The Canadian Horticnltnrist. 



25' 



Hnvcrland, another pistillate va- 

 rietv, is equally larj^e and productive, 

 and would be equal as a market ber- 

 ry if not rather light in color which 

 is a light scarlet. It is not so acid 

 as W'arfield, but rather watery and 

 insipid in flavor. _ Some of these, 

 which were transplanted in May, 

 when nearly ready to bloom, pro- 

 duced a fair crop. Gaudy is a prom- 

 ising very late variet)', being this 

 season just two weeks later than 

 Crystal city. It is an exceptionally 

 strong grower, and the first berries 

 which ripened were the largest of the 

 season, but the balance of the crop 

 has not kept up the extra size. In 

 color it is a bright scarlet; the quali- 

 ty is good, and it is firmer than any 

 other variety we ever tried, except 

 Atlantic, but it has not this season 

 produced enough to make it a paying 

 variety for market, and a considera- 

 ble per cent, of the berries have a 

 hard tip. In spite of these defects, 

 however, we value it highl)- as a late 

 variety for our table, and think it has 

 come to sta}-. 



We hoped to see jfessie turn out a 

 bigger crop this season than last but 

 it has not done so, and although it 

 has some excellent qualities as a 

 market • berry, prominent among 

 which is great firmness, we fear that 

 for our section, it will only be retain- 

 ed for its extra quality, and will not 



be much grown for market. It also 

 has the fault of being verv variable 

 in size, producing some very large 

 berries and quite as many small ones, 



Biibnch No. j, is remarkable for 

 size of growth, very large and very 

 productive, yet I do not like it ; it is 

 soft, and most of the berries cocks- 

 combed with deep and irregular su- 

 tures between the lobes. 



Boiiiha, with us, rusted both last 

 year and this worse than an\' other 

 variety, and of course the fruit was 

 worthless. Pearl I has only been 

 fruiting on very poor sandy land 

 without culture, and it produced all 

 that could be reasonabl)' expected. 

 The berries are good size and good 

 in quality and fairly firm, but not 

 very bright in color. Plants which 

 we set in September last on good 

 soil are making a vigorous growth. 



Cloud's Si'cdli)ig set this spring 

 gives promise of being more produc- 

 tive, and of larger size than any other 

 very early variety we have yet seen, 

 and it is of fairly good (juality, but 

 not nearly as good as Crystal City. 

 Among older varieties which have 

 some excellent points we shall retain 

 Prince of Berries and Indiana, the 

 former for its good quality and late- 

 ness ; both would be good market 

 vatieties li a. little more productive. — 

 ir. F. Bassett, in Popular Garden- 



GRAIN AND FRUIT A POOR COMBINATION. 



THKOWI\(; AWAV THK I'OUNO TO CET THE PENNV. 



TI I K practice of sowing wheat, oats 

 or barley in orchards even after 

 they have reachedfairbearing age, seems 

 to be still finite common among farmers. 

 At least orchards thus treated can be 

 found in every neighborhood. On its 

 very face the practice appears like rob- 

 bing Peter to pay Paul. In fact, it is 

 much worse. ^Ve should bear in mind 



that the same amount ot plant food 

 needed for the production of thirty 

 bushels of wheat is more than sufficient 

 for the production of 600 bushels of 

 apples, or a corresponding (juantity of 

 other fruits. Suppose an acre of apple 

 orchard contains sufficient plant food 

 for thirty bushels of wheat crop. If we 

 devote all this raw material to its legiti- 



