352 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



I fear few would fall on to the sheet placed 

 beneath the trees to be beaten. Sing-le rose 

 bushes, or vines, can of course be covered 



with mosquito netting-, but this is impracti- 

 cable on a large scale. The injury to apples 

 is much less common than to grapes. 



^OEiTl®?^ B^AUEII, 



1171. 



Excrescence on Elm Twig. 



-Sir.— Enclosed I send you a cutting 



from one of my American Elms planted 12 or 14 

 years ago ; I also notice a red, juicy matter exud- 

 ing from some of them, with a large knotty sub- 

 stance growing on the trunk of the tree. 



Port Hope. J. Helm. 



The excrescence on the small elm twig from 

 Mr. Helm, Port Hope, is merely an effort 

 of the elm tree to overcome a former injury 

 which may have originally been caused by 

 the Woolly Aphis of the elm. These woody 

 nodular growths are frequently found on the 

 Canadian ash and apple. 



Ottawa. J. Fletcher. 



H72. Sir, — Kindly advise me in the Horti- 

 culturist what is the best variety for sizeand flavor 

 to be planted in clay soil for home consumption. 



A Subscriber. 



I presume the Subscriber means by '''•for 

 home consumption'' for his own table, and 

 asking for flavor he wants a berry of quality. 

 If am right in my surmise, I would name 

 the " Annie Laurie" as such a berry. It is 

 a staminate, a seeding of Mr. Beaver's, o 



Ohio ; bright, shining scarlet in color, gold 

 seeds on the outside ; very much resem- 

 bling the Jersey Queen in appearance. 

 It is of the very finest quality, in fact 

 you might take it for a standard of 

 quality ; it is medium to late in season ; it 

 is fairly productive ; the very finest table 

 variety, and is a fine one for canning ; it is 

 a staminate variety. But if the subscriber 

 means by home consumption the home mar- 

 ket and wants to know the best market 

 variety, I have no hesitation in naming the 

 Clyde as the best for such purposes. A 

 strong grower, staminate, plant very 

 healthy, fruit very large, firm, good flavored 

 and a wonderful producer of the largest 

 berries ; stands dry weather among the 

 best. The Clyde has done well the past 

 season. It seems to have succeeded well 

 in clay, as well as on the lighter soils. It 

 is highly spoken of wherever grown. Stands 

 easily first among strawberries for all pur- 

 poses. 



Port Rowan. E. B. Stevenson, 



©[pdD^ Liittdirs, 



Fruit Prospects About Goderich. 



Sir, — The prospects for fruit are not what was 

 expected earlier in the season in this district. 

 There are no plums scarcely, cherries were very 

 few; the birds left us the pits of the. early ones, 

 the few there were. We had a fair crop of Rock- 

 port. This is the best variety I know of in this 

 neighborhood. It is a fine meaty cherry with a 

 small pit. Pears with us are also scarce, except 

 the Bartlett, wh:ch is good. Apples — some trees 

 b ossomed freely, but the fruit is very thin on the 



trees. What there is looks very well. On the 

 whole there will be a very light crop. 



We are not much troubled with the tent cater- 

 pillar in this section, I am glad to say. The 

 Duchess seems to be the heaviest yielder with us. 

 The small fruit, as strawberries and raspberries, 

 is a fair crop. Gooseberries rather light ; cur- 

 rants good. I find during haying that the grass- 

 hoppers are very scarce this year. 



Goderich. 



Walter Hick. 



I 



