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THE CANADIAN HOETICULTUEIST. 



also bearing close resemblance to num- 

 ber one. 



No. 10 — This is another cross be- 

 tween the Houghton and English, but 

 from seed of the Houghton. The style 

 of growth is more like the English than 

 like the Houghton. It is a great and 

 constant Vjearer, and never has mil- 

 dewed. The berries are pale-green in 

 color, roundish-oval in form, consider- 

 ably larger than those of the Downing, 

 more meaty than any of the others, of 

 very good flavor, and apparently the 

 most promising of all these seedlings. 



We trust that Mr. Dougall will con- 

 tinue his experiments in this direction 

 until he has obtained a race of goose- 

 berries that never mildew, and which 

 rival in size and excel in quality the 

 English varieties. These seedlings are 

 very interesting as illustrative of what 

 may be expected by persistent efibrt in 

 the raising of new sorts. There is a 

 growing demand for larger gooseberries. 

 Downing, the best we have that has 

 been widely disseminated, is too small 

 to meet the demands of buyers of fruit, 

 and will be dropped as soon as larger 

 fruit can be abundantly supplied. 



THE BURNET GRAPE. 



Grave fears were entertained by the 

 growers of this magnificent grape res- 

 pecting its inclination during the season 

 of 1881 to produce a number of small 

 seedless berries in the bunch, thereby 

 marring its very fine appearance. It 

 is the cause of much satisfaction to its 

 growers and admirers that no trace of 

 this blemish is visible this year. It is 

 hoped that a report will be sent to the 

 Horticulturist as to how the Burnet is 

 prospering from various localities. In 

 this section it is fruiting heavily and 

 producing some of the finest bunches 

 that have been witnessed on any vine, 

 having set its fruit remarkably well, in 

 spite of the cold weather at the time it 



was in bloom. It is, of course, too 

 early at this time of writing — 22nd 

 August — to say whether it will ripen 

 thoroughly this backward season, but 

 the promise is exceedingly fine. The 

 vine is very vigorous, without the 

 slightest sign of mildew. It is doubt- 

 ful if any grape, with the exception of 

 Arnold's Othello, Hartford or Concord, 

 will give as heavy a crop as that shown 

 by the Burnet, and everyone knows 

 that has ripened it, that for flavor and 

 quality of fruit, it is the Queen of out- 

 door Black Grapes. 



P. E. EUCKE. 

 Ottawa. 



MARKETING APPLES. 



Dear Sir, — I see nothing in my 

 June number of the Horticulturist 

 (July not received), concerning a mat- 

 ter I have often wished to see, viz., 

 the best mode of handling, and best 

 and surest way of marketing fruit, so 

 as to realize the most for it. 



We have great care and concern to 

 get the very best of stock, with the 

 object of supplying home demands, and 

 balance to place on the market. Now, 

 concerning the whole operation of pick- 

 ing, packing, and handling apples so as 

 to realize the most, is a matter I wish 

 to be informed upon. 



Formerly, I have, with my neigh- 

 bors, gathered and piled them in heaps 

 at the foot of the trees, and then waited 

 the time and pleasure of the man who 

 gets his commission on the job, and has 

 no concern whether our fruit lies there 

 until the frost ruins it or not. I think 

 this is a very poor way for us to make 

 the best out of our crop, which should 

 be next to wheat. 



Don't you think our Association (for 

 I am only a new member), could aflford 

 to employ a competent man to see to 

 the packing, and then have some firm, 

 say in Montreal; to see after the selling. 



