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treated in precisely the same manner as the Gladiolus. The Tuberous- 



as the bulbs of Gladiolus, taken up rooted Wisteria bulb is quite hardy 



in the fall and dried, and kept in and may be left in the f^'round all 



such a manner until the spring,when winter, without any danj^'er of their 



they ma}- be planted the same time freezing. 



OPEN LETTERS. 



Apples a Failure in Huron Co, 



Dear Sir, — I duly received the numbers 

 of the Horticulturist and also the Report, 

 and since reading them I am sorry that I 

 did not join your Association long ago but 

 "better late than never." We have had agood 

 crop of small fruits and in such a year as 

 this when the apples are a total failure, a 

 succession of strawberries, raspberries, etc., 

 for table use and canning purposes will no 

 doubt supply a part of the deficiency. 



I was very much pleased with the Report. 

 It is well worth the subscription price 

 alone. — A S Dickson, Scaforth, Aiisr 24//;, 

 1889. 



Prunus Simoni. 



Sir. — I notice your remarks in the Sep- 

 tember Horticulturist about Simon's 

 Plum I find it hardy here. It fruited with 

 me this season, measuring over 6 inches and 

 resembling cut ; flavor excellent and a grand 

 perfume. — W. A. Hamilton, Coll'uigwood. 



Sir, — According to California journals, 

 " the Prunus Simoni develops into a hand- 

 some, oblate, deep purple plum, much larger 



than it appears in the engravings of the fruit 

 grown elsewhere," etc. — T. B. Jenkins, 

 Horticulturist, Rochcstir. 



Sir, — I have read with interest your July 

 and August numbers. I am somewhat 

 interested in the discussion on the Prunus 

 Simoni. The plate in the July number 

 has been shown to an agent representing a 

 nursery at Iowa City, thirty miles south of 

 here. He informs me that instead of being 

 overdrawn, as Prof. Van Deman tells us, in 

 the .\ugust number, it does not much more 

 than represent one-half the actual size of the 

 plum as fruited by a Mr. Coughman, at Iowa 

 City this season. He represents the fruit 

 beautiful and fine for canning. Notwith- 

 standing the discredit thrown upon the fruit 

 by Prof. Van Deman I shall plant in the 

 spring at least 50 trees of it. — A. B. Dennis, 

 Cedar Rapids, loica, Sept. nth, i88g. 



Wickson's work on California fruits, in the 

 portion devoted to plums, says that Prunus 

 Simoni has a "sweet, rich, aromatic and 

 delicious pine-apple flavor." This will sur- 

 prise any one familiar with its worthless 

 character, which can hardly be so greatly 

 changed when cultivated in California. — 

 Extract from Country Gentleman. 



OUR FRUIT MARKETS. 



High Prices for Apples. 



Olr remarks upon the \alue of 

 apples in the last number are being 

 more than sustained. In fact, e.xcept 

 in a few favored sections, there are 

 very few apples in the. country. In 

 some counties bordering upon the 

 southern shore of lake Ontario, and 

 the northern shore of lake Erie, 

 especially in Essex and Kent, a fair 



crop is reported, but on the whole 

 there will probably not be one-third 

 of last year's crop in all Canada, and 

 the percentage in New York state and 

 Michigan will be very little higher. 

 Indeed Chicago apple buyers have 

 already been operating quite freely 

 in Western Ontario and as early as 

 the first week in September had 

 secured some 20,000 barrels at $2 



