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along the ground in various directions, fully twelve feet. I thought 

 sure now I shall liave bushels of sweet Dewberries next, and I shall 

 be initiated into all the mysteries of their growth. If those vines are 

 covered their whole length with nice fruit, what a magnificent siglit it 

 will be. Surely my fellow fruit growers know nothing of this rich 

 luscious treat, and I may make considerable money out of it. But 

 alas ! fond hopes are liable to be blighted. After all my waiting and 

 anxious expectation I have never yet seen any fruit on these fondly 

 prized roots (or vines either). I suppose there was something unsuitable 

 either in the nature of the soil, or the atmospheric relations, or the 

 country, or the sex of the plants, or something, for although they appear 

 to flower well, and grow to my entire satisfaction, yet they perfect no 

 fruit ; they are abortive ! 



Now let us indulge in a reflection or two by way of lessons : 1st, 

 Be careful how you experiment or speculate in new fruits. 2nd. Deal 

 as near home as possible, " encourage home nurseries." 3rd. Receive 

 the glowing descriptions and advertisements of interested salesmen 

 with an ample degree of allowance. 4th. Give more attention to the 

 improving and perfecting of our own fruits that are sure and known 

 to do well, than to looking to other climates, and suffering expense and 

 loss in testing their, fruits. If, however, any of our Canadian fruit 

 growers have had success^ and think well of this celebrated Dewberry, 

 we shall be most happy to hear at the earliest possible moment of their 

 success, and to congratulate them in it. 



FRUIT GROWING AT COLLINGWOOD, COUNTY OF SIMCOK 



BY W. B. HAMILTON, COLLINGWOOD. 



It may be interesting to some of your readers to hear a short 

 account of the fruit growing capabilities of this northern part of 

 Canada. When Collingwood was first settled, about twenty years ago, 

 the site on which the town now stands was a dense cedar and tamarac 

 swamp, with pure sand instead of soil, with the exception of here and 

 there a swale of black muck. However, nothing daunted, gardens 

 were made and fruit trees planted. It was soon found, that although 

 the winds and storms were very severe and piercing cold, the ther- 

 mometer, in consequence of the large body of water in Georgian Bay, 



