THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Chabot — One of the best of the Japanese, 

 varieties. Medium to large yellow, nearly 

 covered with scarlet, and of good quality- 

 Later, hardier and less inclined to rot then 

 Burbank. 



Bailey — Appears to be much like Chabot, 

 but as we have it it seems to be hardier. 



Gold — A prolific and early bearer ; fruit a 

 clear yellow, partly overspread with red ; 

 medium to large but not of first rate quality. 



Lincoln — Fruit large to very large, coppery 

 red and of good quality. Valuable for home 

 use or market, but slow in growth and should 

 be worked on some other variety. 



Red June — One of the hardiest and best of 

 the Japanese sorts. Especially valuable be- 

 cause of earliness. 



Abundance — Tree upright in growth and 

 prolific ; fruit medium to large and of excel- 

 lent quality. Desirable. 



Burbank — Tree a vigorous grower ; very 

 prolific and begins bearing when very young. 

 Fruit medium to large, showy and of good 

 quality, but much inclined to rot. 



Gueii — A reliable dark purple variety. Al- 

 though much inclined to rot it should be in- 

 cluded in the list of profitable orchard sorts. 



Moore's Arctic — Rather too small for mar- 

 ket but the fact that it is hardier than most 

 other varieties of its class makes it valuable. 



Wild Goose — On account of earliness, great 

 prolificacy and extreme hardiness this must 

 be ranked as a valuable variety. — Ohio 

 Agricultural Experimental Station. 



POTS AND POTTING. 



DRAINAGE FOR HOUSE PLANTS 



All new pots should be well soaked 

 in water before using, and all old pots 

 well washed and soaked also. In pot- 

 ting plants from seed flats, or plants 

 that have been grown in boxes, use 

 as small pots as will comfortably hold 

 the roots In re-potting plants, use 

 only one size larger pot than the one 

 the plant is removed from. In re-pot- 

 ting, instead of digging the ball of soil 

 out of the pot with a knife or stick, 

 simply place one hand over the top of 

 the pot, turn the pot upside down, give 

 the edge of the pot a sharp rap or two 

 on any hard substance, and the ball 

 of soil and roots will come out whole ; 

 having drainage in your larger pot, 

 place a little soil over it, place the ball 

 on that and fill in around it, pressing 

 the soil down, as you place it in, with 

 a thin stick so as to leave no air spaces 

 around the old ball. Fill within an 

 inch of the top, water once thoroughly, 

 afterward as needed. — H. E. Gould, 

 Sussex, N. B. 



This is of the utmost importance, for 

 no plant, except true aquatics, will 

 thrive unless free egress is provided for 

 the surplus water given. The best ma- 

 terials are broken pots, charcoal and 

 coke ; any other material that is suffi- 

 ciently firm and porous will answer. 

 From one half to one inch of this should 

 be placed over the drainage hole in all 

 pots above three inches in size that are 

 used. If saucers are used under pots, 

 place a handful of gtavel or coarse ma- 

 terial in them under the pots. Make 

 sure of good drainage, and each time of 

 watering all plants (other than aquatics) 

 be sure to empty all surplus water out 

 of the saucers that may drain into them ; 

 water remaining in saucers under plants 

 is a fruitful source of disease and death. 

 Plants do not usually need re-potting 

 until the soil is crowded with roots. All 

 boxes in which plants are grown should 

 also be well provide with drainage. — 

 H. E. Gould, Sussex, N.B. 



The Winter Meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association will be 

 held in Whitby during the first or second week in December. Suggestions for 

 topics and speakers will be gladly received by the Secretary. 



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