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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 1959. 



EXPERIMENTAL FARIVl NOTES.— XI. 



MONTH ag-o it was thought that 

 ^'^' our fine, mild weather must be 

 nearly over, as there had been a 

 continuous spell of it since early in 

 September, but it was not till October 17th 

 that a severe enough frost occurred to kill 

 such tender plants as cannas and dahlias, 

 the temperature that day being 27.8° Fahr. 

 After that time there was much fine weather 

 and no really hard frosts occurred until Nov. 

 13th, when the temperature fell to 15.5° 

 Fahr. On Nov. 14th four inches of snow 

 fell, and at this date, Nov. 19th, it looks as 

 if winter had set in, although there is little 

 frost in the ground yet. 



As the grapes were not injured by frost 

 until October 17th, a much larger number 

 of varieties ripened than was anticipated, 

 81 in all which fully matured. The follow- 

 ing mentioned in about the average order 

 of their time of ripening are some of the va- 



rieties that may almost always be counted 

 on to ripen here : Champion, Moore's Early, 

 Peabody, Moyer, Canada, Merrimac, Wilder, 

 Brant, Rogers 17, Delaware, Brighton, 

 Moore's Diamond, Worden, Lindley and 

 Vergennes, while not always certain to 

 ripen thoroughly are such good keepers that 

 they should be planted where more than the 

 earliest kinds suceeed. Champion is of 

 such inferior quality that it is not recom- 

 mended where any of the others mentioned 

 will ripen. 



The work of renewing the vines and old 

 arms which was begun two years ago was 

 continued this year. In this part of Ontario, 

 where the vines have to be covered every 

 winter, it is not a good plan to let the arms 

 get large and stiff, as they are much more 

 difficult to bend, and more soil is required 

 to cover them. Furthermore, the buds are 

 not as reliable on the old arms, and there 



