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understand. The tree is thrifty and a 

 fine grower. The nuts, though not so 

 large as the Spanish, are, when roasted, 

 much relished by the children, and 

 overgrown boys and girls have been 

 known to eat them. 



The fact is our nut-bearing trees 

 have been too much neglected. It is 

 trusted both the subject and the trees 

 will receive that attention which they 

 so justly deserve in the columns of the 

 Horticulturist. I should like to call on 

 the readers of our paper to send to the 

 Editor any notes as to their success or 

 failure in trying to cultivate or im- 

 prove our wild nuts, and I am sure he 

 would give any such information his 

 immediate attention and publication ; 

 but I fear did I do so I would be like 

 the character in Shakespeare who said, 

 ''I can call spirits from the vasty deep," 

 to which his friend replies, " And so 

 can I, and so can any man, but will 

 they come when you do call for them V 



If the men of the present day have 

 become too ancient to enjoy nuts, it 

 must not be forgotten there is always a 

 large crop of youngsters coming on 

 who will be glad of them. 



The destruction of our forests is no 

 doubt making our native nuts scarcer ; 

 but there is plenty of waste and road- 

 side ground that could be utilized for 

 the reproduction of our nut-bearing 

 trees. 



CxRAPES IN MUSKOKA. 

 Notwithstanding last winter was the 

 coldest I have experienced in Muskoka 

 and the summer a rather cool one, my 

 grape vines produced very satisfactorily ; 

 one of Rogers' rii)ening 48 lbs., another 

 23 lbs., and another 18 lbs. Moore's 

 Early I got from the Association, not 

 so free a bearer, 10 lbs. Strawberries 

 a heavy crop. Raspberries light, being 

 mostly frozen down to the snow line. 



F. W. COATES. 



Cape Elizabeth, Muskoka, 



THE MOST DESIRABLE GRAPES. 



We addressed a card of inquiry to a 

 few of our esteemed readers, asking 

 them to favor us with the names of the 

 three varieties of grapes grown in the 

 open air which they valued most ; and 

 to state the reasons for their preference. 

 We have been kindly favored with the 

 following replies ; for which we desire 

 to express our thanks : — 



AT ABBOTTSFORD, QUE. 



Dear Sir, — Your query as to my 

 best three grapes : I fruited forty-seven 

 kinds last year. If planting only five 

 kinds it would be : (1) Delaware, (2) 

 Massasoit, or Lindley, (3) Brighton, 

 (4) Duchess, (5) Herbert, Amenia, or 

 Worden. This is as near as I can 

 answer your question. 



Yours truly, 



Chas. Gibe. 



at adolphustown, ont. 

 Dear Sir, — I have your favor of 

 the 12th inst. In reply, the only 

 grapes I have are eight at the foot of 

 my garden, and they did not prove true 

 to name. I have two that seem very 

 hardy : one is the Brant, and the other 

 Mr. Williams, of Prince Edward, told 

 me was Rogers' very best grape, but I 

 am not sure of the number. 



D. Young. 



AT BARRIE, ONT. 



Dear Sir, — In answer to your card 

 asking me to state the three varieties 

 of grapes, grown in the open air, most 

 esteemed by me, and why. I beg to 

 reply that the only grapes grown by 

 me, in the open air, and which I care 

 to eat, are the Rogers' amber grapes ; 

 Dut these are produced in poor bunches, 

 the berry is large and to my taste very 

 good, and the yield on the whole is 

 good. It is sometimes injured by the 

 early frosts, but that is the case with 

 all grapes here. I find it the most 



