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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



whom I obtained glowing accounts of 

 the richness of that neighborhood for 

 wheat raising, stock raising, &c. They 

 all have fine herds of Durham cattle, 

 and have numbers of the animals legis- 

 tered in our ^' Canadian Short Horn 

 Book," and find ready sale for same. 

 West bourne Station and Post Office, 

 on the Manitoba and North Western 

 Railway, being only from three to five 

 miles from their homes. 



Small fruit, such as black currants, 

 raspberries, strawberries, cranberries 

 (high bush), grow wild in great quan- 

 tities. Also three kinds of cherries and 

 plums, all wild. All making delicious 

 preserves. We were all highly de- 

 lighted with our trip, and with the 

 richness of the country from all stand 

 points. 



Wishing the " Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation " every success the coming new 

 year, 



I remain, yours truly, 



John Maughan. 

 Toronto, 9th Dec, 1885. 



PEAR-BLIGHT— GRAPE VINES- 

 GOOSEBERRIES. 



Dear Sir, — I have been much pleased 

 with the Magazine so far. It contained 

 a good deal of practical and useful in- 

 formation. 



Blight. — Within the last two years 

 I have lost several pear trees from 4 to 

 9 inches in diameter, Duchess, Bartlett, 

 Rosteizer, Flemish Beauty, White Doy- 

 enne, Clapp's, Louise Bonne de Jersey 

 and Sheldon. I have 30 or 40 seedling 

 pear trees from 8 to 10 years old. After 

 fruiting I intend to graft in the top 

 those not proving good, (probably all) 

 the cause of so many pear trees dying, 

 I think, over-manuring. / feel satis- 

 fied of this. I have lost none of the 

 seedlings 



Grape-vines. — Two years ago my Con- 

 cord grape vines on the wire trellis 



were killed and the Delaware was not 

 damaged. This last winter my Del- 

 aware was killed and the Concord not 

 hurt ; the Hartford Prolific stood both 

 winters ; the Burnet grape got killed 

 down ; Moore's Early died ; the Eume- 

 lan kept killing down every year : about 

 dead now. Downing and Houghton 

 gooseberries have done very well, no 



mildew. 



Yours truly, 



D. Shoff. 



SLANTING GRAPE TRELLIS. 



I see that there is one man after my 

 own heart, as I have tried this plan for 

 some years past, and find it does better 

 til an any other way. I put them about 

 eighteen inches at bottom of vines and 

 about three feet at top. The bunches 

 all hang down between the vines. The 

 sun does not strike so strong on the 

 bunches as it does when up straight. 

 When the sun strikes fully on the grapes 

 it has a tendency to soften the skin, 

 and for that reason they are not so good. 

 And another reason I think it better, 

 is the wind has no chance to break or 

 tear the vines loose. 



Alfred Wagar. 



Napanee, Lennox County, Ont. 



ORANGE QUINCE. 



I may state that the Orange Quince 

 flowered with me for the first time last 

 year, and this is the first instance I 

 know of its flowering in this neighbor- 

 hood. A. J. C. 



Listowel. 



GRAPES AT BRUSSELS. 



As far as I know the Concord is most 

 generally grown. There have been a 

 few Brighton and Worden planted, but 

 they have not done very well. My 

 own few are Concord, excepting one 



White Ann Arbor I got from , 



and it is like all that comes from him. 



Brussels, Dec, 1886. J- W. 



