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this [>art of the country, and says it 

 may be of little value. We do not 

 think so. A limited experience is bet- 

 ter than no experience at all. He goes 

 on to say that he has made four mis- 

 takes, and that was planting the 

 Northern S])y, Baldwin, R. T. Greening 

 and Rox Russet. And all this mistake, 

 because he thinks the Northern Spy too 

 long in coming into bearing. The Bald- 

 win and the others may not do on some 

 soils, but they will do on others, there- 

 fore, we should not condemn them, and 

 say they will not do in this pai-t of the 

 country. Again ,No. 2), from North 

 Simcoe, seems to understand something 

 about the good and bad qualities of 

 fruit, and which will succeed in this | 

 part, and so on. But we have such ! 

 varieties of soil and location, that what 

 will do on one farm will not do on an- 

 other. And yet, when we come to 

 examine in the aggregate, we find that 

 nearly all the winter and autumn fruits 

 do well ; and also many of our summer 

 kinds do excellent, yielding good, clean 

 fruit, and unequalled in quality and 

 size. 



I wish, Sir, to put things right, if 

 nossible. I believe these kinds of dis- 

 cussions are for good. To be brief and 

 make a long story short, I have been 

 trying to raise apples these fifty-two 

 years in this part of the country. I 

 have made many mistakes, and yet have 

 succeeded to a limited extent. In 

 speaking of apples, I have over twenty 

 trees -trees have been out twenty-tour 

 years — of Northern Spy in my orchard, 

 and they are as healthy as any trees I 

 have, and produce as good crops, and 

 as fine fruit as any other kinds, and 

 much more saleable in the spring. 

 They are long in bearing, but they get 

 to be large trees before they bear, and 

 then they require strong soil. Plenty 

 of ashes and manure, and then you will 

 have quality and quantity that will 

 trive you satisfaction for years. The 



Northern Spy will grow in the North 

 of Simcoe. The Baldwin I have top 

 grafted, and it has done well. The R. 

 1. Greening does not do quite so well, 

 although I have had some good crops. 

 I cannot condemn it. The Russets of 

 all kinds have done fairly well. Our 

 soil is clay, sandy loam, and strong loam 

 and gravel, all within five acres. But, 

 Sir, the gi-eat secret of success is to 

 attend to your trees, get good stock, 

 plant it right, and attend to it. Keep 

 it clean, and feed the trees well, if you 

 want fruit, and then you will have 

 pleasure in the labor of your hands. 

 But, above all, let all the farmers that 

 have only a few trees, become readers 

 of the Horticnltarist, and members of 

 the Fruit Growers' Association, and 

 they will never repent it. 



0. H. 



STRAW BKRRIES. 



Mr. Editor, — I sent you a state- 

 ment last year of my success with the 

 Wilson Strawberry the year before, 

 and the plan of treatment. 



The same course was followed last 

 season with still greater success. Four 

 hundred baskets were taken from less 

 than five rods of ground. I am pur- 

 suing the same course with them this 

 year and hope for success, but do not 

 expect to outdo last year. 



J. B. Aylwobth. 



CoUingwood. 



The Amekicax Association of 

 Nurserymen, Florists and Seedsmen 

 hold their next annual meeting in the 

 City of Chicago, on the 18th of June, 

 continuing three days. Their head- 

 quarters will be at the Sherman House. 

 The objects of this Association are the 

 cultivation of pei-sonal acquaintance, 

 exchange of products, perfection of 

 methods of culture, packing, etc. 



