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THE CANADIAN IIoUTICULTURIST. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



THE WILSON STRAWBERRY. 



Mr. Editor, — After trying a num- 

 ber of varieties, I have given up all but 

 the Wilson. Last year I picked sixty 

 baskets from one rod square of Wilson's 

 in my garden. They are now just 

 beginning to ripen for this year and 

 promise a splendid yield. 1 planted 

 the rod two years in April, kept theni 

 in rows about two feet from centre to 

 centre, with a space of twelve to fifteen 

 inches between. In April, a year ago, 

 I laid slabs on the flat side between the 

 rows. Yours, &e., 



J. B. Aylsworth. 



CoUingwood, June, .1883. 



GIRDLED APPLE TREES. 



I see in a late Horticulturist that a 

 great many apple trees were lost by 

 girdling with mice last winter Now, 

 there is not a tree need be lost by that 

 as the cure is simple and easy. As 

 soon as you discover the tree in spring 

 take grafting wax and cover the bare 

 wood all over to exclude the air. I then 

 wrap a newspaper all round the wax 

 (the paper may be omitted) ; I then 

 bank up the whole with earth, and the 

 cure is complete; not one will die if 

 properly done. I remember many years 

 ago I had three trees split in the bai'fe, 

 and the bark raised entirely from the 

 trees for eight or ten inches, and the 

 wood quite dark and begun to decay. 

 They were four or five inches in diame- 

 ter. I thought they were certainly past 

 redemption, so I dug up four peach trees 

 and planted them instead of the four 

 appL' trees. I then got an axe and 

 was about to cut the apple trees down 

 when my wife came by chance and 

 Hsked me what I was doing. I told 

 her, and she ask(3d if I oould not cure 

 them. I said I thought it was impos- 

 sible. She asked if I would let her try 



them. I said I would, but she might 

 save her trouble. She got them all 

 fixed and banked up as she had seen 

 me do. They budded out and remained 

 green all summer, but made no pro- 

 gress until next spring. I did not expect 

 them to bud, but they did, and have 

 borne heavy cro[)S ever since. The 

 peach trees are still standing among 

 them. We have great crops of peaches 

 and plums, but few apples. 



William Brown. 

 Annan, July 12, 1883. 



FRUIT CROP LV THE ANNAPOLIS 

 VALLKY. 



The fruit crop here will be very light, 

 some few kinds excepted. The King 

 of Tompkins County apple have set its 

 fruit better than most varieties. I was 

 much pleased with 



moore's arctic plum 

 tree shewn to me a few days since in 

 this valley. They had been planted 

 three years, and such fi*uiting \ have 

 never seen before. The fruit is uiu(;li 

 thicker on the branches than as i*epre- 

 sented in the many plates or pictures 

 of it that have been shewn to me. 

 Also as to its being an annual bearer, I 

 am informed by the owner that last 

 season he had quite a quantity of fruit, 

 but this season he has already had to 

 brace up the limbs to keep them from 

 breaking down. Also while many 

 other kinds are full of disease and cur- 

 culio stings, Moore's Arctic is com- 

 pletely free. There is no doubt in my 

 mind but that it will be largely planted 

 by orchardists. 



Will some of your readers please to 

 give a description of the apple known 

 in Canada and in the CJnited States 

 as the Nonpareil 1 



Yours, &c., 



John Savage. 



Note by the Editor. — Downing 

 thus describes " Nonpareil " : An old 



