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Purity ; Red, Delawai-e, Brighton and 

 Rogers' 3 and 9. (The Salem and 

 Agawam are too subject to mildew). 

 Black, Rogers' 44. (Rogers' 4 and 19 

 I have found to be very good.) I at- 

 tribute my success this year to the fact 

 that last fall I laid the vines down and 

 covered them. T did so for this reason : 

 I came to the conclusion, fi'om the un- 

 usually cold summer, that the wood and 

 buds did not ripen, and if left exposed 

 they would be killed by the frost. This 

 was the experience of some of my 

 neighbors. I intend to do the same 

 this fall, for I do not think the wood or 

 buds will be ripe enough to stand the 

 winter. I notice at this date a good 

 deal of the wood of a greenish hue. 



I have a few peach trees. In the 

 spring thei'e was a fair show of bloom, 

 but the May frost destroyed the fruit. 

 However, on the Early Canada I had 

 four fine peaches which were thoroughly 

 ripe on the 20th of August. 



Cherries had a fair show of blossom, 

 but no fruit, which I attribute to the 

 frost. 



Plums did not prosper either. I 

 tried Paris-green, but probably was too 

 late in putting it on. A neighbor told 

 me that he had destroyed the leaves on 

 his by, as he supposes, using too strong 

 a dose of Pai'is-green. 



I have had some little experience in 

 the vegetable line. I heard so much of 

 Bliss' American Wonder Pea that I 

 thought I would try it this year. I 

 sowed some and Carter's Little Gem at 

 the same time, and I prefer the latter 

 to the former. I sowed on April 11th 

 and gathered on the 25th June. I 

 found Carter's more prolific and just as 

 good eating. I, as a rule, sow the Gem 

 and Blue Petercorn, which has not been 

 a success this year. I always put in 

 the Tom Thumb (dwarf kind) for an 

 early crop, and have found it very sat- 

 isfactory. Sto well's evergreen corn has 



been a poor crop ; several of the cobs 

 had no corn at all on them and a great 

 number only half covered. I suppose 

 the seed must have been poor. 



Turnips do not succeed with me ; 

 they are hard and stringy, possibly 

 from being a sandy soil. Beets do 

 well. I put in Extra Early Egyptian 

 Blood Turnip and find them very sweet 

 and tender, and for the winter crop 

 " Half Long Dark Blood." 



Carrots also do well. I find the 

 " Early Scarlet Horn" and " Half 

 long Scarlet Nantes" to answer for the 

 summer and winter. 



Cabbage do fairly well. Cauliflower 

 did very well last year, but this year 

 have been a failure. The caterpillar, 

 of course, attacks them, but I manage 

 to get all I want. 



Tomatoes. — I have this year the 

 " Pai'agon" and " Livingstone's Perfec- 

 tion." Both are very fine and well- 

 flavored. I have, however, found many 

 to rot, but the production is so large 

 that the decayed ones are not missed. 

 I have the '' Mayflower ;" it is a very 

 good Tomato. I put the plants in on 

 the 12th June, and gathered fruit on 

 13th August, earlier than from the 

 others, but the flavor, in my opinion, 

 is not so good as that of the " Paragon" 

 or " Perfection." 



I planted celery the new way, i.e., 

 not in trenches, and have found it to 

 answer very well notwithstanding there 

 was so much dry weather in August. 



Lastly, I bind the Canadian Horti- 

 culturist when I have three volumes ; 

 that is, I bind three volumes in one, and 

 find them make a handy book and 

 easier of reference. 



Hoping I have not tried yours and 

 the readers' patience. 



Believe me, faithfully yours, 



Alfred Hoskin. 



