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THE CAN APIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



REPORTS ON PLANTS RECEIVED. 



The little Deutzia is, I fear, no use 

 here, as it is killed to the ground every 

 winter. The Prentiss Grape looks to 

 me a poor grower. Fay's Currants 

 are growing. Black Raspberries all 

 died ; they arrived all dried up ; none 

 of them grew. This is all now, Mr. 

 Editor. Wishing you a prosperous 

 New Year. 

 Muskoka. T. A. H. 



My Pear Trees have all done well, 

 except Clairgeau. I like Clapp's Fa- 

 vorite extremely well. My apple trees 

 are all doing well. My Grimes' Golden 

 Pippin fruited well, fruit best quality, 

 size small, slow grower. Ontario had 

 15 or 16 apples, size medium or large, 

 flavor good, comes in bearing early, in 

 three or four years after planting. 

 Swayzie Pomrae Grise had one specimen 

 last summer; looks like American 

 Golden Russet. Grapes have not done 

 well with me. Burnet kills down to 

 snow mark every winter. Moore's 

 Early is not a strong grower in my 

 grounds. My Saunders' Hybrid Rasp- 

 berry has done well, hardy and good. 

 I have a Avild one growing in a corner 

 of the fence on a 50-acre farm, some 

 80 or 90 rods from the house, similar 

 in every particular as far as I can see, 

 even to the color of the fruit. My 

 Hydrangea paniculata was destroyed. 

 My Catalpa has done well. 



Appin. John McIntyre. 



In making my report for the last 

 season of the things sent to me by the 

 Horticultural Society, I would mention 

 first the Grapes, the Worden and Pren- 

 tiss. They grew moderately, but have 

 borne no fruit yet. The Niagara Rasp- 

 berry froze to the snow last winter, so 

 did not bear much fruit. The other 

 fruits I have, most of them did well. 

 The Raspberries grew strong. The 

 Mammoth Cluster Black Cap did well. 



and bore a good crop of fruit. The 

 Gregg was frozen down to the snow 

 last winter, and did very poorly. 

 Gooseberries did very well, and bore a 

 good crop. The Strawberries were 

 very fruitful, especially the Sliarpless. 

 The Bidwell was a failure. I have a 

 number of other kinds, of which I hope 

 to report favourably next season 



Samuel Fear. 

 Brussels, Jan. 6th, 1886. 



For the benefit of the Horticultural 

 family I will report : First, the Pren- 

 tiss is a failure, probably my own 

 fault, as I had just bought my place, 

 very much out of repair, and in my 

 haste to get small fruit growing I made 

 several mistakes. The Jessica is doing 

 well. I hope for fruit next fall. I 

 have also planted Brighton, Moore's 

 Early, Early Dawn, Clinton, Delaware, 

 Roger's 3, 4, 15, the inevitable 

 Champion and others, besides a chance 

 seedling that fruited this fall, which I 

 am suspicious will make a name by and 

 by. The Fay's Currants are doing 

 well, one I received from C. A. Green 

 in the spring of '84 fruited this year. 

 The Catalpa speciosa is fairly started, 

 22 inches high, strong and healthy. 

 My place is nicknamed Hurricane 

 Hill ; it gets the benefit of the breezes 

 from all directions, and the wind some- 

 times twists the bushes into withes. 

 The Russian Mulberry wintered with 

 slight injury, while my one Peach tree 

 was frozen to death before Christmas. 

 The Cuthberts came through perfect, 

 but I can't make a report worth a cent 

 until I get more growth. I am trying 

 to get a complete succession of small 

 fruits, from strawberries to grapes. 

 Truman Cooper. 

 Picton, Prince Edward Co., Ont. 



The Catalpa set out last spring grew 

 very rapidly, and seems to be doing 

 nicely. Wil] it require any pruning 



