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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



NOVA SCOTIA APPLES 

 Were sold in London, England, this 

 fall at good pi'ices. Ribston Pippin 

 brouglit from 17s. sterling to 25s. 6c?., 

 Blenheim Orange 17s. Go?, to 20s., 

 King of Tompkins 20s.. Gravenstein 

 15s. to ISs. Buyers were well satis- 

 fied with the quality and condition, 

 and the demand at the above prices 

 was brisk. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



Mr. Editor, — Is there such a nur- 

 sery in Toronto as the Dominion Nur- 

 seiies 1 If so, who is the proprietor '] 



Shedd and Pax-ks claim to be the 

 general agents of that nursery in the 

 State of Indiana. Your early reply 

 will oblige, 



S. J. M. 



Auburn, Indiaua. 



Reply. — We do not know any such 

 nursery. Will our Toronto readers 

 please enlighten us. 



RUSSIAN MULBERRY. 



Mr. Editor, — Will you have the 

 kindness to give the readers of the 

 Horticulturist some information with 

 reference to the pruning of the Russian 

 Mulberry? I find the habit of the 

 young plant is to throw up several 

 shoots from the root. In transplant- 

 ing to where destined to remain, would 

 you or would you not recommend the 

 training up of a single stem to form a 

 trunk for the tree 1 



Respectfully yours, 



J. Knowlton. 



1. Is it advisable to lay down hardy 

 gi ape vines in winter 1 



2. Is wire preferable to wood for 

 trellis, and how high should trellis be 

 madel 



3. Name six or eight best varieties 

 for our locality, soil a clay loam. 



H. BODWELL. 

 Mt. Elgin, 17th Nov., 1884. 



Reply. — 1. It is advisable to lay 

 them, down. 2. No, it is purely a 

 question of convenience and economy. 

 3. Agawam, Brigliton, Concord, Dela- 

 wax-e, Early Victor, Jessica, Lindley, 

 Wilder. 



Reply. — It 

 single stem. 



should be trained to a 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



REPORT ON FRUIT. 



UiN'io>j Exhibition, Cobourg, Octobbr 

 14th and lOTH. 



On arriving at the Fair grounds on 

 the 14th, I found the Directors in 

 session, filling vip vacancies in and 

 arranging the Judges lists. I was re- 

 quested to act as one of the judges on 

 fruit. The other two judges were found 

 immediately. We went to work at 

 once, and none too soon, for on arriving 

 at the hall we found a very large dis- 

 play of fruit, the judging of which kept 

 us busily employed until evening. 



The next morning I waited until my 

 patience was exhausted for friend 

 Dempsey (who had promised to assist 

 me), and tlien went to work alone and 

 took notes to enable me to furnish the 

 following particulars respecting this 

 really excellent fruit exhibition : — 



Twelve varieties of apples, four of 

 each named. The first ])rize lot con- 

 sisted of twelve varieties only, all excel- 

 lent s[)ecimens, and all named correctly. 

 The second prize lot consisted of tsventy- 

 three varieties, containing many good 

 specimens, but a larger number of in- 



