6o Notes and Gleanings. 



New Grapes. — D. W. Bradle, St. Catherine's, Ontario, writes of new 

 grapes as follows : — 



Laura Beverly. — This is a new black grape, much resembling the Hartford 

 Prolific in bunch, berry, and time of ripening, but of better quality. It was 

 raised by the Rev. Alexander Dixon of Port Dalhousie, in this county, and 

 has never received any protection or special treatment. It has the merit of 

 being perfectly hardy, a great bearer, ripening early, of good quality, free from 

 pulp, and hanging perfectly on the bunch. It is worth a trial. 



Arnold^ s Hybrids. — These were raised by Mr. Charles Arnold of Paris, 

 county of Brant ; some of them from seed of the Clinton, fertilized with the 

 Black St. Peter's ; and others from seed of a wild frost-grape, fertilized with Black 

 Hamburg. They are a great acquisition ; and I do not hesitate to say that I 

 expect they will prove of more value than any of the Rogers's Hybrids. I visited 

 Mr. Arnold's vineyard this season, where I carefully examined the plants in 

 bearing, and came away rejoicing that Canada could boast of such an intelligent 

 and enthusiastic horticulturist, who had produced new varieties of grapes so 

 decidedly in advance of many others so vauntingly pressed upon public atten- 

 tion. It is to be hoped, that, when Mr. Arnold sends out these grapes, he will 

 give them names, and not send them out designated by numbers, — a practice 

 that has given rise to endless confusion and mistake. The great wisdom shown 

 by him in selecting for the seed-bearing parent the hardy Vitis Cordifolia, or 

 Frost Grape, which is free from the tough pulp so persistently present in the 

 Vitis Labrusca, or Fox Grape, is apparent in the fine, melting character of the 

 fruit of these seedlings. The autumn frosts do not injure the grapes ; while 

 the wood ripens early, and almost to the very tip, enduring the rigor of our win- 

 ters without any protection. Only one of Mr. Arnold's seedlings is white: 

 the others are all black, and will, I hope, be all extensively tried. 



Mr. William Read of Port Dalhousie, in the county of Lincoln, has been 

 taking great pains in hybridizing grapes, and has produced some very promising 

 sorts. One of his white grapes, which he has named Silver Cluster, is far 

 superior in this climate to Allen's Hybrid, Rebecca, or any other white grape 

 yet offered to the public. His Black Jack is also a promising grape, free from 

 pulp, and has a very agreeable flavor. Many other seedlings are undergoing 

 trial on his grounds. Of course, the ultimate value of all these new grapes 

 remains to be ascertained by planting and ripening the fruit in different soils, 

 exposures, and climates ; but that some of them will prove of great value, I have 

 no doubt. — Am. Pom. Soc. 



ExTENifED Tree-Planting. — John Edgarton, Coal Creek, lo., writes, 

 " There is great enthusiasm in tree-planting. Orchards are all around me of 

 five hundred to a thousand trees ; and one man has already purchased ten thou- 

 sand trees for planting in spring. Of these, three thousand are the Willow-twig 

 Apple. That variety, with the Jonathan, Rawles's Janet, Ben Davis, Dominie, 

 . and Winesap, are among if not our best and most profitable sorts." — Am. 

 Pom. Soc. 



