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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Good Varieties of Berries 



AN editorial representative of The Hor- 

 ticulturist who, during July, visited 

 the fruit garden of Mr. D. M. Lee, of Paris, 

 had an interesting talk with him concerning 

 his methods of growing small fruits. " I 

 raise only one variety of raspberries; the 

 Cuthbert," said Mr. Lee. " I have tried the 

 Marlboro, Shaffer's Colossal, and Brandy- 

 wine, and discarded all. The Marlboro 

 needs too nriuch petting and manuring, and 

 even then the results are often poor. 



" My berry bushes are planted in con- 

 tinuous rows almost eight feet apart. The 

 best varieties of black raspberries with me 

 are Craig and Mammoth Cluster. I plant 

 them in the same way as the red and sup- 

 port the canes by two strands of wire about 

 two feet or more from the ground on either 

 side of the row. 



VARIETIES OP STRAWBERRIES. 



" The best paying varieties of strawber- 

 ries are Climax, Clyde and Williams. The 

 Climax has been exceptionally good this 

 year, and is a good seller. However, it 's 

 slightly soft for shipping. The Clvde is a 

 good all-round berry and solid enough for 

 shipping. The Crescent was the best 

 berry with us for years, but seems to be 

 running out." 



" If the weeds get a start I plow up the 

 patch at the end of the first season, but if 

 the patch can be kept moderately clean I 

 take two crops. On a two-year-old patch 

 the berries ripen earlier, but the fruit is 

 smaller and poorer in quality. 



" Raspberries on my two-year-old bushes 

 are as good as I ever saw them, but in a 

 four-year-old patch the bushes were badly 

 winter-killed and the result is a very light 

 crop. It seems that the severe winter was 

 much harder on old than on young planta- 

 tions." 



You should receive The Horticulturist 

 promptly on or about the first of every month. 

 Do you ? If you don't, let us know. 



The Raspberry Cane Borer 



PROF. W. LOCHHEAD, ONT. AGRI. COLLEGE, 

 GUELPH. 



What is the trouble with my red raspberries? 

 The young shoots are withering and drooping. 

 Have the two rows of punctures on the stem 

 anything to do with the wilting? For three 

 years I have lost many of the plants, and this 

 ye^r the loss will be greater than usual. — (S. 

 W. F. 



The cause of the wilting of the canes is a 

 long-horned slender beetle about half an 

 inch in length, of a black color, except a 

 yellow ring behind the head, fhe eggs are 

 deposited in June in little holes between the 

 two rows of punctures you observed. It is 

 supposed that the beetle makes these two 

 rows of punctures to prevent the crushing 

 of the t^^. The grub, on hatching from 

 the t^g, bores downward in the pith of the 

 cane, reaching the crown of the root by fall. 



To control this borer prompt action is 

 necessary. As soon as the canes are seen 

 to wilt, the wilted portion should be cut ofif 

 below the rows of punctures. In doing 

 this the grub is killed before he has done 

 much harm. If the whole cane shows ~ 

 signs of dying it would be well to cut out 

 the infested canes and burn them. Do not 

 postpone the cutting and burning too long, 

 for by fall the grubs will be in the root and 

 beyond reacli. 



I Have 60 Varieties of Grapes, and the 



leading commercial sorts are Worden and 

 concord in the blacks ; Delaware and Lind- 

 ley in the reds; and Niagara and Moore's 

 Diamond in the whites. The Worden is 

 my best money maker, and is the hardiest. 

 It should thrive as far north as any grape 

 grown. It is large and productive, with 

 a handsome bunch of dark purple fruit. 

 Some growers complain that it is too thin 

 skinned to ship well, but I find it reaches 

 our Canadian markets in good shape. The 

 Concord, of course, is a good standard 

 grap^ — (A. W. Peart, Burlington, Ont. 



