilizing principle is much stronger in tome varieties than in others. Therefore it is better to plant alternate rows of the different vareties than a block all of one kind. If tne land is in proper condition, two men and aboy should plant frow a hundred to a hundred and twenty five in a dav. The.holes should be dug large enough to take in the longest roots without baving them cramped and turned up at the ends, and should be about three feet in diameter, and nine or ten inches deep, sv that when the tree is planted it will be the same depth as it stood in the nursery. The man who plants the tree has to get right dewn on his knees and straighten out the bettom roots, and pack the fine*earth solid around them with the hands, filling under the base of the roots and leaving uo air spaces. Let him proceed inthis manner uotil the roots are all covered and packed solid, then fill up the hole, tramp firmly and draw two or three inches of earth around the tree as far out asthe hole was dag. It acts as a mulch and helda the woisture. [his is my method of planting fruit trees and they grow. I have seen people plant trees, as they would dig a hole the size of # post- hole and shove the tree down into it, leaving the roota sticking up so that you would think they were trying to climb out over the bule fur fear of being *m othered. In friiit growing a* in everything elee, whatever ia worth doing at all. is worth doing wel!. Thereis more in plantivg a tree right than wost people think.
In the different and most valuable varities of plums for this climate, we have the Lombard, Bradshaw, Yellow yg. Shipper’s Pride, Imperial Gage, Green Gage, Washington, Moore’s Arctic, Victor- is, Czar, Monarch, Mitchelson and Peach Pium ;—onglirh varieties of the largeat size, beauuful appearance aud — fiuest qualiy.
[a setting ont an orchard, don’t forget to plant sume ot these plum trees, There is money ina good plum orchard. In cher ries we bave the sweet and = svur variecies. The hardiest of the sweet varieties are Governor Wood, Black Tartarian, Wini- sor and Black Heart. These sweet cherries come out in blossom early in the «pring, and are liable to be caught by the late «pring frosts, and for that reason are not as reliable as the morrello or sour varieties. Among the best avd hardiest of thix class are the large English Morello, Montmoren- cy. Roval Duke, May Duke, Alivet, Ast- kein, Early Richmond and Dyehouse. The Early Richmond bas been sold here and is a new and most wonderful variety. But after all it is only our own old standby red cherry that we have had here from vur grandmothers’ time,
There is noreason why growing cherries would not be profitable when during some seasous they will bring from ten to twenty five cents per quart. A good leamy soil ane one that is retentive of moisture is best suited for cherries. We know the fruit contains a very lage amount of water—so much so thatt is really neces- sary to save the moisture in tke soil to the greatest possible extent. Now, don’t pliant the cherry or any other fruit tree in low, wetsoi]. That is not whatI mean. But plant on the good land that is well drained, where it can be cultivated early in the spring, and by occasionally stirring the soil until the cherries are ripe they will be larger and better in every way. The cultivation of the smal! fruits 1s much the sameas for the larger oves, the ground should be rich and in a good state of culti-
THE DAILY FXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, APRIL 27, 1897
vation. Gooseberries and currants require @ moist, cool situation and the best way to keep the ground moist and cool is. by heavily mulching them. They may be planted along the rows of young apple tree, or if in a plantation by themse! vee, set them four feet apart each way. They can be cultivated both ways. That dir- tance apart will give about 2720 trees to the acre, Among the best varieties of gooseberries are the Downing, Smith’s [proved Industry, Keepsake, Houghton Seedling, Lankhsnire Lad, Telegraph and Warrington. The Houghton Seedling bears well but the berries are too small , unless given the highest cultivation. The’ Keepsake, Alma, Telegraph Warrington | and Industry are English varieties, and | and good berries. The berries are very | large and of good quality. ‘Lhe best varieties of black currants are Lee’s + rolific, Bang Down Black,and Black | Champion, all Eoglish varieties. The | best red are cherry red and Fay’s prolific. | The best White are Transparent, White La Var aillaise and White | Grape. Strawberries canbe, grown profitably on almost any good - rich soil, except where the water would | lie and form ice in winter. The plants | rhouid be set in rows four feet apart and ten inches apart in the rows. Cultivate between the rowe, making the borse and cultivater do the business. The most | profitable way is to let the plants make a matted row eighteen inches wide, and cut ali runners making out between the rows. The presence of weeds is one of the worst things the strawberry grower has to con-: tend with, and to make the matter worse the plants should mot be disturbed sae
the bearing season. The weeds that are
most troublesome when they get a toot-
hold are those that grow later in the sea-
son. They are always prolific im seed and
hard to kill, and they will occupy the| ground at the very time the new
plants are forming. Hence the neces-
sity of the mo-i thorongh work from
the time of setting ont the plants
iu the spring satil the ground freezes, in the fall. Mulch inthe fall after the} ground freezes with some material such as, marsh hay, coaree salt grass, or straw. manure and the less weed seeds there are; in this mulching the better for your peace — of miod afterwards. This mulching is
absolutely necessary to protect the plants | from heavieg out with the frost like clover roou, by the thawing and freezing of the
ground in winter and early spring. And now when you have planted out your orcn-
ard, don’t Jeave it to take care of itself as if you had no further interest. Doa’t desert
it at the very time it needs your care and
attention; but go in ard visit it, not
occasionally, but often. Make yourself acquainted with it, and every tree in ir,
also with the insects which attack them.
