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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



As regards R. L.'s question, my opinion 

 is that the Horticulturist was never 

 better, in fact it is improving all the 

 time. I think your answer to George 

 Sutherland, of Meaford, on the cultiva- 

 tion of the grape, is one of the best 

 and simplest articles T ever read. 



I found that the whey of milk, as re- 

 commended by Mr. Mclntyre about 

 two years since, a good remedy for the 

 codlin moth, as I caught thousands, and 

 hundreds of the small click beetles, be- 

 sides a number of large moths. I 

 found the first Tent caterpillars on the 

 22nd April ; they are not very numer- 

 ous this season. 



Walter Hick. 



Goderich, Ont., 22nd May, 1886. 



Note by the Editor. — Will Mr. 

 Hick have the kindness to send to the 

 office of the Canadian Horticulturist 

 a few of the leaves of this Silver Maple 

 that throws up suckers. He can place 

 four or five between the folds of some 

 soft paper and send them by mail at 

 one cent for four ounces. We are very 

 curious to see what kind of Silver 

 Maple he has. We have been familiar 

 with the Silver Maple for some half 

 century, and do not remember to have 

 seen any suckers thrown up by that 

 tree. 



PROSPECTS OF FKUIT AROUND 

 BERLIX. 



The coming season promises to be a 

 fairly abundant one. Fruit trees, such 

 as pears and apples, show well developed 

 fruit buds. Biennial bearers, which 

 carried little or no fruit, such as Golden 

 Russet, Alexander, Duchess, and Red 

 Astrachan, having had a year's rest. 

 The same remarks may be applied to i 

 currants. 



Now, if the season turns out as I 



anticipate, having had a steady, cold 

 winter, I expect that the early summer 

 frosts will be light, and not do serious 

 damage. 



I have understood from some of my 

 neighbours who are in the strawberry 

 line, that the plants wintered well, and 

 with but few upheavals. Simon Roy. 



Berlin, April, 1886. 



SOME HARDY PLUMS, AND OTHER 

 FRUITS. 



Having purchased a home of my 

 own in that part of the City of Ottawa 

 known as " Sandy Hill," I at once, in 

 opposition to existing theories as to 

 soil, climate, &c., planted in my garden 

 several varieties of that best of fruits — 

 the plum. I was partly induced to 

 follow this course, from the fact that 

 the former owner, some eight years 

 before, had planted one tree — Pond's ^ 

 Seedling — which appeared to be healthy, i 

 and which I was informed had in for- 

 mer years borne some fine fruit. I 

 have since added to my collection, and 

 now have twelve varieties, some of 

 which have fruited, and ten of which 

 are now white with blossom, viz. : 

 Huling's Superb, Pond's Seedling, Im- 

 perial Gage, Yellow Gage, Smith's 

 Orleans, Coe's Golden Drop, Purple 

 Gage, Weaver, a seedling Blue, and our j 

 common wild variety. All of these \ 

 appear to be hardy, except the Golden j 

 Drop. One thrifty tree of this variety ' 

 succumbed to the cold of '83-'84, and 

 another, which last autumn gave great 

 promise, has but a few blossoms. I 

 would not advise anyone to plant it so 

 far north. The Pond's Seedling is a 

 good plum for this section of country. 

 While not ranking with the best in 

 quality, it is so large, and the tree so 

 hardy, that it must ever prove attrac- 

 tive. With me it has proved to be a 

 free bearer, having had three full crops 

 in four years, and for two of which I 

 had to prop up the limbs to prevent 



