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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



summer heat and winter's frosts, and 

 the ground be enriched and kept moist. 



A clayey loam that is well drained 

 and well enriched is most congenial to 

 the rose. Keep the bed well enriched 

 by a liberal supply of fertilizers, in 

 which ground bone may play a con- 

 spicuous part. Sods gathered from an 

 old pasture, and composted with man- 

 ure from the cow-stable, make an ex- 

 cellent top dressing. 



The ground should be kept loose 

 and friable and entirely free from 

 weeds. Frequent stirring during the 

 growing season is very important, 

 whether weeds have made their ap- 

 pearance or not, unless the ground is 

 kept moist and friable by an abundant 

 mulch. 



In winter protect the plants with 

 evergreen boughs thrust into the ground 

 around them. This will prevent the 

 sun from injuring them by its strong 

 shining after severe freezing. 



THE BURNET GRAPE. 



I think there need be no fears as to 

 the success of the Burnet grape in this 

 section of country. My vine has 

 fruited two seasons. This fall I counted 

 66 well developed bunches, some of 

 them weighed over 12 ozs. each. All 

 ripened evenly and not a sign of 

 mildew, vine vigorous and healthy. 

 Last year I kept the fruit till the 

 middle of January without the least 

 difficulty. T consider the Burnet and 

 Lindley the two finest flavored grapes 

 in my varied collection. Some varieties 

 mildewed badly this season. The Onta- 

 rio is doing well, also the Gladioli 

 you sent out flowered finely. The 

 raspberry never grew. 



The Walte7% Brighton, Salem, Wilder, 

 Agawam, and many other fine kinds of 

 grapes, do well around Brockville. 



D. V. Beacock. 



Brockville, Oct. 27, 1882. 



THE WORDEN GRAPE. 



This is another very hardy, vigorous 

 and productive black grape, ripening a 

 few days before the Concord, and by 

 very many good judges esteemed to be 

 of better quality than that very popular 

 and well-known variety. It does not 

 ripen so early as the grape sent to our 

 subscribers last spring, Moore's Early, 

 but will come in a few days after, and 

 ripen in localities where the (Joncord 

 hardly makes out to get ripe. It is 

 said to be a seedling of the Concord, 

 which it very much resembles in form 

 and size of both bunch and berry. 



The opportunity is given to sub- 

 scribers to the Canadian Horticulturist, 

 who would like to plant a good, hardy 

 and early-ripening grape, to make trial 

 of the Worden without cost, and from 

 our own acquaintance with it we would 

 certainly expect that those who plant it 

 will find it a very valuable variety. 



Every year is giving us some new 

 varieties of grapes, many of them of 

 superior quality, and some of them 

 ripening so early as to be specially 

 valuable in our climate. Not very long 

 ago the only gra})e we had was the 

 Isabella, now we liave so many that 

 one is embarrassed by the very great- 

 ness of the variety from which to choose, 

 each having some peculiar quality of its 

 own which commends it to the planter. 

 Even the Champion or Beaconsfield, 

 poor as it is in quality, has a constitu- 

 tion so hardy, healthy and vigorous 

 that it will be planted by many in our 

 rigorous latitudes as much better than 

 none. 



