THE CANADIA.V IloRTICULTUinST. 



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Ottawa will eventually become a fruit- 

 producing region. Some fine orchards 

 are also being set out at Como, forty 

 miles down the Ottawa River from the 

 Canadian capital ; and more trees are 

 heiw^ planted about Ottawa itself. In- 

 dications shov\' that the area planted 

 with apples during next spring will be 

 (^uite large. The despised Champion 

 Grape came in handy and early ; one 

 grower sold his first cutting of this va- 

 riety at 25 cents per ]>ound 1 Vine- 

 yards on all hands are on the increase. 

 Many are cultivating vines who never 

 gi*ew them before, and those who have 

 them are planting more ; so that our 

 cold, backward season does not appear 

 to have entirely damped the ardor of 

 vineyardists. It is time, earlier vari- 

 eties are being sought after. I noticed 

 a new candidate at the Kingston Exhi- 

 bition for public favor, in the shape of 

 the Jessica, and purchased some vines. 

 It is a white grape, or rather a dull 

 shade of green ; not large, but bigger 

 than the Delaware, and said to ripen 

 in the open air early in September. Its 

 earliness is its great attraction. It is 

 for sale by the esteemed Secretary of 

 the Fruit Growers' Association, B. W". 

 Beadle, who, I understand controls the 

 market in this variety. One small 

 orchard exclusively of Alexanders, a 

 mile and a half from the city, was a 

 beautiful sight during the end of Sep- 

 tember ; their fine size and bright red 

 color quite took the eye of the be- 

 holder. Mr. Johnson Brown was the 

 grower of this fine fruit, and no doubt 

 made large profits on his venture. 



Also, that Ch((rh)tUntJuder, which lu^ 

 has lately fruited, is only another name 

 for the same fruit. 



TWO RUSSIAN APPLES PROVE TO 

 BE ONE. 



Doctor Hoskins, of Vermont, writes 

 to the Rural New Yorker^ that after 

 testing Grand Sultan and Yellow 

 Transparent for a number of years, 

 he has come to the conclusion that 

 there is no difference between them. 



TRANSPLANTING RASPBEKPvIES. 



p. E. BUCKE, OTTAWA. 



A couple of years ago the trans- 

 plantation of raspberries was recom- 

 mended in August, when the young 

 plants were in full leaf This para- 

 graph was copied into a large number 

 of papers, and was eventually sent me 

 by a friend all the way from California. 

 Further experiments this year in the 

 direction of early planting revealed the 

 fact that July is a better month than 

 August ; and in future the writer will 

 make his plantations in June if the 

 plants are to be had from tJiree to four 

 inches high. Every one knows who 

 has tried it that late autumn or spring 

 planting, cutting the canes to four or 

 six inches long, does not result in a 

 good plant the first bearing year : the 

 canes are branchy, and as a rule not 

 very strong. But by the early system 

 of moving plants, a good cane is ob- 

 tained the first year, and the following 

 one a good supply of fruit, thus gain- 

 ing almost two years on the old sys- 

 tem. Try it. 



Aging of Wine by Electricity.— If 

 an electric current is passed through new 

 wine the same is said to acquire the pro- 

 perties and characteristics of old wine in 

 a few days. — Journal Vinicole. 



Striped Bugs. — A strong solution of 

 tobacco water will drive the striped bug 

 away from melon vines and the small flea 

 from young cabbage plants. I have found 

 it an unfailing remedy the past four or 

 five years. I apply it while the sun is 

 shining, through a sprinkler several times 

 a day, until the plants are coated with 

 the yellow solution, and rarely find it ne- 

 cessary to repeat unless washed ofi" by 

 rain ; the tobocco water is also an excel- 

 lent fertilizer, and is worth using for that 

 purpose if no other. — J. K. S , in Fruit 

 Becorder. 



