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THE CANADIAN HOETICULT CRIST. 



whole good satisfaction, as it grows 

 readily in almost any sort of soil, and 

 bears neglect and hardship very patient- 

 ly. A good hardy, serviceable cherry 

 is much needed for our common, every 

 day wants. 



QUINCES 



Are not to any appreciable extent 

 grown among us, as our people do not 

 feel the need of them, not knowing any- 

 thing either of their nature or qualities. 

 It is, however, very doubtful whether 

 our county, in climate especially, would 

 in any degree suit them for develop- 

 ment. 



PEACHES. 



The growing of this fruit in this sec- 

 tion is getting to be quite an import- 

 ant industry, and thousands of trees are 

 annually being planted for their fruit. 

 The reason of this is the very general 

 satisfaction the crop has given the culti- 

 vators for the last few seasons past in 

 its quantity and in its quality. Our 

 soil and climate seem not unadapted to 

 the successful production of very fine 

 peaches. This last season, however, 

 was an unusual exception to our gener- 

 ally large and fine show of peaches 

 The reason of this was undoubtedly the 

 unusual severity of the preceding win- 

 ter, the high winds and the severe 

 freezing having killed the peach fruit 

 buds, and in some localities even the 

 wood was positively frozen to death. 

 This may not likely occur again for 

 sometime, but it should be a valuable 

 lesson to our peach growers generally, 

 to be careful to provide screens or wind 

 breaks, to their fruit plantations, for in 

 every case the crop is benefited by it. 

 Our crop therefore from about 150 

 trees did not amount to more than 20 

 bushels, which sold readily for a very 

 .high price in the market. I need not 

 say tliat the peach is not indigenous in 

 our country, but we have any quantity 

 of seedlings produced annually, some 

 good and some good for nothing. Mr. 



Geo, Ott, of Arkona, has a very fine yel- 

 low-fleshed seedling, called Ott's beauty, 

 that is really very valuay>le, as it is of 

 very fine flavor, good size, ships well, 

 and comes true from its own seed, 

 needing not to be budded. These, you 

 know, are good points and our people 

 know how to prize them, and peaches 

 will likely be planted largely, Mr. 

 Ott himself having the finest orcliard 

 of about 2,000 trees that I have 

 ever seen. The sorts mostly grown 

 here are Early York ; Stump the 

 World ; Crawford's Early, and some of 

 the very early varieties lately intro- 

 duced ; but Crawford's is the best, and 

 the largest planted. There was quite a 

 stir made by the tree agents about 

 Early Canada, and some of them effect- 

 ed large sales at good prices for the 

 trees, but the fruit is not coming up to 

 the expectations raised by the itinerants. 

 It is true, it is early, maturing with us 

 Aug. 5th. but it is nothing better than 

 Amsden's June, being small and so 

 intensely cling that it can scarcely be 

 used. Mr. River's Early Louise is 

 good, very early, and very tine, an accep- 

 table fruit. It should be largely plant- 

 ed as it is as hardy as our seedlings. 



GRAPES 



Are a very popular fruit, and fast be- 

 coming increasingly interesting. Our 

 country seems well adapted to their 

 successful culture, and the probabilities 

 are that many large vineyards will be 

 planted all over where favorable locali- 

 ties can be secured. The crop last 

 season was immense, and all found a 

 ready market at the time of maturity. 

 Our people however, are very slow in 

 planting out the vines, as they are much 

 afraid there is sOme secret in their 

 management, and they could not possi- 

 bly do it, but still manv are experiment- 

 ing in small quantities. Black sorts 

 are most popular, as our people are 

 somewhat careless or suspicious of red 

 or white varieties. The sorts most 



