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Windsor Cherry. 



Sir, — Young Windsor Cherry trees made a 

 good growth last summer, but this spring 

 there are ver}' few leaves ; the only buds that 

 seem to be in good condition, that is, are 

 sending out full-sized leaves, are those at the 

 end of the growth of '95, and the second ter- 

 minal bud on the growth of '96. The buds 

 seem to open out at the proper time, but con- 

 tained nothing. Some of them are now send- 

 ing out very small leaves, but no fruit-buds. 

 Lutovka and Minnesota O.stheim are in the 

 tame condition. I enclose you a sample bud. 

 What is the matter ! Thermometer fell to 

 20° below last winter, and was reported 24' 

 below— the coldest known for 30 years. The 

 wood of young trees of Spaulding. Burbank, 

 Bradshaw, (Jenii and many other plunrs, is 

 uninjured, except perhaps a loss of an inch. 

 D. .J. .Stewart, 

 Ailk-en's Ferry, P.E.I. 



New Fruits. 



Sir, — Seeing in the .June number of The 

 HoRTici LTURisT, iri " New Fruit." by E. 

 Morden, a rather severe discrinjiuation 

 against Ku.ssian Apricots, I wish the writer 

 of said article couhl visit my orchard this 

 season before Apricots are ripe. I think we 

 could convince him that they are come to 

 stay. There are several tiees of dift'erent 

 varieties as heavy loaded as the trees can 

 carry, and I cannot find a curculio mark on 

 any of them. The tiees are more hardy than 

 Peach, having borne Fome fruit even in the 

 past two years, when Plums failed here. One 



of the trees measures 2 feet 6 inches across 

 the trunk. 



Japan Plums, too, come in for a share ; 

 oue thing, thty have an advantage over Pru- 

 nils domeslica, in being entirely free from 

 black-knot. 



S. Hunter. 

 Haalhurn Phce, Scbllaml, Out. 



A Long- Keeping- Apple. 



Sir, — I have a young seedliug apple tree 

 that bore heavily last year. I put a peck of 

 the fruit in a barrel of Russets, and when I 

 sold the Kussets, I found the others were 

 still sound. So I put them away again and 

 tliey are nearly sound at the present date, 

 .June 19th. The (juality is not very high, but 

 the apple is a woncferful keeper-, and the tree 

 is very productive. 



W. G. Watsom, Dixie, Onl. 



Price of Grapes. 



Sir,— Grapes here look fine and promise a 

 fairly good crop. All grape growers should 

 combine, who have an acre or nrore of virre- 

 yar'd. and sell no grapes for less than IJ cent 

 per lb. All grapes unsold 1 airr willing to 

 take at that price, aird make into wine. 

 There is a large wine cellar here, with marry 

 empty tanks, so I can make it up with little 

 e.itpense. 



I will send a sanrple of my last year's wine 

 to any person irrterested. 



D Gruenp.eck, TiUnnlmri/h. 



SWEET PEA WINDOW SCREEN. 



^>]-[N^HE sweet pea is suggested by a go to seed, a constant succession of 



writer in the [.adies' Home 

 Journal, for a screen against 

 the ugh'ness visible from many 

 hack windows. 



C;iven a long, narrow box for this 

 purpose, with a simple trellis work of 

 ordinary wire or twine, well pulverized 

 and enriched earth, with a small addi- 

 tion of sand and a moderate amount of 

 sunshine — sweet pea vines being easily 

 scorched — and a pretty window, a fra 

 grant room, and plenty of blossoms for 

 cutting may be confidently counted on, 

 says the authority quoted, and an ac- 

 companying illustration verifies the 

 statement. Following are additional 

 notes gleaned from the same source : 



A peculiarity of sweet peas is that the 

 higher they are trained the more pro- 

 fusely they will bloom, and if all fading 

 blossoms are removed before they can 



bloom is secured. 



Kio. UUl. — Sweet Pea Window .Screen. 



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