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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



NO CONNECTION WITH NURSERYMEN. 



MR. D. S. BURK, of Fergus, asks 

 where he can buy the Gold Plum 

 and the Crosby Gooseberry. He has writ- 

 ten to several of our experimenters without 

 satisfaction. 



We are glad to have this opportunity of 

 stating publicly that we have no connection 

 with, nor interest m any nursery. If we 

 had, our opinions of varieties might be biased 

 by a desire to boom certain varieties. The 

 work of our association and the aim of this 

 journal and of the report to the Department 

 on fruits tested at our fruit stations, is 

 wholly in the interests of practical fruit 

 growers, and not of nurserymen. We aim 

 to save the fruit growers money by testing 

 all fruits offered for sale, and reporting to 

 them their real value, condemning without 

 stint those that are humbugs. 



For the purchase of fruit trees we refer 

 our readers to those nurserymen who adver- 

 tise in these pages. 



LINDLEY AND VERGENNES GRAPES. 



MR. E. D. SMITH, of Winona, would 

 qualify the remarks about the Lindley 

 as given on page 51. He would not entirely 

 give up the Lindley grape, for on a some- 

 what heavy soil it succeeds fairly well 

 planted alternately with some good pollen- 

 izer blooming at the same time, such as 

 Concord or Worden. 



The Vergennes he considers one of the 

 most valuable varieties. It is very produc- 

 tive, the fruit is of fair quality and one of the 

 very best of shippers. Its only defect is its 

 over-productiveness, hence it must be very 

 severely pruned. Twenty good buds will 

 produce twenty pounds of grapes, which is 

 as much as a vine should be allowed to pro- 

 duce even on the best of land. 



THE PLUM MARKET "AN EARLY DESSERT 

 PLUM WOULD SELL. 



R. SMITH also qualifies his remarks 

 on page 52. He would not say that 



we are planting too many of all varieties of 

 plums, but only of some varieties ; nor 

 would he say that it is ever impossible to 

 dispose of the crop at some price, but some- 

 times we can no longer get the old paying 

 prices. 



In addition to the demand for good late 

 plums, Mr. Smith finds a demand for an 

 early plum of real good quality for eating 

 out of hand. Such a plum would pay ex- 

 ceedingly well, especially in the Niagara 

 district, which is the natural home of the 

 plum. Here the trees thrive so well and are 

 so productive that they can be grown at a 

 profit, even if sold at very low prices. 



Fig. 2546. Crown Grafting. 



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CROWN GRAFTING. 



R. A. C. ABBOTT, 

 Grove, Ont. , writes : 



of Mountain 



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Sir: — As I am now a member of your associa- 

 tion I am going to ask you to devote some space to 

 the work of Crown Grafting and Cleft Grafting, 

 especially the Crown Grafting of large limbs on 

 old trees. I am a new member of your society and 