Be able tocall every tree by name. When | you go in take a hoe with you and cut out, all the weeds and grass that you see grow~ | ing around the trees, and stir the soil
about their roots, for if you want to make
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first day of December A. D. 1897.
Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Charlottetown as follows:— lst. A discount at the rate of Two and One- half Per Cent shall be allowed to all taxpayers who shall, on or befere the Fifteenth day of July next, A D 1897, pay tothe City Clerk, at his office, the taxes severally due by them for the current year on Real Estate and Personal Property for civie purposes. [S¢d.] W. E. DAWSON, Mayor of the City of Ch’town H. M. DAVISON, City Clerk.
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A By-law for levying and specify-
ing the rate of assessment on Real Estate and Personal Proper- ty in the City of Charlottetown for general Civic purposes under Statute 51 Victoria, Chapter 12.
Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Ubarlottetown as follows :—
Ist. The rate of assessment on Real Estate for general Civic purposes under said Statute, for the year commencing the first day of Jan- uary, A 1D 1897, and antes the thirty-first day of December, A D 1897, is hereby specified and fixed at the rate of one percent on every dol- lar of the value of Real Estate, as assessed by the Assessors of the said City of Charlotte- town in the General Assessment Book and Valuation Roll of all Real Estate and Person- al Property liable to taxation in said City, and of all persons liable to pay Poll Tax therein, made and duly returned by them on the fourth day of March, A D 187
2nd. The rate of assessment On Personal Property tor such general Civic purposes, for the year commencing the firstday of January AD 1897, and ending the thirty-first day of December, A D197, is hereby specified and fixed at the rate of one ver cent on every dol- larof the value of Personal Property as as- sessed by the Assessors of the said City in the said General Assessment Book and Valuation Roli, made and duly returned by them as
aforesaid. [sea } W. E. DAWSON, Mayor of the City of Ch’tewn H. M. DAVISON, City Clerk.
A By-Law for Levying and Specify- ing the Rate of Assessment on Real Estate and Personal Pro- perty and Poll in the City of Chariottetown for a Waterworks Fund, under Statute 50th Vis- toria, Chapter 8,
Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Charlottetown as follows :—
ist, Therate of Assessment on Real Estate fora Waterworks Fund under said Statute for the year commencing the first day of Jan~ uary, A D 1897, and ending the thirty-first day of December, A. D. 1897, is hereby specified and fixed at the rateof one-eighth of one per cent on every dollar Of the value of Real Es- tate »s assessed by the Assessors of the said City of Charlottetown in the general Assess- ment Book and Valuation Roll of all Real Es-
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tate and Persenai Property liable to taxation in said City, and all persons liable to paw Poli Tax therein made and duly returned by them on the fourtn day of March, A. D. 1597.
2nd. The rate of Assessment on Personal Property for such Water Works Fund for the year’ commencing Me first day of January A D Is. and endin¢ the thirty-firstday of Deer m ber, A. D, 189/, is hereby specified and fixed «tt e rate of one-eighth of one per cent oaevery dollar of the value of Personal Proper- ty as assessed by the Assessors of the said City in the said General Assessment Book and Va- tuation Roll, made and duly returned by them as aforesaid.
3rd. ‘the amount of Poll Tax to be paid by every Pree returned by the said Assessors in said General Assessment Book and Yaln- ation Roll as liable thereto for such Water works Fund under said Statute, for the year commencing the first day ot January, A, D. 1887. and ending the 3ist day of December,A D 1897, is hereby specified and fixed atthe sum of Ten Cents (10c) on the pollof every person so assessed and returned as aforesaid.
(Sgd.) W. kL. DAWSON, Mayor of the City of Ch’town H. M. DAVISON,
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