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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Tyler and Souhegan are the best for 

 an early crop, Mammoth Cluster for 

 medium, and Gregg for late. The Gregg 

 is a very large and productive berry, 

 but it is not quite hardy in some 

 localities. 



Shaffer's is the best cap variety, all 

 things taken into consideration, with 

 which I am acquainted for canning pur- 

 poses. It is a purple berry, and if left 

 to get a little over-ripe it turns brown, 

 which will materially lessen its sale in 

 any market where it is not known. 



RED OR SUCKERING VARIETIES. 



These should be grown in about the 

 same way as the cap varieties, but the 

 rows should be only six feet apart. 

 Do not, on any account, neglect to cul- 

 tivate them as early in the spring as 

 the soil will permit. Suckers form 

 almost without number on their roots 

 in the fall, and come almost to the sur- 

 face of the soil (sometimes even show- 

 ing above), and they begin to grow 

 very early in the spring, and almost 

 before you know it the gi-ound will be 

 covered with young plants, which take 

 the substance away from the bearing 

 ones. They should be cut off as weeds ; 

 and, if not allowed to grow in the fore 

 part of the season, they will give very 

 little trouble later. 



Hansell is the earliest. It is not 

 large, and it resembles the wild rasp- 

 berries in its habits of growth, and it is 

 not the best in quality. Yet, with all its 

 faults, I believe it is the best early mar- 

 ket red raspberry we have. It requires 

 rich soil. Turner is not quite as early, 

 but good in quality ; it is larger and the 



hardiest of them all. It is not firm 

 enough to ship to a distant market. 



Cuthbert is the largest, latest and 

 best market berry where it does not 

 kill too much back with the winter. 



OUR GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 



BY JOHN CROtL, AULTSVILLE. 



(Concluded.) 

 GRAPES. 



With an assortment of fifteen kinds 

 we have the same tale to tell. A large 

 crop, beautiful bunches, but only about 

 one-quarter of them reaching maturity. 

 No vine is worth planting in our cold 

 North that does not ripen its fruit by 

 the middle of September. The Cham- 

 pion, of course, always does — bette?' it 

 than none, — the Hartford and Dela- 

 ware generally. Moore's Early and 

 Worden ripened well with us this year, 

 and are a decided improvement on any 

 we have had. All Rogers' Hybrids we 

 have tried are too late in ripening — 

 beautiful, many of them. Salem, Wilder, 

 Agawam, Brighton and Massasoit, 

 heavily laden and beautiful. All the 

 more tantilizing to have them all de- 

 stroyed by frost when just on the eve 

 of ripening. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



We had seven kinds on three quarters 

 of an acre. In future we will confine 

 ourselves to the Wilson, Crescent and 

 Early Canada. The latter for its only 

 recommendation has earliness. It is a 

 poor berry, and is liable to be destroyed 

 by frost when in blossom. Our plants 

 wintered well, and promised a good re- 

 turn j but we are far from boasting of 

 the same, I'll venture to boast, how- 

 ever, of my friend Mr. Beall's crop — 

 too modest he to boast of his own. He 



