THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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steady extreme cold of January, 1881, 

 is alone sufficient to account for it. It 

 may not be uninteresting not only to 

 those in this neighborhood, but toothers 

 residing in the colder parts of the 

 Province, to learn the writer's expeii- 

 ence — limited though it is — of the 

 effects of that winter on his own com- 

 paratively few trees. 



The aspect is sloping S. and S.E. ; 

 soil good clay loam ; good natural 

 drainage, and all spring or surface 

 water cut off by a deep tile drain along 

 the brow of the slope ; trees planted 

 (most of them) in 1876, and cultivated 

 with roots each year ; manured fairly, 

 but not heavily, with stable manure 

 and ashes. 



Dwarf Pears. — 1. Ananas D'ete, 

 Graslin, Beurre D'Anjou, Flemish 

 Beauty, Supreme de Quimper. Louise 

 B. de Jersey, Duchesse and Josephine de 

 Malines, came through uninjured. 

 2. Eliot's Early, Seckel, Beurre Clair- 

 geau, Onandaga, Vicar and Bartlett, 

 all more or less injured, the two last 

 named very badly. 3. Doyenne D'Ete 

 killed outright. 



Standard Pears. — 1. Flemish Beau- 

 ties came through trium])hantly, 2. 

 Elliot's Early and Clapp's Favorite 

 both injured, but i-ecovering. '^. Bart- 

 letts, Seckel, Rostiezer and Doyenne 

 D'Ete killed (these on lightest soil on 

 the grounds). 



Peaches. — Eight or ten standard 

 varieties (splendid crop preceding year) 

 all killed, roots included. 



Plunis, — Some killed ; all more or 

 less injured, except Glass' Seedling. 



Apples. — Early Harvest, Red Astra- 

 chan. Maiden's Blush, Am. Golden 

 Russet, St. Liiwrence, Keswick Codlin, 

 Fameuse, Tetofsky, Fall Pippin, D. of 

 Oldenburg, Plumb's (Jider, N. Spy, 

 Hawthornden, all stood well. R. I. 

 Greening, almost killed and wont sur- 

 vive. E. Spitzenburg and Wagener 



killed, the last named like the peaches 

 to the root. The Wagenei-s (three) were 

 like the Keswick Codlins, Hawthorn- 

 dens and Tetofsky, planted half-way 

 between the larger growing varieties in 

 a situation precisely similar, and while 

 the Codlins and others not only came 

 through and bore well, the Wageners 

 sutTered as above. They are generally 

 regarded as hardy. If otheis have had 

 the same experience as the writer's it 

 should be made known. 



Grapes are perfectly hardy here, if 

 laid down and covered lightly with 

 corn stalks or other such like covering. 

 In 1881 crops of Concord, Delaware, 

 Clinton, Roger's 4, 19 and lo, Salem, 

 Eumelan, Hartford, Croton, tfec, were 

 all excellent. The only danger is from 

 the frosts of May and June, from 

 which of late years we have not suffered. 

 Last year, however, there was a good 

 deal of injury from mildew ; Concord, 

 Croton, Delaware, Clinton and Roger's 

 4 and 19 were free. 



Walnuts, Butternuts and Sweet Chest- 

 nuts, planted here in 1876, are all doing 

 well and seem perfectly hardy — the 

 Chestnuts making the slowest growth. 

 They have, however, borne two or three 

 nuts the past year. The Butternut is 

 indigenous here ; the Walnut and 

 Chestnut are not. A number of young 

 Walnuts procured by the writer from, 

 and by the kindness of, Chief Johnston, 

 two years ago, have, where i)roperly 

 planted and cared for, grown without a 

 single failure. There is no reason why 

 the Walnut should not be planted and 

 flourish over large poi-tions of the Pro- 

 vince to which it is not indigenous. 

 There are about a dozen trees in a 

 neighbor's grounds in this town planted 

 about 1854-5, which are 12 to 16 

 inches in dijimeter, beautiful, perfectly 

 healthy, and bearing heavy crops of 

 nuts every year. Tliis growth does not 

 equal that of similar trees in other parts 

 of the Province as shewn in the Report 



