BEST FRUIT TO GROW. 



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tlie same way in the row, thus training the 

 runners in one direction. 



Blossoms and fruit should be clipped off 

 as soon as they appear. Planting should 

 be done about Alay i, and not later than 

 May 10 in southern Ontario. The rows 

 should not be allowed to ibecome more than 



18 inches wide. It is a good plan to sow 

 the patch to oats as soon as enough plants 

 have formed. " This prevents the formation 

 of a lot of weak plants late in the fall, and 

 also provides a nice mulch. If this is not 

 done the patch should be well covered with 

 clean straw early in the winter. 



BEST VARIETIES OF FRUIT 



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N raspberries the Turner and Reli- 



ef the Huron fruit experiment station, to a 

 representative of The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist, " have been found to be the two best 

 early varieties in this vicinity, and the Cuth- 

 bert and Phoenix the two best medium and 

 late varieties. In currants, of the reds, 

 Fay's Prolific, Pomona and \'ersailles have 

 proved to be the best varieties, both in pro- 

 ductiveness and quality. Am.ong the blacks 

 the Champion and Naples have been the 

 most satisfactory in every respect, including 

 growth of bush and fruit, as well as quality. 



" Of wliite currants the Wiiite Grape is 

 the best variety. The experiments with 

 gooseberries have shown the Downing and 

 Pearl, both of which are American varieties, 

 to be the best and most profitable. The Red 

 Jacket, also an American variety, is very 

 promising but requires further testing. 



" The three favorite strawberries are 

 Michael's Early, Sanders and Brandy wine ; 

 the last two are the best for canning. The 

 apples that have given the best results in- 

 clude the Spy, Ben Davis, Rhode Island 

 Greening, Duchess, Baldwin and Golden 

 Russett. Many other varieties have done 

 well but have not proved as prolific com- 

 mercially. Among the promising new 



varieties are the Northwest Greening, a 

 winter variety which has a healthy, vigor- 

 ous tree, is an early bearer and produces 

 mucli fruit of fair (juality, and the Salome, 

 a very desirable winter apple.'' 



IX THE BURLINGTON DISTRICT. 



" Among the best varieties of red cur- 

 rants for the Burlington district," said ]\Ir. 

 A. W. Peart, of the Burlington station, 

 " are the \'ictoria. Wilder, Cherry and Fay's 

 Prolific, for early varieties, and North Star 

 and Prince Albert for medium to late varie- 

 ties. In black currants the most desirable 

 coni'mercial varieties are the Sanders. Na- 

 ples and Collins' ProHfic, the latter being a 

 late variety. In white currants the Grape 

 is the largest and most productive, while the 

 Imperial is superior in quality. The severe 

 weather of a year ago had the effect of 

 drawing the line between hardy and tender 

 varieties of blackberries very closely. Those 

 which passed through and cropped last fall 

 out of a list of 22 varieties were the Aga- 

 wam. Western. Triumph. Snyder, Ancient 

 Britain, Eldorado, Stone's Hardy and Wa- 

 chusetts. For a commercial plantation Mr. 

 Peart considers the best paying varieties are 

 the Agawam. Snyder, Kittatinny and West- 

 ern Triumph." 



I have tested 15 varieties of blackberries 

 and have narrowed them down to two, and 

 these two fill the bill for this locality. They 

 are the Eldorado and Agawam. They lose 

 none of their bearing wood during cold 



winter and give excellent crops, both in 

 quality and quantity. — (G. C. Caston, 

 Craighurst, Ont. 



We couldn't do without such a paper as The 

 Horticulturist.— (C. W. Mitchell, Pt. Elgin, Ont. 



