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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Paeonies in 19101 



John Carert, Oakvill*, Oat. 



The pseony season of 1910 was remarkable 

 for its brevity. The season uas late all over 

 the continent, but it was an excellent one to 

 show amateurs the great possibilities in the 

 paeony. The long season of growth begin- 

 ning here in the middle of March with an 

 abundance cf moisture and a low tempera- 

 ture, seldom however, so low as the freez- 

 ing point, gave the hardy pseony an unusual 

 opportunity to develop large, strong 

 blooming buds. The large-flowering vari- 

 eties such as Festiva Maxima, Marie Le- 

 moine, Madame Cabot, Duchesse de Ne- 

 mours, Mathilde de Roseneck, Mons Jules 

 Elie, and others, responded magnificently. 



While the season was favorable to the pse- 

 ony amateur it was unprofitable to the com- 

 mercial grower of blooms. During the 

 moist, cool weather of May and early June 

 tne buds were slowly developing but would 

 not open. Sc fully formed were the buds 

 before warm weather came that it required 

 only two or three hot days to expand these 

 buds into fully opened blooms and there was 

 little difference in the time of blooming be- 

 tween early and mid-season varieties. The 

 cutting season was about one-fifth of the 

 usual length. The season of 1910 will no 

 doubt give an impetus to the planting by 

 amateurs of the finer varieties of pseonies. 



A Quebec Nursery 



A representative of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist recently paid a visit to the 

 Canadian Nursery situated at Point Claire, 

 a few miles west of Montreal. A general 

 line of fruit and ornamentals is grown here. 

 The location and soil seem to be splendidly 

 suited for the purpose. Stock which is 

 grown in this locality is possessed of great 

 hardiness and gives gcod results in a severe 

 climate. This is evidenced by the fact that 

 large quantities of stock that have been 

 shipped annually to Manitoba and the 

 North West, have given excellent results. 

 A large block of Norway Maples and Caro- 

 lina Poplar, which are favorites in the West, 

 was seen ready for transplanting. 



All ornamental trees grown on the nursery 

 are now budded instead cf allowing the 

 seedlings to grow up. This makes consid- 

 erable extra work, but results in producing 

 straight, uniform trees, superior to those 

 gown direct from seed. 



All stock grown on the nursery is grown 

 from their own cuttings, as trouble has been 

 experienced in securing stock true to name 

 or that would give satisfactory results in 

 this climate. All fruit trees are cut back at 

 the end of the first year, as recommended by 

 .Mr. W. T. Maccun, for the production of 

 uniform and vigorous stock. A few three 

 year old apple trees were seen which had 

 not been so treated, and which were very 

 little ahead of two year old trees which had 

 been cut back. Several fine blocks of three 

 year old apple trees were seen which had 

 attained a height of about eight feet, and 

 which will be dispcsed of this coming season. 



It might be thought that pears would not 

 thrive in the vicinity of Montreal, but the 

 vigorous appearance of a block of two and 

 three year old pear trees of the standard 

 varieties indicated the contrary. Currants, 

 gooseberries and other small fruit looked 

 exceedingly well. 



Ilecent publications tc reach us include the 

 fortieth annual report of the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario, the fifth annua! report 

 of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion for 1909 and Bulletin No. 100 of the 

 Experimental Station, dealing with the Fer- 

 tilization of apple oroharda. 



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