MANITOBA NOT AT THE NORTH POLE. 



ries, gooseberries, currants, etc. ; but 

 the vineyards (Fig. 1088) have always 

 received especial care, and yield won- 

 derful results. Among about 60 varie 

 ties of grapes under cultivation for 

 profit, he esteems most highly the fol- 

 lowing : — Agawm, I.indley, Salem, Wil- 

 der, Delaware, Niagara and Moore's 

 Early. 



The cut at the head of this article 

 represents Mr. C. P. Carpenter, one of 

 the oldest residents of the section, who 

 was born in 1826 ; by his pluck and 

 perseverance he has made a success 

 in life and has won universal respect. 



A view of the old Grimsby basket- 

 factory is given (Fig. 1089), showing 

 a load of peach baskets ready to be 

 sent out for the use of some peach 

 grower. The number of baskets re- 

 quired for fruit in this section is enor- 

 mous, and increasing yearly. 



To give an idea of the fruitfulness 

 of some of the garden ground in this 

 section, we are authorized to say that 

 Mr. Hugh Anderson, of Grimsby, har- 

 vested in one year 1,600 baskets of 

 peaches from 600 trees, only four years 

 planted ! 



MANITOBA NOT AT THE NORTH POLE. 



T seems very difficult to dispel from 

 the minds of many people even in 

 Ontario, the impression that Mani- 

 toba is situated somewhere in the 

 immediate vicinity of the North Pole — 

 even those who should know better give 

 expression to some very strong state- 

 ments in this connection. One of the 

 large seed firms in Toronto in their 1897 

 seed catalogue, in advertising the Sibe- 

 rian pea, refer to it as follows, "Caragana, 

 the one hardy shrub for Manitoba and 

 the North-West." This is set out in 

 large bold type, and is perhaps the most 

 striking thing on the page of the cata- 

 logue on which it appears. This cata- 

 logue is sent from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific, and is calculated to do injury, 

 as the statement is altogether incorrect. 

 No doubt the Siberian pea is well suited 

 to this Province, for while this catalogue 

 goes on to describe it as a " tail growing 

 shrub say four or five feet," it grows on 

 our soil to twelve and fifteen feet high. 

 To illustrate how absurd is the idea that 

 this is the one hardy shrub that grows 

 here, 1 would point out that of the 

 thirty four varieties of " Hardy Shrubs 



and Herbaceous Plants," advertised in 

 this catalogue, I have the twelve follow- 

 ing growing in my own garden, viz. : — 

 coreopsis, berberry, caragana, lonicera 

 gaillardia, hollyhock, hydrangea, phil- 

 adelphus, snowball, spirjea, purple lilac 

 and yucca. Many of the remaining 

 kinds are grown here, but I refer simply 

 to what I grow myself. I think at least 

 30 of the 34 kinds will grow in this 

 climate, and of these some grow most 

 luxuriantly, c. g., caragana, coreopsis, 

 hollyhock, lonicera (Tartarian honey- 

 suckle) and philadelphus (mock orange). 

 It is not climate or soil we lack to grow 

 ornamental shrubs, but a leisure class 

 who will do it for pleasure, or a sufiicient 

 population to furnish a field for the 

 nurseryman in the Province. We can 

 boast of as many ornamental shrubs as 

 Ontario could when she was 25 years 

 old, and though the larger fruits grow 

 more readily there than here, on small 

 fruits and shrubs we would ask for 

 further time for testing before we admit 

 that we cannot equal the eastern Pro- 

 vince. 



Monifii, .\f(i>i. A. McLkod. 



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