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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



here. But the Taylor comes through 

 in beautiful condition, and it is now 

 bearing finely with me. It is not of the 

 largest size ; but an inch to an inch-and- 

 a-quarter long gives a berry good 

 enough to sell very fast at good prices, 

 and plenty good enough to eat when it 

 is of the sweet excellence of this variety. 

 I like the Taylor, too, because it does 

 not run all to ram[)ant " wood growth" 

 on rich land. Manure it as if it was a 

 raspberry and see if it will not be re- 

 markably profitable in any region too 

 cold for peaches, which ripen at about 

 the same time. — T. C. Robinson, Owen 

 Sound, in the Canadian Farmer. 



RELATIVE HARDINESS OF CERTAIN 

 SMALL FRUITS. 



The sevei'e and continued cold of the 

 past winter seems to have severely 

 tried the endurance of many varieties 

 of small fruits in this vicinity. Among 

 strawberries Charles Downing, Ken- 

 tucky, Bid well, Miner's Prolific, Sharp- 

 less, Crescent, and, we may add, Big 

 Bob, seem to have withstood the ordeal 

 perfectly, even where left unprotected 

 by the drifting away of the covering of 

 snow ; while, under similar circum- 

 stances. Champion, Triomphe de Gand, 

 Finch's Prolific, Crystal City, and a 

 long list of others, both old and new, 

 are badly injured and in a few instances 

 nearly annihilated. 



The red raspberries, including the 

 new varieties Hansell and Superb, have 

 almost invariably escaped injury at 

 least at the lake shore ; although we 

 cannot say as much of the cap varieties, 

 some of which are somewhat injured. 

 Shaffer, New Rochelle and Caroline, 

 which are reputed hybrids between the 

 reds and caps, ai'e to all ap[)earance un- 

 harmed, and the same is nearly or quite 

 true of Davison's Thornless, Souhegan, 

 Tyler, Ohio and Mammoth Cluster ; 

 l)ut we regret to say that the new popu- 



lar favorite, the Gregg, is open to con- 

 siderable complaint in this respect. 



We went carefully through our trial 

 plantations of blackberries after growth 

 had well started, and noted their con- 

 dition as follows : — 



Ancient Briton — Nearly untouched. 



Bruntons Early— ^ei,([\y injured. 



Crystal White — Killed to the snow 

 line ; same last year. 



Dorchester — Slightly injured. 



Early Harvest — Killed to the snow 

 line ; same last year. 



Knox —Considerably injured. 



Kittatinny — Considerably killed 

 back. 



Lawton — Considerably injured. 



Mc Cracke7i—S\ igh tly iuj ured . 



Missouri Mammoth — Slightly in- 

 jured. 



Snyder — Entirel y unin j u red. 



Stayman's Early — Slightly injured. 



Stones Hardy — Entirely uninjured. 



Taylor ( Prolific) — Uniitjured. 



Wachusett Thornless — Uninj ured. 



Wallace — Nearly uninjured. 



Western Trium,ph — Uninjured. 



Wilson's Early — A good deal killed 

 back. 



We set a few trial plants, a year 

 since, of the brownish pink blackberry, 

 of which samples were sent to the 

 Farmer by Mr Parrish, of Barry Co., 

 last season. These made a fair growth 

 last season, and came through the win- 

 ter entirely uninjured. The plants 

 made a moderate growth last year and 

 are producing fruit this season. The 

 wood as well as the fruit is very light 

 in color. 



Snyder, Taylor, Stone and one or 

 two others will set a full crop of fruit 

 this season, while Early Harvest and 

 Crystal White do not show a live fruit 

 bud. 



Bartle, Mammoth and Lucretia dew- 

 berries are set for an abundant crop of 

 fruit, as they were, of course, out of 



