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and flavor of and sending up suckers like 

 the true raspberry, while the plant has 

 the wood, foliage, and habit of the Caps, 

 and like them also roots from the tips; 

 but wonderful indeed as the effect of 

 hybridization is, I am not prepared to 

 "believe that the raspberry has been 

 crossed by the strawberry, as was repre- 

 sented at a late exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of London. 



The Marlborough raspberry promises 

 well ; plants sent me in May gave fruit 

 July 10th to August 1st ; a remarkable 

 robust plant, having shoots four to six 

 feet in height, and hardy ; it will be an 

 acquisition. 



I3at I have written too much already, 

 and will close by assuring you of my 

 desire for the prosperity and usefulness 

 of your journal and the cause to which 

 it is devoted. 



Dorchester, August 14, 1884, 



THE WEALTHY APPLE. 



BY T. H. HOSKINS, M.D. 



This fine iron-clad fruit, which has 

 proved such a " bonanza " to the fruit 

 growers of the " cold north," has spread 

 along our northern frontier and into 

 the adjoining Provinces with wonder- 

 ful rapidity, so that although it is 

 only about fifteen years since the ori- 

 ginal tree bore its first apple, bearing 

 trees and even orchards of it are to be 

 found at short distances all the way 

 from Washington Territory to the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. The fruit itself 

 has as few faults as any apple grown, j 

 being of good size, fine color, regular 

 shape, a good shipper, " very good" to 

 " best" in quality for eating out of hand, 

 and for cooking. In season, like the 

 Baldwin, it varies from early fall to all 

 winter, according to locality, but in 

 the northern part of Maine, Vermont 

 and New Hamjishire and in Quebec 

 and New Brunswick it will keep until 

 March or April without serious loss. The 

 tree is a rapid and erect grower while 



voung. very much resembling in the 

 habit of growth and early and profuse 

 bearing the Russian apples of the type 

 of the Duchess of Oldenburgh. If al- 

 lowed to bear when young the growth 

 is checked, and the tree sometimes in- 

 jured. This should be avoided byre- 

 moving all or nearly all the fruit, until 

 the ti"ee has reached two or three inches 

 in diameter, which is usually about five 

 veai's after setting. — Rural New Yorker. 



PPtOSPECT PARK. 



About two miles from the City Hall 

 or true center of Brooklyn, Long Island, 

 and a half hour's ride by the horse-cars 

 from the principal ferries of that city, 

 is situated a pleasure-ground which in 

 some respects we may term the most 

 noteworthy in America. Prospect Park 

 with its five hundred acres is by no 

 means the largest or most elaborate 

 place of public resort in the country, 

 but it has this one distinguishing char- 

 acteristic above all other parks in that 

 it realizes in the highest degree the 

 true pastoral idea, the embodiment of 

 which gives the old English lawn its 

 special and peculiar charm. 



The main approach to Prospect Park 

 is perhaps the most artistic feature it 

 possesses. A great oval paved space of 

 ten acres, called the Plaza, and situated 

 at the junction of Flatbush and Ninth 

 avenues, introduces the visitor at once 

 to the most agreeable and impressive 

 portion of the park. Embracing from 

 its high point of vantage a comprehen- 

 sive view of Brooklyn for miles, the 

 efiect of this Plaza is greatly enhanced 

 by the character of its boundary lines, 

 which consist of several mounds twenty- 

 five feet high, covered with choice Ever- 

 greens. It is curious to note how, with 

 all their actual artifice, these mounds 

 impress the observer as genuine bits of 

 the natural formation of the i-egion. 

 In the centre of the Plaza is a colossal 



