THE CANADIAN IIOimCULTUKIST. 



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STAYMAN'S EAELY BLACKBERRY. 



Dr. Stayman writes to the Fruit 

 Recorder that he has a blackberry ear- 

 lier, more hardy and perfect in blossom, 



and more productive than Brnnton's 

 Early. It is a rather large, round berry, 

 of the best quality, and is propagated 

 either hy suckers, cuttings, or from tips 

 layered like the raspberry. 



STAYMAN'S EARLY BIACKBERBY. 



A HORTICULTURAL SWINDLE. 



I write you for a little information 

 concerning Russian fruit trees. Two 

 brothers of Iowa City are canvassing 

 this (Audubon) county for what they 

 call " genuine Russian a])ple trees." 

 They say that there are no genuine 

 Russian trees in America but theirs. 

 They claim to sell for one Albaugh, 

 president of the United States Horti- 

 cultural Society. They get their trees 

 shipped from Russia free of duty, and 

 can sell them cheaper than other so- 

 called Russian varieties. 



Is there any truth in these state- 

 ments 1 Who is president of the United 

 States Horticultural Society I I did 

 not " catch on," as I believe them to 

 be fruit tree swindlers. This county 

 has been sadly bled by such classes of 

 men. By answering the above you 



will greatly oblige a reader of the 

 Prairie Farmer. E. J. 



Audubon, Iowa. 



The persons are unmitigated swind- 

 lers. 1. There is no United States 

 Horticultural Society. 2. There are 

 plenty of Russian apples in America, 

 and plenty of bearing trees, and at the 

 Agricultural college farm of your State. 

 3. These chaps can got no better terms 

 so far as tariff is concerned than any 

 one else. 4. Trees of x size for ])lanting 

 cannot be economically shipped from 

 Russia to the United States ; only 

 scions for grafting are sent. 



The above is taken from the Prairie 

 Farmer for the information of our 

 readers, some of whom may have a visit 

 from some of tnese swindlers, who do 

 not confine their oj)erations to Iowa, 

 l>ut visit Ontario with similar tales of 

 the wonderful things which nobody can 

 have but they only. 



