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large bunches, and ripens early. All 

 my grapes have ripened this year, not- 

 withstanding the cold season we have 

 endured. I always lay them down in 

 winter, and cover them with a little 

 earth. Samuel Keeper. 



Brockville. 



AT BLYTH, ONT. 



Dear Sir, — I grow Isabella, Con- 

 cord, Martha, Champion, Salem, Pock- 

 lington, Burnet, and Clinton. 



Concord, Isabella, and Salem, in the 

 order named, have done best ; that is, 

 as to bearing and quality. Champion 

 and Clinton are good for wine, but not 

 tit for a table grape. 



Yours truly, 



W. Sloan. 



AT BLANTYRE, ONT. 



There are very few grown near to 

 nie. I know of but one place where 

 there are a few vines grown of Concord 

 and Arnold's Hybrids, which grow and 

 bear very well. I have a few myself, 

 but they ai-e yet young ; one, the Con- 

 cord, fruited this last season for the 

 first time. The names of niine are 

 Concord, Hartford Prolific^ Martha, 

 Salem, Worden, Prentiss and Brighton, 

 and three or four ot Arnolds, which 

 j are all growing very well. I will try 

 -and keep you informed how they suc- 



i;d with me. 



Duncan Robertson. 



TOO MUCH ADVICE. 



Dear Mr. Editor,— As you invite 

 your subscribers to give their experi- 

 ence anent their fruits, "garden sass 

 and sich," I'll unload my worry re- 

 garding my grajK^ vine Jessica, my 

 only child " of that ilk," who, with all 

 my tender nursing, has turned out a | 

 pathetic failure. Solomon says, ** In ! 

 the nudtitude of counsellors there is 

 wisdom." But I like best the old 



Scotch saying, " O'er many cooks spoil 

 the kail." One friend advised me to 

 put bones under Jessica. I suspect he 

 belonged to the " Pile o' bones Agri- 

 cultural Society." Another said, •' put 

 old leather shoes under her." I thought 

 my " sweet girl graduate " would not 

 rise by degrees on that fare. As science 

 is so bewildering now-a-days, I sat down 

 to study what connection leather had 

 to bones, and concluded there was an 

 affinity, though, like Parian McFar- 

 lane's, " pretty far removed." So 

 Jessica got the bones and an old slip- 

 per. Then another said, " keep her 

 eyes above ground." I did so. But 

 alas, this last advice blasted all my 

 hope of ever " sitting under my own 

 vine." The cat came along and scratched 

 poor Jessica's " eyes out." Snuffing 

 after the bones, no doubt. I took the 

 old slipper, and was nearly giving her 

 "a clout 'i the lug," when the thought 

 struck me that cats are not mentioned 

 as forbidden beasts in John's Revela- 

 tion as dogs are, so puss was allowed 

 to shake the dust off* her feet and clear. 

 My poor Jessica, I fear she'll come to 

 '' Lochaber no more." I'll iiet another, 

 and abide by your directions only. 



Grandma Gowan. 

 Montreal. 



CURRANT GROWING AT THE NORTH. 

 Happily for the north men, if they 

 cannot grow the more luscious fruits of 

 their southern neighbours, if only the 

 hardiest apple trees will grow and bear 

 for them their golden and crimson fruit, 

 if the finer and richer plums of the yel- 

 low, blue and white varieties refuse to 

 flourish in their rigorous clime, and 

 though the pear and the peach can 

 there nowhere be found, they are still 

 fortunate in being able to produce as 

 fine specimens of red, white and black 

 currants as can be grown in any part 

 of the temperate zone. No special care 

 is required in their planting. They 



