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THE CANADIA.K HORTICULTURIST. 



yellows, of which I have read a great 

 deal lately 1 Is that big white grub, 

 with the watery end, injurious] He 

 is very frequently met with this year. 

 All the harm that I can see he does is 

 to eat into potatoes and eat strawberry 

 plants off. 



Fruit looks around this section on 

 the main very good, so far. Apples, 

 pears, and cherries, splendid ; in fact, 

 never saw such a show. 



Currants — 25 per cent, blasted by 

 east wind. 



Gooseberries — Frozen on the top 

 branches. May 23. 



Grapes — Badly frozen in exposed 

 positions same night ; coming on again 

 now. 



Raspberries and Blackberries — Show 

 is good. 



Strawberries — -Somewhat frozen on 

 May 23, Sharpless worst of all. Ju- 

 cunda and Wilson only open blows, 

 but Sharpless is so tender that un^ 

 opened buds froze, added to which it is 

 not nearly as nice a berry to eat as the 

 so-called third-rate berry Jucunda. 

 These are two faults which even its 

 large size and beautiful color of fruit 

 will not compensate. For size and color 

 they are simply magnificent, with me ; 

 but a neighbor got some plants from 

 Ohio, and the shape of their fruit is 

 like a man's closed hand ; almost in 

 every one can the fingers be traced, 

 with a green seam between, which 

 renders them worthless. 



Peaches — None ; and if the rain was 

 a little more like the peach crop, we 

 would like it considerably better. 



Yours, Ac, A. G. E. 



The leaves found enclosed with this 

 interesting letter had the appearance 

 of having been injured by the frost. 

 Do not think it to be the yellows. 



Editor. 



PROTECTING GRAPES FROM BIRDS. 



To THE Editor of the Canadian Horticulturist'. 



Sir, — I have been much amused and 

 instructed by reading the various sub- 

 jects discussed in the Horticulturist, as 

 also the report of the Entomological 

 Society. I cannot help thinking what 

 a labour it must be to tie paper bags 

 on the bunches of grapes in a large 

 vinery. Would not a sheet, made so 

 as to go over and round tinder the 

 whole vine, and fastened to the trellis, 

 made of course gauze, be much cheaper 

 in the end, and much handier, than to 

 tie a bag on every bunch, although it 

 would cost more at first 'i It could be 

 taken down, laid by, and used again 

 for many years; it would allow the 

 passage of air through, and keep out 

 bees or birds, and would save much 

 labour in putting it on, as well as in 

 taking otf, as compared with paper bags. 

 Yours respectfully, 



James Milligan. 



Orillia, 26th June, 1882, 



FRUITS IN MUSKOKA 

 Nine or ten years ago, I planted 

 quite a few trees — apples, [)ear8, plums, 

 cherries, etc. — but all with the excep- 

 tion of two crabs, Transcendant and 

 Montreal Beauty, died. Last spring I 

 planted several apple trees, with the 

 following result : — Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, two out of eight were winter- 

 killed ; Red Astrachan all alive ; St. 

 Lawrence all dead ; Snow-apple half 

 killed, and Golden Kusset a fourth 

 killed. Last winter was an excep- 

 tionally severe one here on trees, and I 

 congratulate myself I have so many 

 alive. 1 bought my first lot through 

 an agent, and did not then know what 

 sorts were suitable for this district. I 

 believe the sorts I have now can be 

 successfully grown here. 



• I am, yours respectfully, 



Wm. Gregory. 



