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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Prof. McCoum, of the Central Experimen- 

 tal Farm, Ottawa, writes the following de- 

 scription of it : "Origin, Europe; height, i 

 foot; begins to bloom first week in July, and 

 continues in flower a long time. Flowers, 

 a bright, purplish red, borne in compact 

 heads. One of the prettiest dwarf shrubs 

 yet tested at Otta\va. " 



The members of the Ontario Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association will be pleased to learn that 

 these two plants, the Cumberland Raspberry 

 and the Spiraea, Anthony Waterer, have been 

 selected for the plant distribution in the 

 spring of 1901, and our subscribers will have 

 an opportunity of testing them. 



To Remove Fruit Stains from enamel 

 saucepans use chloride of lime. Fill the 

 saucepan with cold water, add one teaspoon- 

 ful of chloride of lime to each half gallon, 

 and boil until the stain is removed. — 

 Rural New Yorker. 



Fig. 1893. SpiRi^A, Anthony Waterer. 



CURRANTS IN 1900. 



Fig 1894. Versaillaise (reduced). 



IWOR a few years past Currant growing 

 tejl has gone somewhat out of favor 

 owing to the low prices prevailing. 

 Fortunately for the grower a much 

 more encouraging state of things prevails, 

 and instead of 3 or 4 cents a quart, 

 they are now worth in our best mar- 

 kets 5 and 6 cents, which leaves a 

 good margin to the grower, even after ex- 

 penses of sale are deducted. The acid of 

 the currant is counted very wholesome, and 

 in summer season the free use of currants, 

 either fresh, spiced, or in jelly, is worth far 

 more to the human system than most people 

 imagine. 



In our grandfathers' gardens currants 

 were usually grown against the fences and 

 often left unpruned or uncultivated, and the 

 old Red Dutch was almost the only variety 



