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required. After the blooming season in 

 June, it is well to cut back the summer 

 growth again in order to encourage late 

 growth of wood and thus produce tlowers 

 later in the season. If the rose bushes are 

 thus kept freely cut back our correspondent 

 will not have much difficulty in protecting 

 them during the winter. He can easily pile 

 straw or leaves about them to protect them 

 from the cold, if such protection is neces- 

 sary. In the Southern parts of our Prov- 

 ince the H. P. Roses are perfectly hardy 

 without winter protection. 



Fruit Markets. 



1 186. Sir, — How is the grape crop with you ? 

 I hear, that in Essex it is poor, but I have never 

 had better prospects than this year. Is there any 

 paper pubhshed containing reliable fruit markets, 

 with hints as to the prospective prices ? The 

 Toronto papers do not give these in much detai'. 

 Of course you in the fruit centers know what the 

 fruit is worth, but people like myself, living away 

 from the fruit centers, have to do a good deal of 

 guess work. I would like some advice as to 

 reliable consignees for my fruit. 



Listowel, Ont. A. J. Collins. 



The prospect for grapes is fairly good 

 in the grape growing sections of Ontario, 



and so far this season prices have been 

 quite satisfactory, ranging from i^. to 

 2V_c. per lb., and even considerably higher 

 at the be.^'i lining of the season. We would 

 refer our correspondent to the ^lontreal 

 "Trade Bulletin" as a very useful paper on 

 the fruit markets of that city, which is one 

 of the best centers for large consignments. 

 In this paper there will also be found the 

 names of several commission merchants, but 

 we would not presume to take it upon our- 

 selve s to advise our correspondent as to 

 which of them he ought to choose. 



Grimes' Golden. 



1 187. Sir, — Why did you give up growing 

 Grime's Golden apple in Ontario ? I have a lot 

 that I intend planting in spring. Is there any- 

 thing wrong with it ? 



Vernon, B. C. R. T. F. 



The Grimes' Golden is a good apple for 

 the home garden, but lacks in two import- 

 ant points to be worthy of a place in the 

 commercial orchard : ( i ) it is too small, 

 which of late years is more and more con- 

 sidered by buyers, and (2) it lacks the color 

 which attracts foreign buyers to our apples. 



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Spirea " Anthony Waterer." 



Sir, — In the description given by Prof. 

 McCoun, he states " Origfin, Euroj>e ; height i 

 foot." The height gfiven by him will mislead 

 many, who do not know the shrub when planting 

 it out, because it will grow to the height of six 

 feet and over. I have one I planted in the spring 

 of 1897. It was about 15 inches when I planted 

 it. It is now five feet high and about ten feet in 

 circumterence. Ellwanger & Barry say "height 

 from 5 to 8 feet." It is a lovely shrub and 

 should be in every garden. Give it room and )i 

 then forms a i>erfect bush. .\s soon as the finSt 

 blossoms are over they should be cut off wit^ a 

 pair of shears ; if left on they give the bush a 

 ragged appearance. It will then flower more or 

 less till the end of October. Plant it whete it 

 is shaded during mid-day, because if exposed 

 to the sun all day the flowers quickly los^ their 

 bright color. 



South London. Chas. Jas. Fox. 



Floriculture at Hamilton. 



Sir, — In your last issue Mr. R. Cameron, of 

 Niagara Falls, asks: "Is the Love for Flowers 

 Diminishing in Hamilton." Inreply I will answer. 

 No^ sir, and I am perfectly satisfied that Mr. 

 Cameron would say "No sir," if he would see our 

 market during the week or on a Saturday. Of 

 course, no one could help but notice the slim atten- 

 dance at our recent flower show, but the reason is 

 simply this, we have a flower show in our market 

 three times everj- week, and the writer knows hun- 

 dreds who visit the market for nothing else but to 

 see the beautiful display of some of the best flowers 

 that are grown. .And of course, it is but natural to 

 think that no one will pay to see a flower show 

 when a most beautiful display is made on our 

 market days. When our nurseries vie with each 

 other, who can make the best display. The direct- 

 ors of the Hamilton Horticultural Society might 

 lake the hint and use the money now expended for 

 flower shows for some other purpose. Flower 



