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THE CANADIAN H0RTI0ULTUKI8T. 



REPORTS ON TREES RECEIVED. 



I'm overwhelm'd with grateful feeling, 

 Until my mind is past concealing j 

 This saying surely you believe, 

 •* To give is better than receive." 

 That book itself, with such a store 

 Of information, is worth more 

 Than all we give besides the rest — 

 Trees, plants and horticulturist. 

 And then the trees have done so well, 

 Their value I can hardly tell, 

 Except the golden grimes by name 

 AVas dead and dry before it came. 

 Then grapes and rasps and seedling glas 

 My expectation did surpass. 

 If every person did but know 

 The gain and pleasure they forego, 

 They would come all with such a rush 

 Your institution they would crush, 

 For it would be in vain to try 

 So many thousands to supply ; 

 Then just keep quiet, or I fear 

 You may endanger your career. 



William Brown. 



With respect to my eight years' 

 experience as amateur fruit grower in 

 the Town and City of St. Thomas, East, 

 Pears for general culture for profit I 

 strongly endorse the ( 1 ) Flemish Beauty, 

 (2) Bartlett, (3) Clapp's Favorite, it has 

 blighted some with me. Duchesse as 

 dwarf succeeds well. The Sheldon is a 

 fine flavored pear. The Vicar blighted 

 badly, I had to cut it down. The 

 Clapp's Favorite I received some years 

 since is now a fine tree, has borne 

 sparingly three years. The flavor is 

 exquisite when picked early and ripened 

 in the house. Great care must be taken 

 not to allow them to ripen on the tree, 

 as they rot from the core and lose all 

 flavor. Grapes — I have met with the 

 best success here with Concord and 

 Agawam. I have also fruited the 

 Barry, Merrimac and Salem. The 

 above Rogers Grapes were badly killed 

 on the trellis through the severe frosts 

 of last winter. I also lost many Plums 

 from the same cause. I cannot write 

 •well of the Eumelan. I think it a 

 poor, insipid grape. The Burnet is 



with me a very slow gi-ower, has not 

 fruited yet. The best point I see in it 

 yet is a very pretty leaf The Down- 

 ing Gooseberry throve well with me 

 until cut off by frost last winter. I do 

 not think it is to be compared with the 

 Houghton for cultivation, though the 

 Downing berry is larger, I think it 

 lacks the flavor of the Houghton. Lee's 

 Prolific Currants I do not find, after 

 two years' gi-owth, to exceed, if equal, 

 Black Naples. In Crab Apples the 

 Hyslop and Soulard are by far the 

 finest fruiters and growers. The Sen- 

 asqua Grape of last year did not start. 

 The Ontario Apple has done well in 

 growth, but not fruited yet. In shrubs 

 I can especially recommend Hydrangea 

 Grandiflora for hardiness, length of 

 blooming season and beautiful appear- 

 ance. I am pleased to write that I 

 received Eight First and Second Prizes 

 at the Southern Counties Fair, 1880, 

 for fruit grown by myself (not col- 

 lected). My stock of knowledge was 

 gained, to a large extent, from yearly 

 reports and monthly papei-s of IJorti- 

 culturist. I find the Dominion Straw- 

 berry a useful variety, the cro{> coming 

 in when the Wilson is failing. I 

 believe the Sharpless a good acquisition 

 to our list of good croppers. Excuse 

 lengthiness, from yours truly, 



Henry N. Reading, 

 St, Thomas. Machinist. 



A TIMELY HINT. 



A very creditable appearance our 

 little journal makes now. And it is a 

 token for good to see more of our mem- 

 bers giving us the benefit of their 

 experience. 



" In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. " 



Some keen observers of cause and 

 effect may be, as wee Scotch bodies say, 

 a wee hit blate (don't think the Editor 



