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THE CANADIAN HOKTTCULTDKIST. 



general appearance of berry and bunch, 

 and foliage, oui- readers are referred to 

 the excellent colored illustration, exe- 

 cuted by Canadian artists, Rolph, Smith 

 & Co., of Toronto. 



The venerable President of the Ameri- j 

 can Pomological Society, the Hon. M. I 

 P. Wilder, in a letter to the wi-iter says, 

 "Its pulp js remarkably free from hardi' 

 ness, and to my taste entirely free from 

 the aroma of our native species. It re- 

 sembles in appearance the Chasselas 

 type, and affords another illustration of 

 the progress which has been made in the 

 improvement of the grape in our day." 

 The late H. E. Hooker, of Rochester, 

 N. Y., wrote of it, " the quality of the 

 fruit and its fine flavor pleased me very 

 much." 



John Hoskins, Esq., of Toronto, says 

 of it, "I consider it an excellent grape, 

 has not the slightest taint of ' fox', and 

 is, I think, the earliest grape I have." 



Mr. John Blain, of Louth, Lincoln 

 County, says "having fruited the Jes- 

 sica five or six years I can bear evidence 

 that it is remarkably productive, very 

 hardy, and without a rival in quality, of 

 medium size, and a good keeper." 



Mr. James Taylor, of St. Catharines, 

 says, " I have fruited the Jessica two 

 years, have found it hardy, very prolific, 

 and free from mildew or any other dis- 

 ease. I consider it superior to most of 

 the new varieties, and know of no better 

 white grape." 



These are the opinions expressed by 

 those who have some knowledge of this 

 new variety. What the result of moi'e 

 extended trial in a great variety of soils, 



different exposures and yet colder lati- 

 tudes will be, can only be told after 

 some years. In the mean while those 

 who may give it a trial are requested 

 to give the results ef their experiment 

 to the readei-s of this magazine. If our 

 readers all over the province would only 

 give each other the benefit of their ex- 

 perience tlii'ough the columns of the 

 Canadian Horticulturist we would soon 

 arrive at the value of any given fruit 

 in any and every part of Ontario. 



Mr. A. A. Wright, of Renfrew, Di- 

 rector of our Association for the second 

 district makes this appeal, which the 

 editor most heartily indorses. "Ifihe 

 Canadian Horticidturist is to V>e a grand 

 success — as we all hope it will be — it 

 must rely largely on contributions from 

 our members for variety, freshness, and 

 interesting information. It is permitted 

 to no one man to monopolize all the 

 horticultural or floral information ob- 

 tainable, but it is scattered through the 

 minds of many. Should each member 

 therefoi'e of our Association furnish but 

 one letter annually to our monthly, how 

 much more interesting might it not be 

 made] Can we not prevail on a good 

 number to try what they can do?" Will' 

 not you, gentle reader, contribute some- 

 thing to these pages this year ] 



TAYLOR'S PROLIFIC BLACKBERRY. 

 It would seem that this variety has 

 not proved to be as hardy in Iowa as 

 the Snyder. It produces lai'ger berries, 

 which ripen a few days later, and are 

 described as being long, about the shape 

 of a short ended thimble ; sweet, high 



