THE CANADIAN HORTIOULTUKI8T. 



ill 



best strains, amongst a numerous and 

 choking progeny of baser sorts. 



THE WORLD MOVES 



and berry growing and successful fruit 

 culture is also found in practice to be 

 moving with it, and that onward. 



The only sure and praiseworthy 

 course is to plant only the best samples 

 of the best sorts of fruit plants, and 

 give them the best attention and the 

 best open air culture possible. Allow 

 no intruding or overshading plants to 

 occupy even the neighboring soil, or 

 trespass upon the fertility of the 

 ground, or to deprive them of that life- 

 giving and colour inspiring sunshine 

 that all living things are found to 

 need. It will be found by this treat- 

 ment that not only will the " whole- 

 some berries thrive and ripen best," 

 but they will be in the highest state of 

 ))Ossible perfection. Oh, to think of 

 fields and acres of these ! Why, it 

 seems the sight never dazzled the eyes 

 of our great teacher, nor the thought 

 ever glanced across his imagination. 

 Although 



THE STRAWBERRY 



will perhaps bear a moderate amount 

 of shade, and do better than any of 

 our other domestic fruits, yet it is 

 found that for best results in product, 

 plenty of room for the plants, good 

 cultivation, and plenty of fresh air and 

 sunshine are absolutely necessary. Let 

 these remarks apply in all their force 

 to tl)ose who are 



ECONOMIZING TOO CLOSELY 



ill their management of these fine 

 fruits. To those who, to save space, 

 plant their grounds with the larger 

 lud more spreading fruit trees, and in 

 iiiongst these plant smaller fruits, as 

 ^'ra])es, gooseberries, currants, etc., and 

 111 amongst these again, just to fill up 

 you know, thrust in a few choice straw- 

 l»erries, or a starting of newest and 

 I "est raspberries. This practice, though 



it may be economical of ground, is not 



by any means profitable, and the 



planter will be the loser by the attempt. 



Arkona, March 10, 1886. B. GoTT. 



WHITE GRAPES AT CLAKENCEVILLE, 

 QUEBEC. 



In compliance with your request, I 

 will give your readers last season's re- 

 sults in grape culture here, but as the 

 popular mind is at present directed 

 towards white varieties, my notes must 

 be confined alone to the latest introduc- 

 tions in these. 



Duchess has fruited here for three 

 years, and its value could not be fairly 

 estimated till last season, when it 

 turned out highly satisfactory, and pro- 

 duced as fine fruit as was ever sent to 

 Canada by its introducer, Mr. Cay wood, 

 for exhibition. Very few new grapes 

 now produced are any better than those 

 we have long had in cultivation, and 

 only tend to swell our list beyond due 

 proportions ; but Duchess has come to 

 fill a place for a fair-sized grape of su- 

 perior quality and showy appearance. 



Masons SeeAling will be ])erhaps new 

 to all your readers. Its parentage is 

 Concord, to which it bears resemblance 

 in vigor, wealth of foliage and produc- 

 tiveness ; is fully as large in berry, su- 

 perior in quality, ripens earlier, comes 

 into bearing earlier, and seems to be 

 destined to soon take the place of Mar- 

 tha. It hails from Mascontal, Illinois, 

 and if it continues to do as well will be 

 a decided acquisition. 



Mr. Rickett's new discoveries in 

 white varieties places his name fore- 

 most as a benefactor in fruit culture. 

 His El Dorado, while equal to Concord, 

 one of its parents, in vigor, does not 

 partake of the feeble foliage of Allen's 

 Hybrid, its other parent, but imparts 

 its high quality to the fruit. The berry 

 is large, with a beautiful bloom, ripens 

 early, and thus far is very promising. 



