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are killed by manuring. K planted in well-drained ground, 

 which has been enriched only by the rain, snow, decayed foliage, 

 and air, and as they arrive at bearing age top-dressed with 

 lime, wood ashes, and bone-dust, increasing the quantity as the 

 trees come more fully into bearing, they would make a short, 

 stocky growth, ripen their wood, live, and bear fruit. These 

 ■uggestions are apphcable not only to the Pear tree, but to every 

 other fruit tree. Beyond doubt, with such treatment, many 

 varieties now considered too tender, would be found valuable 

 additions to the list of those that succeed well. 



In Nova Scotia, the rules that apply in Ontario seem to be in 

 some measure reversed, for there the best fruit is not grown near 

 the sea, but where the range of hills, known as the J^orth 

 Mountain, shuts out the cold winds and sea fogs of the Bay of 

 Fundy, and in other interior portions that are sheltered from the 

 sea. There none of the varieties of Apple are discarded as being 

 too tender. Some do not bring their fruit to its full perfection of 

 coloring and flavor, and hence are not suited to that climate, 

 though the tree is vigorous, healthy, and productive. Among 

 the leading sorts that are cultivated there, we find the Alexan- 

 der, Baldwin, Esopus Spitzenberg, Gravenstein, Golden Eusset, 

 Hubbardston Nonsuch, King of Tompkins County, Pomme 

 Grise, Ribston Pippin, Rhode Island Greening, Snow Apple, 

 and Talman Sweet. 



Among Pears, we find the Bartlet, Beurre Bosc, Seckel, Swan's 

 Orange, Flemish Beauty, Vicar of "Winkfield, "Winter Nelis, 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme, Louise Bonne de Jersey and Bloodgood. 

 Plums of all kinds do weU, even such late ripening sorts as Coe's 

 Golden Drop, and Heine Claude de Bavay, coming to maturity. 

 Many varieties of the Heart and Bigarreau Cherries also thrive 

 there, such as Black Heart, Black .Tartarian, Yellow Spanish, and 

 Downer's Late. 



The Quince thrives in deep, moist soils ; and even Peaches 

 and Nectarines, when trained against a wall. But on comparing 

 the meteorological tables for WolfviUe, N.S., with those for 



