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TJie Canadian Horticultnrist. 



obtainable in those early days, INIy 

 intention was to make a purchase of 

 some apples while in Rochester, but, 

 being verj' scarce, the price was high, 

 and I did not purchase. 



I visited Messrs. Elwanger& Barry 

 again in 1841, when they had their 

 little field well planted with an 

 assortment of fruit trees, from which 

 I selected my first order to that 

 firm. 



In 1842, Messrs. Elwanger & Barry 

 proposed a partnership with me in 

 Toronto, this city being then con- 

 sidered a better centre for such a 

 business than Rochester. We ac- 

 cordingly agreed upon terms, one of 

 them to take charge here with me, 

 and the other to continue the Roches- 

 ter business. Our first field was 

 twent}^ acres leased from the late 

 Charles Small, which field now forms 

 a part of the present grounds on the 

 south side of Oueen Street. In 1848 



I purchased the interests of the 

 other members of the firm for $5,000, 

 they finding that their Rochester 

 business was increasing so rapidly 

 that it required the attention of both. 

 In the earl}' part of 1847 I sold out 

 my seed business and turned all my 

 energies and capital to the nursery, 

 where my tastes had always led 

 me. From a beginning of twent}'^ 

 acres ni}' nursery reached fully 250 

 acres, while Messrs. Elwanger & 

 Barry, by honesty, hard work and 

 constant application have made for 

 themselves a great name. It is 

 wonderful what good may be accom- 

 plished by honest perseverance. Al- 

 though I have grown old in the 

 business my interests are as fresh as 

 ever, and looking about this countrj- 

 almost from ocean to ocean it grati- 

 fies m}' old heart to know that my 

 labors have to some extent helped 

 to beautify and enrich many homes. 



STRAWBERRIES TESTED AT THE AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE GROUNDS, GUELPH. 



PROF. PANTON, in a bulletin, 

 dated 15th April, 1889, gives 

 the results of experiments made with 

 ten varieties, grown m matted rows, 

 on clay loam, as follows : 



Wilson's Albany has done excel- 

 lently and may be ranked first. It 

 yields well and is a very suitable 

 variety for shipping. 



Crescent Seedling ripened sooner 

 than Wilson, and has been quite 

 productive, but there is a tendency 

 among these berries to be imperfect, 

 owing to incomplete fertilization of 



the flowers, but this is overcome by 

 having a variet}' rich in pollen 

 planted near, or among the rows. 

 We overcame the difficulty by plant- 

 ing the Wilson side b}' side. Cres- 

 cent Seedling seems to bear more 

 pistillate flowers than staminate. 

 The foliage of the Crescent, being 

 somewhat sparse, does not assist in 

 keeping the berr}' so clean as the 

 varieties that grow more leaves. 



Early Canada ripens soon, but is 

 liable to be caught b}- frost, and on 

 the whole has done poorly with us. 



