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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the 

 Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable 

 Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. 



REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon 

 the address label. 



The End of the Year. 



With this month we close another 

 vohime of the journal, conscious that 

 it is in many respects imperfect, but 

 trusting at the same time that it 

 has been the means of stimulating 

 Ontario fruit growers to greater 

 zeal in their chosen line of industry. 

 We trust also that its visits have 

 somewhat increased the interest in 

 floriculture of our lady readers; and 

 we hope to give greater attention to 

 this department in the_ next volume. 



We ask all who have appreciated 

 the efforts made through this journal, 

 to interest and profit them, will lose 

 no time in sending in their renewal 

 subscription, and that of as many 

 new friends as possible, because we 

 wish to know how many copies of 

 January number to print, and how 

 many test plants and trees to order 

 for distribution. 



Photographs of fruits, flowers, coun- 

 try homes, lawn views, etc., are so- 

 licited for engraving. If desired they 

 will be carefully returned when cop- 

 ied. It is our intention to use such 

 illustrations more liberally in the year 

 i8go than ever before. 



Pear Triomphe de Vienne — a 

 sample of which was sent us by Mr. 



W. Holton, of Hamilton, last fall 

 is thus spoken of by the editor 

 of the Gardener s Chronicle : — 

 "I cannot help thinking that this 

 pear, when better known, will become 

 a general favorite. With us it is 

 one of the heaviest croppers on stand- 

 ards. The fruit grows to a good size, 

 is of a russety color, sometimes 

 streaked with dull red on the sunny 

 side. The flesh is exceedingly melt- 

 ing and full of honeyed sweetness. In 

 addition to the above good properties, 

 it comes in at a season when sometimes 

 a gapoccurs, viz., just after Williams' 

 Bon Chretien is over, and it will keep 

 good for along time after being ripe." 



Keeping Tomatoes. 



A writer in the Fruit Growers 

 Journal is experimenting to keep to- 

 matoes in a fresh state for winter use 

 and spring sale b}^ packing them in 

 dry sand. Up to first of November 

 they were in a state of perfect pre. 

 servation, and if they will keep in 

 this way until a good market opens 

 for them, then it will pay to pack 

 them by the barrel, instead of selling 

 them at low prices in the fall. The 

 process is thus described : — 



I first dried the sand thoroughly, 

 then cut the tomato from the vine 



