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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Pinkeye and others, which were the 

 favorites of our fatliers and grand- 

 fathers. The Roses I wouki not grow 

 when there are so many better, and 

 with them I would class the St. Law- 

 rence, Peerless, Ruby, Snowflake, 

 Eureka, <fec. 



I notice in a late Rural New Yorker 

 that the Blush, which it sends out in its 

 free distribution this year, yielded no 

 less than 700 bushels last season to the 

 acre. I have one or two tubers and 

 shall grow them this year. The Rural 

 gave its subscribers the Beauty of 

 Hebron and White Elephant, intro- 

 ducing them to the public, and if the 

 Blush is as good, it will do Carman 

 plenty of credit. 



For early varieties, I would say, 

 grow Chicago Market, Beauty of Hebron 

 and Early Vermont j for second early, 

 White Star, Pride of America and St. 

 Patrick; and for late, Ontario, White 

 Elephant, and Dunmore ; of course 

 there are dozens of other varieties, many 

 of which may be equal or superior to 

 those I have mentioned, but I quote my 

 own experience merely, those who grow 

 any of the above kinds wont make any 

 great mistake. 



Just a word or two about seedlings. 

 It used to be considered quite a difficult 

 matter to raise potatoes from seed, but 

 there is no trouble whatever about it. 

 The hardest thing is to get the seed, 

 which most people will h:ive to buy, for 

 there are few kinds nowadays which 

 will produce and ripen seed balls. I 

 had only one out of '26 varieties which 

 set any fruit, and that didn't ripen. 

 (I should like to correspond with any 

 member who has any potato seedi. 

 The seed should Vje sown in a hot bed 

 the same time as tomatoes. When a 

 couple of inches high, transplant to a 

 rich light spot in the garden, taking 

 care not to disturb the rootlets, shelter 

 from frost if it comes, keep a sliarj) look- 



out for the bugs, and cultivate freely 

 The plants will be as large as any in 

 the garden in the fall, and quite a 

 number of the tubers will be of fair 

 nmrketable size. They must be kept 

 till spring, the same as ordinary pota- 

 toes. A trial of a year or two will 

 show their quality, and any one may 

 thus originate new kinds for himself, 

 and give them any name he likes. 



PRESERVATION OF FRUIT. 



LETTER FKOM MR. B. GOTT, OF ARKONA. 



I learn that a fruit canning estab- 

 lishment is likely to be started in our 

 borough, with every prospect of success. 

 This is timely and not without its 

 significance. It is quite clear from our 

 past experience that the capability of 

 our section for fruit production is very 

 extensive. Should tlie people attempt 

 the culture of fruits to the extent of 

 our caj)abilities, the question what we 

 Would do with our fruit would at once 

 force itself upon us with unwonted 

 pressure. 



Fruit production is only limited by 

 the extent of the market, and this 

 question of market is at once determined 

 by that of fruit preservation. If our 

 luscious summer fruits can only be 

 brought over the hurry and glut of 

 their season of ripening, by means cheap 

 and practical, the question of market- 

 ing them can be profitably settled at 

 our leisjire. In this way all the fruits 

 we can produce can be readily and 

 profitably disposed of, either in our 

 home or distant markets, and if not at 

 one moment they can be kept over 

 until they can be sold. Fruit produc- 

 tion thus stimulated would at once 

 spring into renewed activity, and where 

 there is now only a bushel produced, 

 tons would be gathered, and all sure 

 of tiiidiu2^ a ready and a profitable dis- 

 posal. In the State of New York, this 

 subject is thoroughly and practicallr 



