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THE CANADIAN HOKTICULTURIST. 



iihe DoiBinioii. I think the same re- 

 marks apply to pears as to apples. It is 

 only the hardiest varieties that succeed 

 here, but those that do succeed here, 

 produce very fine specimens of fruit. 

 We can grow a great many varieties of 

 plums, although the black knot and 

 curculio attack them here as well as 

 elsewhere. But I believe that the 

 most successful way of raising the 

 finer kinds is to top-graft them into 

 the native seedlings. As to cherries 

 the Early Richmond takes the lead. 

 It seems to be the standard vai'iety for 

 this country. I have tried year after 

 year to raise the black and yellow 

 kinds but have always failed. It 

 seems to be too far north for them. I 

 beli.eve the Fruit Growers' Association 

 of Ontario is doing a grand work in 

 the dissemination of knowledge on mat- 

 •ters pertaining to growing fruit, and in 

 introducing new varieties. And here 

 let me say that the country owes a 

 debt of gratitude to those men who 

 have spent time and money in propa- 

 gating, testing, and introducing new 

 varieties of fruit suitable to the varied 

 climate of this countiy. Those men 

 have done their fellow-countrymen a 

 ;service that should not be soon foi'got- 

 ten. They have left very legible foot- 

 prints on tlie sands of time. I am 

 •one of those who believe there is a 

 great future for Ontario as a fruit 

 growing Province. It is making rapid 

 strides at ])resent, thanks to the Fruit 

 Growei-s' Association, and to those vet- 

 eran fruit growers who have associated 

 themselves together in this society, 

 and given to their fellow-countrymen 

 the benefit of their vast experience. 

 Some [leople said years ago " Oh, 

 what's the use of planting fruit, it will 

 be a drug in the market in a few 

 years." But instead of that, as years 

 roll on, the demand keeps increasing. 

 Fruit never brought so good a price as 

 it is doing the present winter. And 



now, Mr. Editor, excuse me for occupy- 

 ing so much of your valuable space. 

 At some future time I hope to afflict 

 you again with a letter on the growing 

 of small fruits in this district. Wish- 

 ing you and the Association every suc- 

 cess. I am, yours respectfully, 



G. 0. Gaston. 

 [Note. — Such letters as this are the 

 kind of affliction that is changed to 

 pleasure. We hope our kind corres- 

 pondent will soon favour our readers 

 with his experience in cultivating 

 small fruits. Such lessons from personal 

 experience are of gi^eat value. — Ed] 



APPLE TREES IN IOWA. 

 Your note on page 71 is too sweep- 

 ing. On our black prairie soils all 

 varieties of grade of hardiness of Ben 

 Davis were killed. But the Duchess, 

 Wealthy, Wolf River, Plumb's Cider, 

 and othei's of this grade stood. On 

 light-colored bluff" soils the Ben Davis, 

 Grimes' Golden, Willow, etc., were not 

 much injured. Yet the losses in the 

 prairie States were truly immense, as 

 the greater part of the whole area has 

 the black soil. The Russians are all 

 hardy, that is the true Russians from 

 the interior. Yours, 



J. L. BUDD. 



CANADA BALDWIN. 

 The Arnprior Nurseries say of this 

 variety, "We find it as hardy as any 

 of the following :— Wealthy, Duchess, 

 Tetofsky, Montreal Peach and Plumb's 

 cider. And any of the above will 

 stand our hardest winter. It is also a 

 very free grower, but not so free as the 

 Wealthy. It came out all right when 

 the Fameuse was badly wijiter killed. 

 It does not do well on light soils, it 

 prefers a heavy loam touching on clay, 

 on liglit soils it grows very slowly 

 while on heavy soils it is a fine grower. 



G. H. J. 



