THE CANADIAN HOB TICULTCEIST. 



Gregg gets into good picking, and such 

 pickings we never saw in the black 

 raspberry line. The bushes are liter- 

 ally covered over with clusters. 



Our best pickers would average ten 

 to twelve quarts per hour of the Gregg. 

 The bush is a rank grower and perfect- 

 ly hardy with us. With black rasp- 

 berries dried, quoted at twenty-seven 

 to thirty cents per lb., we see no danger 

 of overdoing the business for years to 

 come. — A. M. Purdy, in Fruit Re- 

 corder. 



THE NEWER STRAWBERRIES. 



Finch's Prolific. — Originated in 

 Southern Ohio, and thought to be a 

 cross of Russell's Prolific with W^ilson. 

 We have only tested it one season, but 

 are strongly impressed with its value 

 as a very productive and firm market 

 berry; plant strong and healthy; fruit 

 large, good form and color; medium 

 quality, very firm ; think it should be 

 tested by every one growing fruit for 

 market. 



Bid WELL. — A very valuable early 

 variety; plants strong and vigorous 

 even on light soil; very productive, 

 fruit of large size; long and conical 

 in shape, with an occasional coxcomb 

 berry; color, a glossy crimson; superior 

 quality. 



Marvin. — A cross between Wilson 

 and Jucunda. It will not thrive on 

 light, dry soil ; on heavy clay soil it is 

 of gi-eat value ; fruit of large size, dark 

 red, veiy firm and solid, good quality ; 

 and what is best of all, the very latest 

 to ripen. 



Mount Yernon, or Kirkwood. — 

 Originated in Southern New Jersey, 

 and said to be the most profitable mar- 

 ket berry ever grown there. The plant 

 is one of the most vigorous on our place ; 

 very productive, fruit of medium size 

 and quality ; moderately firm ; ripens 

 very late, and valuable for market on 

 that account. — Fruit Recorder, 



MOORE'S EARLY GRAPE IN THE 

 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



The Fruit Committee of the Montreal 

 Horticultural Society, in the Report 

 for 1880, say of this variety that it is 

 fully equal in quality to the Concord, 

 that it ripens before the Hartford 

 Prolific, or as nearly as possible with 

 the Champion, known there more re- 

 cently as Beaconsfield, but quite sur- 

 passing it in flavor, and add, " we 

 believe this variety will prove of great 

 value to our Province on account of its 

 early ripening, and because, as we are 

 informed, the vine is vigorous and 

 healthy. It has been fruited in Ontario, 

 and is there much esteemed. The 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 after testing this grape for several years^ 

 awarded it a prize of sixty dollars as 

 the best new seedling grape." 



THE WILDER GRAPE IN THE 

 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



At the recent exhibition of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of L'Islet County, 

 Province of Quebec, latitude 47° noi-th, 

 Mr. Auguste Dupuis exhibited this 

 grape, grown by him in the open air, 

 perfectly ripe and of-fii'st quality. W^e 

 are fully pei-suaded that this grape will 

 prove to be one of the most valuable of 

 the Rogers varieties in our climate. 



PACKING GRAPES. 



I wish to offer a few suggestions to the 

 grape growers in reference to packing 

 grapes for shipping to niaiket. The 

 manner of packing has much to do with 

 the condition in which they arrive in 

 market, and the condition has much to do 

 with the price obtained. 



In the first place, grapes should never 

 be gathered when wet with dew or rain. 

 The best method that I have tried for 

 gathering grapes is to take a sharp pair of 

 shears (pruning shears answer well) or a 

 sharp knife with hooked blade : take hold 

 of the buach with one hand and cut the 



