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The Canadian Hotiicultui isl. 



more or less splashed and dotted witli l)ut a pleasant eatinj^ apple and a good 



dull red ; stalk, short and sliglit ; ra\ it\ , 

 rather shallow ; calyx, small, closed and 

 shallow, with the basin strongly ribbed : 

 flesh, nearly white, firm, grained, jnicv 

 and cris[) ; sub-acid. Udt high-tla\ ored. 



cooker; core, medium si.xe. Is the type 

 of Duchess of Oldenburg, but smaller in 

 size and later in season. Ripe in No- 

 vember. — Yours truly, Wm. Saunders, 



Dii\ttiir lixf>iriiihnltil I-'ctrin, Ottawa. 



STRAWBERRY GROWING THAT PAYS. 



Hv John Little, Granton, Ont. 



\7'ERY few people grow strawberries 

 for pleasure, for no fruit that 

 grows requires such diligent attention as 

 the strawberry, and if this care is not 

 given, ve.xation will take the place of 

 pleasure every time. There are few, 

 however, who cannot take pleasure in 

 helping themselves to the fruit when 

 once brought to perfection. It is this 

 difficulty in cultivating the strawberry 

 that deters so many of the energetic 

 and enterprising farmers of this countrv 

 from supplying their families with an 

 abundance ot this health-imparting and 

 most wholesome fruit. But " where 

 there is a will there is a way," and most 

 farmers would find it to be a benefit to 

 the family if they would in the coming 

 spring plant a bed. They would the 

 following season have fruit, if the plants 

 were cared for, that would be to them a 

 pleasure they little thought of. I will 

 name a few that none need be disap- 



pointed in. The Crescent is a very 

 populai berry because it is a great 

 bearer, but there are other three new 

 varieties which are said to excel the 

 Crescent every time, that is, Burt, 

 Warfield and Claude. The claims of 

 Burt are — it has the brightest foliage of 

 any yet sent out, is a vigorous grower, and 

 has a perfect blossom. Its season is 

 late ; it is very profitable, of large size 

 and the best shipper ever grown. Many 

 growers prefer it to either the Crescent 

 or Wilson. The Warfielu's claims 

 are that it is more productive than the 

 Crescent ; of a larger size, finer-looking 

 and better quality, and the most valuable 

 variety yet introduced. The Claude 

 is earher than the Crystal City, more 

 productive and larger than the Crescent. 

 If spared, I will tell the readers of The 

 Horticulturist the value of these and 

 other varieties after fruiting, in July, 

 18S9. 



HORTICULTURAL. 



The Shaffer's Strawberry. 



The Editor of the Couiityy Cn-ntlcnuin 

 savs : — This large, very productive and 

 valuable raspberry, introduced by Charles 

 A. Green, of Rochester, without puffing or 

 parade, has exceeded any other of the 

 new varieties for the short period it has 

 required for a general approval, east and 

 west throughout the country. It exceeds 



any other variety we have tested in its 

 invariably heavy crops, The berries are 

 large, and uniforml}- free from distortion 

 or any defect in form. It ripens after 

 most of the great throng of varieties 

 have passed away. Although the tips of 

 its canes are often nipped by the cold of 

 winter, it has the reputation of being 

 fairly hard}-. Cultivators find that the 



