SOME OF THE NEWER FRUITS.— I. 



these factors can be used in estimating 

 quantities for a similar building of any 

 size. 



(10) It has been found by practical 

 experience during the past six years, 

 that II feet of iVo-inch pipe (equal to 

 about 6 feet 2 inches of 2inch pipe) 

 is ample fire-surface for a greenhouse 

 of a little over 1,000 cubic feet; lit 

 addition to heating a dwelling-house 

 measuring about 15,000 cubic feet. 



(11) The difference in weight be- 

 tween two columns of water 6 feet high, 

 contained in 2-inch pipes, with a dif 

 ference in temperature of 6°, is 114.6 



grains, or less than the weight of one- 

 half of one cubic inch of water (in 

 practice, neither this altitude of the 

 coil above the fi.e-box in such buildings, 

 nor the difference in temperature of the 

 two pipes is often exceeded); there- 

 fore every means should be used to get 

 the level of the upper part of the coil 

 as high as possible above the level 

 where the return pipe enters the fur- 

 nace, as the convection of the heat is 

 produced by the difference between the 

 weight of the two columns of water. 



Thos. Beall. 

 Lindsay, March, iSgj. 



SOME OF THE NEWER FRUITS.— I. 



By E. Morden, Niagara Falls South 



Japan Wineberry. — The bush of the 

 Japan Wineberry resembles a black-cap 

 in its mode of growth, and like it propa- 

 gates from the tips. The entire surface 

 of the drooping canes is covered with 

 red spines or soft bristles which give a 

 peculiar and ornamental appearance to 

 a plot of these bushes. The fruit is like 

 a sour red raspberry, but smaller. Up 

 to the time of ripening it is enclosed in 

 a capsule which resembles that of a 

 mo.ss rose and the fruit becomes visible 

 as it ripens It appears in bunches like 

 berries, but from a considerable thicket 

 of it I got very little fruit. As a bit of 

 novel shrubbery with chances of some 

 small edible fruit it answers very well. 



Lhvarf Juneberry. — This has several 

 merits. It is a dwarf grower, reaching 

 three or four feet in height. It is very 

 hardy. It produces a great mass of 

 white bloom very early in the spring. 

 It produces a full crop of edible berries 

 about July I St and continues to ripen 



•ts fruit for two weeks or more. The 

 fruit resembles huckleberries closely but 

 not so good in quality. Nearly every 

 one likes to eat it from the bushes. 

 When canned and cooked it is sweet. 

 It would answer nicely mixed with cur- 

 rants. With us the birds do not eat 

 many of the berries, which shows that 

 the birds are not properly posted. 



The people too need posting. We 

 sent two crates to the Niagara Falls mar- 

 ket. Many asked questions, said the 

 berries were very nice, but they forgot 

 to buy any of them. They were there- 

 fore entered for home consumption and 

 we are consuming them. 



A few nice clumps for ornament and 

 for home use would be interesting and 

 useful to any one who likes to try a new 

 fruit. In more northern localities I 

 think they should be found in fruit gar- 

 dens. In the present state of public 

 opinion I can scarcely recommend any 

 one to plant them largely for market 

 purposes. 



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