THE CANADIAN HOR'ncULTUEIST. 



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Silked in days from planting. Date. 



Early Eight-rowed 78 Aug. 2 



Amber Cream 78 " 2 



Asylum 79 " 3 



Excelsior 79 " 3 



Triumph 81 " 5 



Hickox 82 " 6 



Egyptian 84 " 8 



Stowell's Evergreen 84 " 8 



NePlus Ultra 85 " 9 



Mammoth 86 " 10 



In regard to quality, we can only ex- 

 pre.ss our own taste : some people pre- 

 fer a corn less sweet than do others. 

 The Ne Plus Ultra is exceptionally- 

 fine, bat is late ; Crosby's Early, to our 

 taste, is the best of the earlies, although 

 Early Marblehead is very good. The 

 Golden Sweet we have not eaten of our 

 own raising, but such as we have tried 

 elsewhere has been peculiarly rich in 

 flavor. The Black Mexican is white 

 while in edible condition, but is apt to 

 cook slightly blue-tinged so as to cause 

 the appearance on the table to be unat- 

 tractive. Its quality, however, is very 

 sweet. E. Lewis Sturtevaxt, 



Director. 



DISEASED RASPBERRY CAXES. 



We have received from Mr. Robert 

 Stark of Woodstock samples of rasp- 

 berry canes which were nearly covered 

 with patches that .shewed evident traces 

 of injury from some cause, resulting in 

 decay to the affected parts. Mr. Stark 

 writes as follows .• " I send you a slip 

 from some black caps, I think Gregg, 

 grown here, which have been planted 

 for six years and fruited well for two 

 years. Since then they have gradually 

 become afflicted with the disease which 

 has at last killed them completely. Do 

 you know the cause, and is there any 

 remedy ? Your kind answer will oblige 

 in next number of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association Journal." 



The editor apologizes to Mr. Stark 

 for the non-appearance of an earlier re- 

 ply. The letter of inquiry came to 



hand on the 18th of April. In order 

 that the Eorticulturist may be mailed 

 on the first of each mouth, it is neces- 

 sary that the matter be in type by the 

 loth of the preceding month, so that 

 the May number was already in the 

 hands of the printer when his letter 

 was received. Besides this, the months 

 of April and May are so crowded with 

 business mattei-s that your editor is com- 

 pelled to make up the June number 

 before his bu.sy season comes on, so that 

 it was impossible to give this subject 

 the attention which its importance de- 

 manded in time for the June number. 

 As to the cause of this disease we 

 can not speak with confidence. It 

 would be necessary to see the canes 

 when first shewing symptoms of the 

 attack, and probably again during the 

 progress of the malady. It seems, 

 from the appearance presented in the 

 dry state, to have been attacked by 

 some fungoid plant, such as the rasp- 

 berry rust, which has fed upon the tis- 

 sues of the cane and sucked out its life. 

 Perhaps Mr. Stark may be able to find 

 some growing canes similarly aff'ected 

 and send them to our President for 

 examination under his powerful micro- 

 scope, by which the cause of the trouble 

 may be conclusively revealed. 



A XEW FIXE-FOLIAGED SHRUB. 



fPrunus Pissardi.J 



It seems a pity to let the pi-esent 

 planting season pass without directing 

 attention to this, the most distinct and 

 beautiful of shrubs or trees with colored 

 leaves, which have originited in gardens 

 or have been introduced to cultivation 

 for many years. Mons. Carrifere truly 

 remarks that it is certainly the most 

 remai'kable plant which has been intro- 

 duced for some years. Besides its being 

 a novelty Calways a recommendation in 

 itself), it is interesting from two points 

 of view, as a fruit tree as w^ell as a 

 " foliage " plant. The leaves are an in- 



