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The Canadian Horttcultnrist. 



P. Henderson, Mr, R. Douglas and Mr. W. 

 Falconer, for adhering to their own actual 

 experience, not in an isolated instance, but in 

 years of labor. It will not do for me to say 

 a word till I can speak with the same au- 

 thority. — A Listener. 



A New Organization 



Sir, — The fruit growers and gardeners of 

 the district of Burlington met on March ist 

 and organized under the title of " The Bur- 

 lington Horticultural Association." 



The following officers were elected for the 

 current year; President, George E. Fisher; 

 Vice-President, J. S. Freeman; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, A. W. Peart ; Directors, Wm. 

 Hopkins, Edwin Peart, Joseph Lindley, Dr. 

 Zimmerman, H. Williams, Charles David- 

 son and Frederick Freeburn ; Executive 

 Committee, Joseph Lindley, Dr. Zimmer- 

 man and Chas. Davidson; Auditors, W. G. 

 Pettit, P. Ernest Kerns. 



At a meeting held March 12th, an excellent 

 paper on " The Cultivation of Strawberries " 

 was given by Mr. John Gray, of Burlington. 

 The subject was thoroughly discussed by 

 the members, many valuable ideas and sug- 

 .gestions being brought to the surface. — A. 

 W. Peart, Secretary. 



Room in England for Canadian Apples 



A SUBSCRIBER to our joumal living near 

 London, England, writes : — 



" As for our supply this year of American 

 apples, I read in Canadian papers, particu- 

 larly in the columns of the Toronto " Globe," 

 that your fruit growers are all complaining 

 of bad returns for their crops, which were 

 abundant in quantity. They say that their 

 markets both in the North-west of Canada 

 and in Great Britain were glutted and the 

 prices run down before they could reap 

 them, by their earlier neighbors of the 

 United States. So that it would appear 

 that while they are suffering from the low 

 prices obtained for their fruit, we here are 

 revelling in the enjoyment of the abundance 

 of apples at very small expense. Now as 

 far as the London market is concerned, this 

 is not the case. No one in London knows 

 that apples are more plentiful or cheaper 

 than usual, but on the contrary, prices are 

 higher than for several years back, and I 

 think it must be obvious that high prices and 

 over-supply cannot co-exist. In my own ex- 

 perience, my supply from my garden being 

 exhausted, I bought a barrel of American 

 Baldwins at the general store where I usu- 

 ally purchase household necessaries. I 

 could not get them under 21s., their price 

 for the same apple last year, and the year 

 before having been i8s. They had no 



cheaper apple, as they did not keep inferior 

 kinds, but they had others up to 25s. The 

 Baldwins satisfied me, as I had had them 

 before, and they assured me I could depend 

 on their turning out well. They certainly 

 did so, for I found them to be alike all 

 through the barrel and in perfect condition. 

 I can believe it possible that they may be 

 somewhat cheaper in Liverpool, but cannot 

 believe the market to be over-stocked, as 

 holders would relieve themselves by sending 

 them to London or elsewhere. I know from 

 the report of friends in Scotland that they 

 are plentiful and comparatively cheap at 

 Glasgow. They say they can get very fair 

 American apples there for id. per pound, 

 equal to, I believe, 14s. or 15s. a barrel, but 

 not so good, I am sure, as the Baldwins 

 in London at 21s. The larger supply I ac- 

 count for by the fact that freights on your side 

 to Glasgow usually rule lower than to Liver- 

 pool or London, and shippers are tempted 

 to believe that the saving in freight will be 

 pure gain to them. This, however, is quite a 

 mistake, as Glasgow iscomparatively a small 

 market, while it is too far away to re-ship to 

 London, decidedly the best market of all. 

 Glasgow, although a large city, has only one- 

 tenth the population of London, and its mar- 

 ket is limited or nearly so to the southern 

 half of Scotland, while all Scotland does not 

 contain as many people as may be found 

 wtthin the easiest possible reach within a ten- 

 mile circuit round Charing Cross ! " 



Trees and Plants Tested at Ottawa- 



Sir, — As it may be of interest to intending 

 planters in this section of Ontario to know 

 what success has attended the distribution 

 of plants by our association in this locality, 

 it affords me pleasure to hand in the follow- 

 ing notes : — 



1873. Grimes Golden apple survived 

 several years and fruited well, but at length 

 fell a victim to the borers and the cold. 



1874. The Downing Gooseberry did fairly 

 well. It is not so prolific as the Houghton 

 or so large a berry as " Smith's," requiresto 

 be grown in partial shade, as the sun not in- 

 frequently scorches the berries before ripe 

 The Conn gooseberry is still the best here. 



Salem Grape one of the first quality, but 

 subject to rot and mildew in some localities, 

 and for that reason is of doubtful value as a 

 market variety. No amateur should be 

 without it. 



1875. SWAZIE POMME GriSE ApPLE Still 



alive ; stands by a board fence where the hot 

 sun does not strike the trunk. It bears a few 

 apples every year. 



Flemish Beauty Pear. This is the 

 hardiest of all the pears, but this tree only 

 lingered a couple of years and was gone. 



1876. Glass Seedling Plum. Tree quite 

 hardy, but fruit spurs tender ; have had as 



