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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



July, and the mists which cover the 

 sand. We are near the St. Lawrence, 

 which is twenty-four miles wide here ; 

 mists occur often when the breeze comes 

 from the east. 



Windsor, JV. S. — I expected a report 

 from Professor Hind, but it has not 

 yet come to hand. From a friend, 

 however, who visited him this sunmier, 

 I learn that the disease is bad in that 

 locality. He (the professor) says its 

 iron the trees want, and claims to have 

 found a cure by its application, of which 

 we will report when we hear from him. 

 Meantime, we are safe in trying the 

 experiment. 



WINTER PROTECTION OF GRAPES. 



In reading the RuraVs report of the 

 meeting of the A. H. Society we notice 

 that Mr. Geo. Campbell, a veteran 

 grape culturist, spoke thus on this sub- 

 ject : "I advise winter protection for 

 all vines. In mild winters they are 

 improved, and in severe ones they are 

 saved by it. I have long been con- 

 vinced that winter protection is often 

 the turning point between the brightest 

 success and a complete failure. Nothing 

 pays better. Injury from cold leaves 

 the vine more susceptible to mildew 

 and disease. In a general way, I 

 advise growing the best kinds. These 

 with the additional care can be readily 

 grown, and they bring good prices, 

 while others are a drug in the market." 



Mr. Green said : " All have room 

 for a grape-vine, No man with a house 

 is without room for a grape-vine. There 

 is no cheaper food for farmers, or their 

 help, than grapes." Mr. Ohmer ; 

 ** Grapes should be grown by every- 



body. (Applause.) I find great ad- 

 vantage in winter covering. I have 1 7 

 varieties, and lay them all down in 

 winter." Mr. Campbell : '' Grapes 

 upon walls often escape the effects of 

 cold and disease when others do not." 

 Mr. Ford also believed in wall training 

 and winter protection. " I grow grapes 

 on three sides of every building 1 have. 

 I never saw rot or mildew on vines 

 near a building. I intend to plant 

 along a high board fence and build a 

 shed to extend partly over the vines." 

 Mr. Vandemann said : " The north 

 side of a building is the place to put 

 any tender thing ; it will succeed there 

 when it will not on the south side, 

 where the evaporating influences are 

 greater. In nature we find that all 

 tender plants grow on the northern hill 

 slopes, none on the southern slopes." 

 Several members spoke of the advan- 

 tages in training grapes on walls and 

 buildings, also on trees. Mr. Pierce : 

 " Grapes will not grow in Ohio on the 

 north side of houses." 



[We may add that some of the finest 

 vineyards in the Niagara District of 

 Ontario have a northern exposure, with 

 the Niagara Escarpment on the south 

 side of them. — Ed.] 



PRUNING GRAPE VINES. 

 The Floral Instructor says : '' The 

 best time to prune grape vines is as 

 soon after the leaves have fallen as pos- 

 sible. If left until spring it is apt to 

 be too late before it is attended to, and 

 there is always some loss of vigor in 

 vines encumbered during several months 

 with a large mass of useless wood." 



