THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. .137 



Raspberries thrive under thinning and shortening of the canes 

 after the di v and hot weather, in the end of June and be{:inninfir of 

 July, has set in. 



I trust I'll not be laughed at when I say that strawberries require 

 as much pruning as almost any other cultivated variety of fruit. AVe 

 have not seen Mr. Fuller's book on strawberry culture, and therefore 

 cannot speak of his plans, but we can with confidence speak of the 

 method adopted by Mr. Rykert, of St. Catharines, and in imitation of 

 him, adopted by us in the cultivation of our strawberry patch. 

 Successfully to cultivate strawberries, they must be grown in hills or 

 stools, and their runners carefully pruned during the growing season 

 two or three times a Week. Plants for fruit ought to be treated after 

 this method ; for vines, they ouglit to be permitted to run at random. 

 With strawberries well pruned, and mulched with clear straw or 

 cuttings from the lawn, the best results may be anticipated. 



Mr. Hood, Fergus, in a recent issue of the Horticulturist bitterly 

 complains of the pruning of the grape vine. We esteem his views, 

 and (Jeera them pretty near the mark. Mr. W. Haskins, of Hamilton, 

 once exhibited to the members of our Association, a demonstration of 

 the benefits of allowing vines to run. He attached a bearer from the 

 pole sustaining his vine to the chimney of his cottage, and trained the 

 vine to this wire. The result was fabulous. Enormous crops of large 

 branches of liogers No. 15 were the consequence. The shy and sparse 

 bearer on the shortening method produced most prolifically when 

 allowed scope and healthy development. To any one who has had the 

 njisfortune to prune a vine late in the spring when the sap has begun 

 to flow, it will be a matter of little wonder to hear that a small vine 

 allowed to run can supply sap sufficient to support an immensely long 

 branch or branches, and afford ample nutriment to a large yield. In 

 pruning vines I invariably remove the leading eyd of the laterals, in 

 this way ^couraging the development of the main stem, and only the 

 smallest amount of leaf. The advantages of this treatment are not 

 few. The wood ripens very much with the pruning process, and there 

 is the Encouragement given for the perfect development of the future 

 fruit bud. All the summer we consider the best season for pruning' 

 the gi'ape vine. 



The pruning of the peach requires a deal of consideration. As a 

 rule the peach is a rampant grower, i. e. it puts forth in the season a 



