THE 



Canadian Horticulturist 



Vol XVII. 



1894=. 



No. 12. 



-^o^ 



THE OLD YEAR. 



Since thy dim dawn, Old Year, 

 How much of hope and fear ! 

 How many a bitter tear 

 Hath fallen from sorrow's eye ! 

 How many lithe and bright. 

 Who hailed thee with delight. 

 Have bowed before time's might 

 And laid them down to die. 



Billow of time, sweep on ! 

 Go join the ages gone, 

 Where earth's sun never shone 

 Farewell ! but not for aye ; 

 Thou'lt meet me on that day 

 When sun and stars decay, 

 And time shall be no more. 



THE RED BIETIGHEIMER. 



have such an excellent list of autumn apples already in culti- 

 vation, that it seems almost unnecessary to place before our 

 readers any other variety. The Gravenstein is almost perfect, 

 so good in quality, so excellent in appearance, so healthy in 

 growth ; and the Blenheim Orange is another excellent fall 

 apple, averaging larger than the Gravenstein ; but here is 

 another aspirant for the precedency of apples of its season, 

 for market purposes, viz., the /^cd Bietigheinier. 



It is comparatively new, the first notices appearing in 

 Canadian publications about ten years ago. It is of German origin, and 

 seems to succeed well in Canadian soil. The tree is a vigorous grower and 

 abundant bearer ; the fruit large to very large ; skin pale green, mostly covered 



