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The Cixuadian Horticulturist. 



barrels to a single tree ; the King is 

 a very scanty bearer, otherwise its 

 large, beautiful fruit, so well flavored 

 and so delicately perfumed, would 

 stand far ahead of ever}' variety, 

 either for home use or for market. 

 No apple, except the Newtown 

 Pippin, now commands so high a 

 price in the English market. 



Among other profitable market 

 varieties for Southern Ontario, we 

 find from this season and last season's 

 shipments to Britain, that the 

 Gravenstein, Ribston, Blue Pear- 

 main (also a scanty bearer), Blenheim 

 Orange and Golden Russet bring the 

 highest prices. Large, fine colored 

 apples are much sought for, but the 

 Northern Spy, though in this respect 

 it is all that could be desired, has 

 disappointed us. It is tender, and 

 subject to rapid decay under unfavor- 

 able circiunstances ; and in conse- 

 quence it arrived ni Covent Garden 

 wet and slack, though most carefully 

 and tightly packed. 



The old " Greening " is constantlj' 

 advancing in the estimation of the Eng- 

 lish public. Although, as a rule, colored 

 apples are sought for, this variety 

 forms a worthy exception, and pro- 

 mises to bring even better prices 

 than that staple variety, the Baldwin, 

 of which probably more barrels are 

 exported than of any other one 

 kind. 



The whole business of foreign 

 shipments has this winter received a 

 most decided reverse. About a 

 million barrels had gone forward, up 

 to Christmas, piling up the Liver- 

 pool docks until the market 

 thoroughly broke down, and the 

 best apples could scarcely be sold 

 for enough to pay charges. 



We still have faith in apple culture 

 as one of the best farm crops, but 

 have learned that it is unsafe to "put 

 all one's eggs in one basket," and 

 that the wisest way is to divide one's 

 ventures. 



BOTTLING GRAPES 



M 



R. W. COLEMAN writes to 

 the English Garden as fol- 

 lows on this subject : — 



Any dry, airy, well-ventilated store 

 room will keep grapes, the great 

 point being the maintenance of an 

 equable temperature without the aid 

 of fire-heat, which is not an essential 

 so long as damp can be kept out and 

 the temperature ranges from 35° to 

 45°. If bottles are used they should 

 be placed in racks tier above tier, 

 secured to the walls or partitions 

 according to the number of bunches, 

 whilst very small quantities may be 

 stored away in glazed closets running 



along one end of the room when the 

 latter is required for choice pears or 

 general purposes. When in position 

 each bottle should lean forward at 

 an angle of 45°, space being allowed 

 for the bunches to hang without 

 touching the rack or each other. 

 Then those who would keep an 

 insidious enemy, mould from damp, 

 under hand, ma}- place a small slow 

 combustion boiler outside for warm- 

 ing the internal pipes when absolutely 

 necessary. So far good. Now for 



Cutting the Grapes, which, by 

 the by, must have been thoroughly 

 ripe by the middle or end of Septem- 



