STRAWBERRIES IN RENFREW. 



ever introduced. Noble was of no 

 value, neither was Downing. Glen 

 Mary did not hold up its recommenda- 

 tion for productiveness. Enhance bore 

 a good crop, but did not like appearance 

 or quality of the fruit. Dominion and 

 Jumbo were identical, fruit where deve- 

 loped, nice color and shape and good 

 of quality, but plant not productive and 

 rusts badly. Gardner bore a heavy crop 

 of large fairly attractive fruit. Eureka 

 bore an immense crop, but fruit was 

 not as pretty either in color or form as 

 many others. Sunnyside bore a fair 

 crop and some of the largest berries, 

 one measuring seven inches in circum- 

 ference, but berries are irregular in form 

 and quite acid. Commander bore a 

 fair crop of very nice berries. Bismarck 

 bore but a very small crop, but the fruit 

 was very firm and of fine form. 1 had 

 also two seedling varieties from the 

 Central Experimental Farm which bore 

 a small crop of very fine flavored fruit. 

 Besides this I have fruited the wonder- 

 ful little White Alpine two years. It 

 bears continuously all summer, and the 



fruit is white when ripe and when fully 

 ripe is of most delicious flavor. I got 

 my last picking last year on Oct. 20th, 

 but got a few more ripe berries on Nov. 

 4th. 



The two seedling varieties from the 

 Experimental Farm, also Dominion and 

 Jumbo and Burnett, gave a large num- 

 ber of imperfectly developed berries, no 

 doubt due to improper fertilization 

 caused by cold weather at blossoming 

 time. 



Growing them as I do, for plants I 

 give high cultivation the season they 

 are planted and take all plants from 

 ground set the previous spring, and after 

 I get what plants I want, or after the 

 first season I give only ordinary cultiva- 

 tion. 



I will have the following varieties of 

 fruit next season for the first and will 

 then report on them. Marshal, Rio, 

 Saunders, Lovett, Seaford, Cyclone, 

 Bisel and Graham's Seedling. 



W. J. Kerr. 



Renfrew^ Ont. 



Cold Storage Shipments. — The 

 first returns for this season's shipments 

 have been received and are quite satis- 

 factory. Bartlett pears sold for seven 

 shillings a 3rd bushel case, Red 

 Astracans five shilhngs, and Duchess 

 four shillings and five pence for the 

 same case. These results are quite en- 

 couraging, and we believe the packages 

 and the packing now employed are 

 even superior to the Californian. Our 

 English salesmen say they are just the 

 packages for the English fancy trade. 



Smith's Fali^ B'lower Show. — The 

 Smith's Falls Horticultural Society held their 

 Second Annual Flower Show in the Town 

 Hall, on the 13th and 14th inst. The im- 

 proved quality of the exhibits this year 

 plainly demonstrated that the show was 

 proving an educator, at least so far as 



developing the floral tastes of the community. 

 The children were admitted free in the after- 

 noons, and a charge of 10 cts was made for 

 adults. The receipts covered the expenses 

 with the exception of about SIO. An orches- 

 tra was present in the evenings, when a brief 

 programme of music, singing and short 

 speeches was presented. I notice that in 

 most places thore is a hesitancy about hold- 

 ing flower shows, on account of the trouble 

 they entail. We find the trouble not so great 

 as was anticipated. The town is divided 

 into four sections, and two ladies are detailed 

 for each, who call on those having plants, 

 and make their returns. The collectors get 

 these lists, also a quantity of cedar splints, 

 split in the end, and small cards. The name 

 of the plant, and the owner's name are 

 written on the card, which is inserted in the 

 splint, which is in turn stuck into the pot. 

 Two spring waggons with two men to each 

 did the collecting almost in the forenoon on 

 the first day of the show, and the delivering 

 occupied about the same time the day after 

 it was over. Not a single mistake was made» 

 and not a plant was injured. 



Wm. M. K., Sec.-Treas. 



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