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the attractiveness of the home surroundings, 

 and had better be banished even from the 

 back yards ; the fruit is cheap and can be 

 purchased at less than you can grow it. The 

 onlv fruit of the kind I would grow would 

 be strawberries. These you want fresh from 

 vour own vines to have them at their best, 

 and you cannot always depend upon your 



fruiterer for them. They will repav 

 the highest cultivation and give wonderful 

 yields of fruit. Try Clvde, Bubach, Saund- 

 ers and Haverland, or some of the other 

 highly recommended varieties, and see how 

 well you will be repaid. 



L. WOOI.VERTOX, 



Before Hamilton Horticultural Societv. 



NOTES ON SMALL FRUIT CULTURE. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



I have tried a number of sorts the past 

 few years with following results : 



Industry. — This variety with me has 

 been a complete failure. It is a very poor 

 grower and not productive enough to be 

 worth growing. 



Downing. — Has been our main market 

 variety. It is a good grower, fair size and 

 very productive with me. It has never 

 mildewed although I have tested over 20 

 years. 



Whitesmith. — Very large and very 

 productive, but some seasons it has mil- 

 dewed so badly it was useless. The past 

 season it was perfectly free from mildew. 



Pearl. — I received the plants from Fruit 

 Growers' Association, a small plant by mail. 

 They have grown very rapid and borne 

 heavy crops, some bushes yielding 12 quarts 

 each. I have about 50 of them. They 

 have shown no sign of mildew so far. 

 Fruit fair size, somewhat larger than Down- 

 ing and a much better flavor. The bushes 

 are more open and much better to pick. I 

 am digging out the Downing and replacing 

 them with Pearl. 



Two years ago I planted some of the 

 Columbia and Chautauqua gooseberries. 

 Both those varieties have borne heavy crops 

 of very large fruit and good quality, no 

 mildew, but they have made a very slow. 



poor growth of wood. I think I have let 

 them bear too much. 



RASPBERRIES. 



CuTHBERT. — One of finest of berries but 

 they have winter killed so badly with me 

 that I have had to dig them all out. I think 

 my land was too rich for them and grew 

 the wood too fast and soft. 



Shaffer. — This variety has done re- 

 markably well with me. It has winter 

 killed but little and borne magnificent crops; 

 of very large fruit of good flavor. Fine for- 

 family use and home market, but too soft 

 for shipping. 



Marlboro. — Fruit large and very firm, 

 good bearer and hardy, but the bushes are 

 poor slow growers, and consequent!}- not a 

 profitable sort with me. 



Con rath. — Received from Fruit 

 Growers' Association. This has done 

 remarkably well with me ; I think it the 

 best of all the black caps. Berries good 

 size and firm. Flavor good. Bushes good 

 rapid growers and perfectly hardy. 



Loudon is the best red raspberrv I have 

 yet tried. It is very large, very solid and 

 very productive. The bushes are perfectlv 

 hardy and good growers. 



Notes on Strawberries and Currants later 

 on. 



St. Marys, Ont. S. II. Mitchell. 



