Yellow Canada Raspberry. i^y 



thousand, " I should think the nursery-men would get the country filled up 

 at last, and so put an end to their trade." A moment's reflection would 

 teach these persons that they foi^et two things : the size and population 

 of this country, and the immense number of trees and fruit-bearing plants 

 of all sorts that perish annually from neglect. 



Riding one day with a friend by an orchard of dwarf pear-trees planted 

 in a close, thick greensward, our friend remarked, " What a bles-sing to 

 tree-growers these people are, who set out pear-orchards in grass ! " Of 

 course, they are the best friends of the nursery-men, for their trees die in 

 a year or two, and then, un discouraged, they buy some more ; not from 

 the same dealer, however ; his trees were not good : and so keep the trade 

 lively. 



Sometimes, after three or four sets of trees have died, they get tired of 

 the experiment, and pronounce pear-growing a humbtig. They have tried 

 it, have bought trees of half a dozen different nursery-men, and have 

 always failed. 



This is no fancy sketch. We have in mind at this moment a very large 

 orchard of pear and apple trees, recently set in a thick, dense sod, and the 

 owner doubtless is looking forward to an abundant double crop, fruit and 

 grass, each year, from the same soil. 



He will be disappointed ; and so will everybody who thinks that rich, 

 plump, juicy pears can be obtained by diggitig a hole in any soil that comes 

 handy, jamming in a tree just taken from a rich nursery, and hastily 

 crowding back the earth. We hav€ seen this process again and again. 



YELLOW CANADA RASPBERRY. 



Our illustration of Mr. Arnold's yellow raspberry (No. i), is from speci- 

 mens sent us by him ; and we are also indebted to him for tlie following 

 description : — 



" This raspberry is a grandchild of the old native White Cap or Bramble, 

 fertilized with pollen of White Four Seasons and Brinckle's Orange. The 

 canes are very strong growers, perfectly hardy on a cold, exposed knoll 



