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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



the vine and cut into lengths of two or 

 three buds, and these cuttings are set in 

 the ground -with the uppermost bud 

 just above the surface. In our climate 

 it is better to take the cuttings before 

 midwinter, and keep them in moist 

 sand or sawdust until time for planting 

 in the spring. 



Can any of your correspondents 

 favor me "with information respecting 

 the shipping of apples to England, 

 freight charges, reliable mei'chants in 

 Toronto or liverpool to ship them to, 

 and the average price for carefvilly 

 packed Golden Russets and Ribston 

 Pippins 1 Any information will much 

 oblige. 



Mrs. H. C. Gwyn, 

 Staplehurst, Dundas. 



To THE Editor of the Canadian Horticulturist. 



SiK, — I would be much obliged if 

 you would answer the following ques- 

 tions if you can : — 1st. Is the tree you 

 offer as prize to members, under the 

 name of " Canada" Baldwin the same 

 as the Baldwin named in the Nurseries 

 Catalogue, under the name of Baldwin ? 

 Description : — Winter ; large, brown 

 red, juicy and rich ; very pi'oductive ; 

 one of the best winter apples ; January 

 to April. If not can you tell me the 

 difference 'I 



2nd. Can you send a different tree 

 than this to any who do not wish the 

 Canada Baldwin, say the Wealthy, or 

 the one named below, " Stump f 



3rd. Do you know of an apple called 

 the " Stump," and is it any good 1 A 

 gentleman near here obtained one or 

 two fi'om a person in the United 

 States, under that name, and they are 

 doing well as young trees ; about four 

 years planted. 



Pears do well here on my land when 

 they live. They are apt to die from 

 blight the first year, or to be injured 



by cracking of bark in stem. Bartlett^ 

 &c., Flemish Beauty, &c., and Winter, 

 do not know. Am about to try A, 

 D'Ete, Bartlett, C. Favorite, Duchess 

 D'A., Louise De Jersey, Josephine De 

 Malines, Jaminette, Toronto Belle, 

 and Pound or St. Germain. Will let 

 you know the result. 



I see some one says cherries cannot 

 be grown here. Well, T have none 

 myself, as I only planted one and it got 

 destroyed accidentally ; but I have 

 seen good cherries grown around here. 

 One I can see from where I write, a 

 young tree, bore a few last year and 

 the year before ; only four years old. 

 Plums will not grow on the land where 

 these cherries grow. Ground, a clay ; 

 rather wet spring and fall. I have had 

 little or no fruit yet. From apples, 

 young trees four years planted, I had 

 three Duchess of Oldenburg this year, 

 with about fifty apples on among them, 

 but they had no chance to show them- 

 selves, as they were either blown off or 

 taken. Four of other kinds had a small 

 number of apples on that shared the 

 same fate. They were very much like 

 Duchess of Oldenburgs but smaller. I 

 coidd not expect much as the trees only 

 cost six cents each in the nursery, and 

 last spring some one left my gate open 

 and cattle got in and nearly destroyed 

 a large number, quite finishing five. 

 Yours, &c., 



J. s. 



Owen Sound, Aug. 28, 1884. 



Reply. — 1st. The Canada Baldwin 

 is not the same as the Baldwin. It is 

 a native Canadian. 



2nd. You can choose any one of the 

 several articles offered by the Associa- 

 tion. 



3rd. There is an apple known as the 

 " Stump." Charles Downing says that 

 the fruit is medium or below in size, 

 quality good to very good, ripe in 

 September and October. 



