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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



■out all his stock early and could have 

 disposed of more if he had had a greater 

 number of trees. 



Mr. Conn is making an addition to 

 his fruit farm by adding an acre of 

 grapes ; these he is growing on trellises 

 between the apple trees. The whole 

 orchard is beautifully clean; the culti- 

 vator is kept running very frequently 

 during the summer months. He has 

 also upwards of an acre devoted to 

 gooseberries and currants. The varie- 

 ties grown of the former are Houghton, 

 Downing, Smith's Improved and an 

 English kind, name not known. The 

 berry is half as large again as Smith's. 

 Tlie gooseberry crop, which, as a rule, 

 has set poorly about here, on his 

 grounds will be simply enormous. His 

 curi'ants, with the exception of Lee's 

 Prolific and White Grape, are all red, 

 the varieties grown are the Victoria 

 and London Red. He is jj;etting: rid of 

 the common red and cherry varieties as 

 not affording such good returns as the 

 othei's. He lias between one and two 

 acres of strawberries ; these are also 

 planted among the smaller and younger 

 orchard trees. One lot is too old for a 

 crop, and the other was planted this 

 spring, so that his strawberry pros- 

 pects are not very encouraging. I ad- 

 vised his putting in some Cuthbert 

 raspberries so as to continue his small 

 fruit season until his early apples were 

 tit to gather. 



On a gravelly knoll just outside of 

 Kemptville, I observed some apple 

 trees of great age, and on enquiry found 

 they were full-grown ti-ees when the 

 present oldest inhabitant reached the 

 then str-aggling village. I judge from 

 this they ai'e from 5U to 6U years old ; 

 they are now fast declining, and I am 

 glad to be able to put on record that 

 they still exist, as it is a proof of the 

 lougevity of the apple in the locality. 

 These trees are seedlings, but the fruit 



grown on them is said to be of fair 

 quality. 



Mr. Conn's excellent example as a 

 fruit-grower is being followed by the 

 people ai-ound him, as many of the farms 

 along the road bear witness by the apple 

 trees planted upon them. He is also a 

 member of the Fruit Growex-'s Associa- 

 tion, which I trust he will be able to 

 extend next spring in his vicinity. 



After si)ending a very pleasant day 

 at the hospitable abode of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Conn, who were surrounded by 

 four fine boys, and inspecting the 

 beautiful rolling countiy dotted here 

 and there with fine brick and stone 

 farm-houses, as far as the town of 

 Oxford Mills, I returned to Ottawa 

 well pleased with my visit and the 

 entertainment accorded me. 



EXPERIENCE IX SHIPPIXCx APPLES 

 TO XOVA SCOTIA. 



My Dear Sir, — Noticing in The 

 Horticulturist for September, in a 

 letter from Mr. Charles E. Brown, of 

 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, an unfavor- 

 able criticism respecting my shipment 

 of apples to that market last year, I 

 thought perhaps it would be wise to 

 give some account of the same for the 

 benefit of others. 



In the first place, it is a question 

 whether it will ever be an object to ex- 

 port apples in any quantity from On- 

 tario to Nova Scotia, because good 

 apples are grown in such abundance in 

 Annapolis and in other parts that lai'ge 

 quantities are frequently exported. 

 Therefore, nothing but veiy superior 

 stock would ))resent any advantage to 

 buyers there. Then the distance is so 

 great that only the very best packing, 

 such as is needed for shipping to Liver- 

 pool, will answer, and the expense per 

 bbl. of carriage is not much less, being 

 90c. per bbl. on a carload from Grimsby 

 to Yarmouth. 



Now, if it is a question whether it 



