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read. Tlie publisher will give increased attention to this department, as the circulation 

 increases, and as he is enabled to spread this information before the purchasers, he may be 

 obliged to increase his charges to prevent the advertising from exceeding the limits of the 

 post-office regulations. The 20tli of the month is now rather late. 



Calendar of the Vineyakd. — We add, by the kindness and knowledge of R. Buchanan, 

 Esq., of Cincinnati, a Calendar of the operations in the vineyard, which is not only a new 

 feature, but a most valuable one. Coming as it does from the vicinage of the vineyards, 

 and penned by one of the most intelligent and observant of the cultivators of the vine, and 

 an esteemed writer upon it, we feel much pleased in presenting such results to our readers. 



The Illinois State Horticultural Society has organized in the right spirit, and discus- 

 sions on fruit have been held at Decatur — E. S. Hull, President, J. E. Starr, Recording 

 Secretary. This Society will be extremely useful, and we shall be pleased to receive. its 

 reports. 



Pears again. — We had hoped to have got rid of the subject of " Pears on the Quince,"' 

 leaving them to the test of time, but a cogent reply of Dr. Ward to Mr. Field's article in 

 last number, will require insertion at our hands, and, if we possibly can find room, shall 

 appear next month. 



The Cold of January has been even more severe than during the previous winter, and 

 has, we fear, again done injury to fruit and other trees. Tlie snow, however, proved a 

 protection to wheat, and, to some extent, to plants and even trees. The cold " cycle" which 

 has been upon us, it may be hoped, has reached its maximum. In this region, thermo- 

 meters exhibited various degrees of cold from 20° below zero to GO at the same time, and 

 at not greater distances than a mile or two apart, proving that there are eddies of cold air 

 not entirely influenced by elevation. It is believed, the intensity of cold has been as great 

 as any of the same duration during the settlement of the country. Skaters have had their 

 amusement at New Orleans, and in much of the southern country there has been great 

 suffering, while, at the north and northwest, it has been intolerable ; thermometers at 40^ 

 below zero are so often reported as not to be chronicable, and we are obliged to leave that 

 matter to some accurate meteorologists. 



Fruit in Canada. — In looking over the December number of the Horticulturist, 1 saw an 

 article — written by Cockburn and Brown, of Montreal — speaking of the apple-tree being 

 killed down ; they say it is a thing almost unknown with them. I find it one of the worst 

 things to contend with. Losing the terminal bud causes a crook at every year's growth, 

 which injures the looks of our trees very much. And another thing we have to contend 

 with — the heaving up of trees in the spring. In the nursery row we can manage them very 

 well, by furrowing up in the fall, but seedlings are difficult to manage. I am aware that 

 draining has a great deal to do with it. Perhaps Mr. Brown, or some other gentleman, will 

 give some information, through the Horticulturist, touching this matter. He speaks rather 

 unfavorably of the Early Harvest and the Baldwin. I am happy to say, that those two 

 famous apples are the most hardy we have here on the noi-thern shores of Lake Ontario ; as 

 for the Fameuse and St. Lawrence, they are very productive ; Burrasso, rather a poor keeper ; 

 Keswick Codlin, very hardy, and comes into bearing first of all; Hawthorndon, a great 

 bearer ; Alexander, a fine grower ; Read Astrachan, promises well ; R. I. Greening, a strag- 

 gling grower, but makes a fine tree ; Ribstou Pippin, a fine grower, and one of our most 

 profitable apples ; Northern Spy, I could not recommend for general cultivation ; Fa 

 pin. Spice Sweet, Talman Sweet, and Gravenstein, are among our very best apples, 



