THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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to have a lot of fruit from them this 

 year. 



Thanking you for so much space in 

 your vahiable paper, 



I remain, yours respectfully, 

 Kirkton, Ont. J. B. Sparling. 



Replies. — (1) Early Victor, Moore's 

 Early, Linden, and Worden, of the 

 black varieties ; Lady and Jessica of 

 the white ; Massasoit and Brighton of 

 the red. 



(2) The easiest and best method for 

 most amateurs is by layering. 



(3) Grape Vines require rich soil 

 and generous feeding if they are to 

 yield fine fruit. However, they can 

 be overfed as well as other things. 



(4) The spring of the year is the 

 best time to layer. Lay down a cane 

 of last year's growth. If you wish to 

 try cuttings, plant them in the spring, 

 but take the cuttings from the vine in 

 the fall. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



REPORTS OF PLANTS RECEIVED. 



My repoi-t of plants received since I 

 last wrote. I think the Hydrangea was 

 the last noticed, which unfortunately 

 lied. I believe the Moore's Early 

 <;Ji*ape was the next, and then the Wor- 

 den. They both lived, but have not 

 made niucli growth. Next, the Pren- 

 tiss, did not much more than keep 

 alive, but unfortunately my sheej) were 

 let in during my absence and ate off 

 the first shoot it made when quite 

 voung, and this winter has finished it. 

 I found it lifted clear out of the ground 

 vith the frost in the spring. 1 planted 

 ' oncords the same year as the Worden. 

 L'hey have done splendid, nearly all 

 fruited, and all in the same row ; but 



one end was wet and cold. I did not 

 know it then. I knew it was good 

 land, and I happened to plant those 

 three varieties on the cold end. Last 

 year I got the Catalpa; it has done 

 well and is living. I hope the Dew- 

 berry will do with me ; I received it all 

 right. The Burnet Grape, got some 

 years since, never did anything, seemed 

 all the time sickly, and at last it died. 

 My Ontario apple is a fine tree and is 

 full of blossom just now. There is a 

 great show of blossom ; trees and 

 shrubs of all sorts are covered. 



This winter has been rather mild ; 

 in fact the winters are never very 

 severe in this section. I find the 

 Deutzia crenata is not at all injured 

 this year, but generally the top of 

 shoots gets killed if not protected ; and 

 the Bignonia radicans I see growing 

 up a brick wall is not in the least 

 afiected. 



In looking over the March number 

 of the Horticulturist (I think they are 

 getting better and better), among the 

 many flattering testimonials, reports 

 and questions, there is one solitary 

 grnmbler, all the others speak very 

 favourably of the premiums receivec^. 

 I find this miserable raspberry (the 

 Saunders) that I have, an enormous 

 bearer ; a purple berry, rather soft and 

 sour, but the quantity make up for the 

 quality. I think, Mr. Editor, that 

 forty-nine out of fifty would not want 

 the change that })arty suggested, because 

 the reports and plants we get are each 

 often worth the price of the subscription 

 to any interested in fruit-growing, be- 

 sides the valuable magazine. In your 

 reply to S. G. Russell in the April 

 number you state that the Silver 

 Maple does not throw up suckers. I 

 find it the worst tree I know that way ; 

 it is worse than the common poplar. 

 A subscriber (Walkerton), asks about 

 the Japan Quince It is one of the 

 hardiest shrubs grown in this section. 



