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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



jectionable for surface rooting crops. There 

 is no chemical objection to using them to- 

 gether. The salt gathers moisture, and in 

 this way facilitates the downward action of 

 the potash. 



(2) No objection. The salt will act with 

 superphosphate similarly as with salt, and is 

 only objectionable when the crop roots near 

 the surface. 



Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 



REPORTS ON PLANTS RECEIVED. 



When I wrote before I forgot t^ 

 tell you about my Dahlia which I re- 

 ceived last spring. I broke it into 

 two sets and planted them late, yet I 

 had a most beautiful display of fine 

 flowers as any one would wish to see. 

 I would not take three times the price 

 of the Horticulturist for my flowers 

 alone. 



My flowering shrub I got the spring 

 before last is doing well, but it has not 

 blossomed yet. My grape I got in 

 1883 is not doing very well yet, but I 

 think it is my own fault, as I planted 

 it alongside of a very strong vine, and 

 I think it is shaded too much. 



A. C. McDonald. 



Dunlop, Huron Co. 



As you desire reports on premiums 

 received, and as you are aware of the 

 high opinion I have of the journal and 

 the efforts made by your society, I 

 beg to enclose you the following re- 

 port : The Burnet grape has grown 

 well with me, but unfortunately most 

 of the bunches have small seedless 

 grapes with a few proper ones in the 

 bunch. However I have concluded to 

 give it a chance in hope of its yet 

 succeeding. Moore's Early and Wor- 

 den have exceeded my anticipations, 

 and have fruited for this last two 

 years, and I am inclined to think are 

 about the best varieties for our north- 

 ern climate though I adopt the princi- 

 ple of laying them down and littering 



as I don't think any grape vine un- 

 covered would stand the rigour of our 

 northern climate. The Ontario apple 

 is just where it ought to be up here 

 and is a decided acquisition to the 

 limited list of apple trees that will 

 stand our winters. As to pears the 

 Clapp is the only one that has yet given 

 me any satisfaction. The Hydrangea 

 paniculata will not, I fear, prove a 

 success. The one I got from you I 

 planted where it is entirely sheltered 

 by a cedar hedge on the north ; but it 

 won't flower. As I put in three others 

 I find it is not the fault of the plant, 

 so must ascribe it to the climate. 

 Barrie, Simcoe Co. J- R. C. 



WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. 



PRUNING AND TRAINING THE 

 GRAPE. 



Dear Sir, — Will you kindly publish 

 a simple system of pruning and training 

 the grape. Give us something practical, 

 that can be understood by amateurs. 

 The trouble with all you professionals 

 is that you always begin your instruc- 

 tions by assuming that the amateur 

 knows a great deal. Hundreds of people 

 try to grow a few grapes for home use, 

 who know nothing and care less about 

 the art of propagation. Begin your 

 instructions with the one and two year 

 old vines as they are received from the 

 nursery in the spring, and you will 

 much oblige many of your readers 

 besides. 



'Yours very truly, 



Geo. Sutherland. 



Meaford, Ont. 



We are much gratified that any of 

 our readers should thus specify the in- 

 formation they desire to receive. It 

 will ever be a source of pleasure to us 

 to endeavor, as far as in us lies, to sup- 

 ply the information. Now to the mat- 



