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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



^rown in the vicinity of Ottawa, except at 

 the Experimental Farm, the reason being 

 that they will not succeed when treated in 

 the ordinary way, as they are frequently root 

 killed. Cherries propagated on Mahaleb 

 and Mazzard stock have been, as a rule, 

 root killed at the Experimental Farm. 

 Cherries grafted and budded ow the native 

 Bird or Pin cherry — Pntmis Pennsylvanica — 

 have succeeded well. It is doubtful if cherry 

 trees, even grafted stocks, will live to be 

 very old at Ottawa, but by planting them 

 closer than is the custom in the best 

 cherry growing districts more fruit will be 

 gathered while the trees are in their prime. 

 The following varieties, covering a ripening 

 period from the last week of June to the last 

 of July, are some of the best suited for this 

 district : 



Amarelle Hat ve, June Amarelle, Shadow 

 Amarelle, Heart-shaped Weichsel, Griotte 

 du Nord, Orel, Cerise d' Ostheim, Brusseler 

 Braun, Koslov Morello. 



Grapes — A large number of varieties of 

 grapes have ripened at Ottawa, but many 

 of these are uncertain, and it is not advisa- 

 ble to plant more than a few kinds. The 

 following are the best of the varieties which 

 ripen nearly every year : 



White — Green Mountain, Moore's Dia- 

 mond. 



Red — Moyer, Delaware, Brighton, Lind- 

 ley. 



Black — Moore's Early, Rogers 17, Wilder. 

 And to these may be added Campbell's Early, 

 should it prove as satisfactory. 



Red Raspberries — Marlboro, Cuthbert, 

 Louden; also Clarke, Heebner and Sarah 

 for home use. 



Black Cap Raspberries — Older, Hill- 

 born, Progress. 



Purple Cap Raspberries — Shaffer, Co- 

 lumbian. 



Blackberries — Agawam, Snyder. 



Red Currants — Wilder, Fay's Prolific, 



and for great productiveness, though small '\\\ 

 size, Red Dutch and Raby Castle. 



White Currants — White Grape. 



Black Currants — Victoria Black, Suc- 

 cess, Standard, Lee's Prolific. 



Gooseberries — Downing, Red Jacket. 

 European varieties have not done well here. 



Strawberries— For general market: 

 Clyde, Glen Mary, Williams, Beder Wood, 

 bisexual ; and Warfield, Haverland and 

 Buster, pistillate. 



For special or home market — Marshall, 

 William Belt, Nick Ohmer and Brandywine, 

 bisexual ; and Greenville and Bubach, pis- 

 tillate. 



There are few good herbaceous perennials, 

 with the exception of bulbs which bloom in 

 April and the early part of May, and thus it 

 is important to know the few there are. By 

 referring to the Horticulturist for May, 1900, 

 there will be found, in the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm notes, a list of the best early 

 flov^^ering species of flowers, many of which 

 can now be obtained from Canadian nursery- 

 men. Lists of one hundred of the best or- 

 namental trees and shrubs, and one hundred 

 of the best herbaceous perennials have been, 

 published at the Central Experimental Farm,, 

 which will be found very useful in making a 

 selection to cover the whole season. 



list of best vegetables for farmers. 



As all the experiments which are con- 

 ducted with vegetables cannot be published 

 every year on account of want of space, 

 a list of the varieties of all the principal 

 kinds which have proved the most satisfac- 

 tory after several years' test was published 

 in the report for 1899 under the heading 

 " List of best Vegetables for Farmers." This- 

 gave in a concise form much valuable infor- 

 mation as to the best varieties to plant and. 

 must prove very helpful to those who studied 

 it. As the annual reports are very liable to 

 be mislaid during the year, and as one is apt 



