35° The Canadian Horticulturist. 



reminds one somewhat of similar variations of color in the Fameuse, of which 

 the tree is a seedling. The Dempsey Pear, Trenton, Albury, Hastings and Walter 

 apples were shown in the large collection from the Bay of Quinte Station. The 

 Idaho pear, as shown by the Secretary, was much smaller than the samples 

 which have been described in the Canadian Horticulturist. The former 

 description was made from samples sent from Idaho, where fruits grow to a 

 larger size than they do in Ontario. When once our experiment stations are 

 in full operation, we hope to be able to describe all fruits from specimens 

 actually grown in Ontario. The Brockworth Park pear and the Geneva grape 

 were shown by Mr. A. M. Smith, who also brought quite a collection of Russian 

 apples from the orchard of Mr. Sidney Parnell, of St. Catharines. These are 

 more interesting because of their novelty than because of their value. Two 

 new seedling plums were shown by Mr. J. K. Gordon, of Whitby, one of which 

 he has named General Brock, and the other the Whitby. The former ripens 

 . about the second week in August, and the latter is a late plum. Both of these 

 plums present an attractive appearance. 



Another year it is proposed to increase the value of the experimental 

 exhibit by arranging the varieties in alphabetical order, and also by showing in 

 separate lots a limited number of those varieties of each fruit which seem adapted 

 for cultivation in the locality in which the fruit Station is situated. 



Cape of Shrubbery. — It is well, sometimes, to repeat advice, as it is not 

 always properly understood when first offered, — and this is especially true of 

 matter connected with the management of shrubbery. The practice of shear- 

 ing bushes in the winter time has been repeatedly shown to be as destructive to 

 the object aimed at as it is objectionable to good taste. The proper time to 

 prune shrubbery is after the flowering is over, then all weak and puny branches 

 should be cut out to the ground. In cases where the bushes are low, with such 

 plants as spiraea, for instance, nearly all those which flower in the spring should 

 be removed, and a new set of strong shoots suffered to come out near the 

 ground. The result is a well formed natural specimen, which will bloom pro- 

 fusely the following year, and yet be kept within the limited bounds desired ; or 

 if the plant is not required to be kept down to small dimensions, but a large, 

 vigorous bush is desired, still the summer pruning should be the rule, for if the 

 whole branch be not cut out to the ground, the vigorous upper shoots should 

 be checked by having the very strongest ones pinched back. No amount of 

 theoretical advice, however, will enable one to do just the right thing. Grand 

 success must come from experience and observation. If we keep in mind that 

 very strong shoots rob and weaken those not as strong as themselves, and that 

 this vigorous growth is to be checked as it is going on, we get the chief element 

 in success. All the rest must come from experience, and the rule can be 

 applied to each particular class, according to the object aimed at. — Meehans' 

 Monthly. 



