THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUPIST. 



cidedly larger. Where the winter is too 

 severe for these two to thrive, the 

 Wealthy is a good substitute. It is as 

 hardy as the Duchess and one of the 

 most beautiful of apples ; the quality is 

 of the best either for cooking or dessert. 

 It is at its best in November but keeps 

 well till January. We have no winter 

 apples suitable for this district that can 

 compare with the King or Spy. Of well 

 tested sorts, Baxter, Pewaukee, and 

 Scotts Winter are the most reliable. 

 The first two are large, dark-colored, 

 showy apples, of only fair quality ; the 

 latter, while an extra good keeper, is too 

 small ever to become a favorite. There 

 are a great many new kinds offered as 

 good winter varieties for severe climates, 

 but as yet they are only on trial ; those 

 mentioned above are the safe ones to 

 plant in the meantime. 



Apple trees may be planted success- 

 fully in the autumn, but on the whole 

 the spring is the best time. Many 

 planters buy their trees in the autumn, 

 trim the broken roots, dig a trench and 

 bury them, covering with earth up to 

 near the ends of the branches. The 

 advantage of this method is that, after 

 heeling in, the cut ends of the roots 

 become callous, and are ready to put 

 out new roots as soon as planted in the 

 spring. Plant as directed for plums, 

 only allow more room ; 25 to 30 feet 

 apart is none too far. One each of the 

 above kinds will give you all the apples 

 you could use if they all bore every year, 

 but as they rarely do that it is better to 

 plant two of each kind. If you would 

 like to grow some crabs, the Gibb, Mar- 

 tha, and Whitney are all good sorts, 

 the Whitney is large enough, and good 

 enough to be used as a dessert apple, 

 and is immensely superior to the Trans- 

 cendent, so commonly planted. 



Unless you are willing to grow a large 

 number of cherry trees you had better 

 leave them alone, for you have to feed 

 the birds before you get any for your- 

 self; they take fully three-fourths of all 

 I grow. I have found Ostheim and 

 Besserabian quite hardy, and of very 

 good size and quality. 



When you make up your mind that 

 you ought to have a fruit garden, write 

 to all the nurserymen that you know of, 

 and ask for their catalogues, and prices ; 

 compare them carefully, and everything 

 else being equal, send your order to the 

 nearest one. You will find that you can 

 always do best by dealing direct with 

 the nursery. If in doubt as to what to 

 plant, ask some of your neighbors what 

 has succeeded with them, and profit 

 by their experience. As a guide to you 

 of what the cost should be, I have made 

 an estimate of everything recommended 

 in this paper : 



6 rhubarb roots 



200 strawberries, assorted . 



200 raspberries, assorted. . 



18 currants, assorted. . . . 



12 gooseberries, assorted. 



2 each 7 kinds of grapes 



2 each 2 kinds plums . . 



2 each 10 kinds apples. 



$20 50 



Theseare all outsideprices.and most of 

 the above articles can be bought for much 

 less from reliable Canadian nurseries, 

 but supposing you pay these prices, at 7 

 per cent, it would represent a yearly out- 

 lay of $1.40. Do you not think it would 

 be well spent money to have such a col- 

 lection of fruit as I have described ? I 

 do. 



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