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vfttir I have added a few names to its 

 already long list. I see that at the 

 time of writing some of the premiums 

 have come, and the subscribers are 

 highly pleased with the same. 



I do a little in the fruit-raising, 

 especially the small-fruits, and grapes. I 

 have some twenty vines growing, among 

 them some sixteen varieties, viz.. Con- 

 cord, Burnet, Delaware, Salem, Aga- 

 wam, Moore's Early,Brighton, Hartford, 

 J luesville, <fec., which have all fruited. 

 The Burnet, which wcs sent as premium, 

 has shown some splendid fruit, it being 

 almost an amber color when ripe and 

 most delicious. The Concord is a fine 

 grape, a good bearer, and the berries 

 very large. I believe it to be a fii-st- 

 class gi-ape for anybody to cultivate. 

 Tlie Brighton seems to be a good grower, 

 aud the fruit ripens earlier than other 

 kin Is, aud seems to be of a tasteless 

 nature and very small. The Janes ville 

 makes very little ]>rogress, has frr.ited 

 three yeai*s, is inclined to mildew or 

 get scabby. The Delaware is tlie best 

 grower of all, and the fruit is best for 

 eating when first picked. 



I have great trouble with the birds, 

 especially the robins, and find no better 

 remedy than shooting them as soon as 

 the fruit begins to ripen. I have noticed 

 complaints of the same quite frequently, 

 but no remedy. 



As for strawberries there is a con- 

 siderable quantity grown, the favorite 

 kinds being Wilson, Crescent and 

 Sharphiss. The first named I have 

 grown bushels, but the latter kinds I 

 h ivc only planted one yeiir They are 

 now all in blow, and the signs of fruit 

 are apparently good. I have under cul- 

 tivation, at pn^sent, only an acre. 



Thinking I have encroached too much 

 on your valuable columns, I am a well- 

 wisher of the C. //., 



A. A. Tucker. 



Orono, May, 1883. 



Mr. Editor, — Will you please let 

 me know through the Horticulturist if 

 cuttings from the Concord grape, also 

 Rogers' hybrids, Nos. .3, 4, 9, 1.^, 22, 

 44, can be propagated in the open air 

 or any of them, and oblige a 



New Subscriber. 



Ans. — Yes ; all of them. — Ed. Can. 

 Hort. 



TRKE PLANTIXCx ACT. 

 To Secretary 0. F. G. Association. 



Dear Sir, — I am directed by resolu- 

 tion of the Council of the corporation 

 of the municipality of Hope, to state 

 that a by-law in conformity with the 

 " Ontario Tree Planting Act " was 

 passed at its last regular meeting, held 

 on the 14th day of March, 1883. 

 Respectfully, &c., 



E. E. DoDDS, 



Clerk. 

 Port Hope, Ont., 22nd Mar., 1883. 



It is gratifying to be able to lay before 

 our readers this notice of the action 

 taken by tne municipality of Hope, and 

 though this is the only letter of the 

 kind received, we trust that it is not 

 the only instance in which municipali- 

 ties have taken such action. — Ed Can. 

 Hort. 



To THK Editor of the Canadian Horticulturi«jt, 



Sir, — Please answer the following 

 questions : — 



1. For how many years is it advis- 

 able to grow raspberries on the same 

 ground ? 2. Also strawberries 1 3. 

 May gi*ape vines and fruit trees be 

 pruned when frozen ] My Burnet 

 grape has fruited for the last three 

 years but has never ripened. R. 



Toronto, 6th Feb., 1883. 



1. From six to eight years. 2. Two, 

 or at most, three. 3. If you do not 

 wish to use the scions or cuttings and 

 do not make large wounds. 



