THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



15 



THE NIAGARA GRAPE. 



To THE Editor of the Canadian Hokticulturist. 



I see in the November number of 

 your valuable paper a copied article on 

 the Niagara grape, which you say you 

 copy for the benefit of your readers, 

 and to contribute your mite towards 

 keeping the grape before the public, and 

 I also have decided to give my experi- 

 ence of the Niagara grape through the 

 Horticulturist as often as I think it 

 will be of any service to the growers of 

 vineyards. I should take it, that the 

 writer of the Wine and Fruit Grower 

 had only seen the gi-ape for once, and 

 based his opinion on that exhibition 

 alone, which would hardly be a fair 

 test. As I have had some experience 

 in grape culture for the last fifteen 

 years, I may venture to give my opin- 

 ion of the Niagara. I visited the vine- 

 yards of the Niagara Grape Co., at 

 Lockport, N. Y., in the f\ill of 1882, 

 and saw three acres of this grape in 

 bearing, and from its extra productive- 

 ness, healthy foliage, and apimrent good 

 qualities, I decided at once to plant 700 

 of the vines, and did so last spring. 

 Although I was disappointed when I got 

 them, they being so small, yet I was 

 determined to give them a fair trial, 

 and I must say that I have never seen 

 vines make a more vio;oi'ous growth. 

 I again visited the Niagara vineyards 

 in the fall of 1883, which is well known 

 to have been a veiy poor year for grapes, 

 and I again found an abundant crop of 

 grapes well ripened and of fine quality. 

 Desiring to test their shipping qualities, 

 I pi'ocured some and sent them to 

 Winnipeg, and they were received there 

 in perfect ox-der. So firmly am I im- 

 pressed with the market value of this 

 grape as a keeper and shippei', that I 

 have given my order for 1,000 more 

 vines to plant next spring, and I have 

 no fears of getting left either. 



If the Niagara grape proves to be a 

 failure, I think the sooner that people 



know it the better ; Init if it proves to 

 be a profitable grape foi our country, 

 give it its just due. As a wine grape 

 I do not profess to be a judge, but I do 

 think it would only be fair to give it a 

 thorough test as a wine grape, and then 

 give the results to the people, and do 

 away with any question or doubt as to 

 whether the wine made was the pro- 

 duction of the Niagara or not. 



Aaron Cole. 

 St. Catharines, Ont. 



Note by the Editor. — The experi- 

 ence of cultivators is just what we 

 desire to have sent for publication. It 

 is worth more as a guide to others than 

 any mere opinion not based upon ex- 

 perience possibly can be. And that not 

 only in regard to one fruit, but with 

 regard to everything. Our Canadian 

 cultivators are especially requested to 

 send the results of their experience for 

 publication in the Canadian Horticul- 

 turist. 



PUMP FOll SPRAYING FRUIT TREES. 



To THE Editor of the Canadian Horticulturist. 



Dear Sir, — In the June number of 

 your paper I saw an enquiry from Mr. 

 Geo. Strauchan, for a good, eflicient 

 orchard force pump, for spraying poison- 

 ous liquids on fruit trees for the purpose 

 of destroying the aphis, codlin moth, 

 canker worm, and other insects so fatal 

 to our fruit. Last year I used one of 

 Field's orchard force punq^s, manufac- 

 tured in this city. I used one-fourth 

 pound of London purple in forty 

 gallons of water ; kept it well mixed by 

 pumping through the hose back into 

 the cask ; threw it above the tree 

 allowing it to fiill back in a spray. I 

 had nicer fruit than I ever had before 

 from this orchard; in fact, my pears 

 were entirely free from worms, while 

 my neighbor's were wormy and most of 



