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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTCEIST. 



good season for fiuit in this neighbor- 

 hood. • J- R 

 Lindsay, December, 1884. 



FRUIT AT BRUSSELS. 



Dear Sir, — The arrival of tlie De- 

 cember.number of the Canadian Horti- 

 cutturlst reminds nie that it is about 

 time to renew my subscription, and also 

 tq report to you about the premiums 

 you have sent me, and a little of my 

 experience in fruit culture. 



And first let me say that I prize the 

 magazine very much, and always look 

 for it with interest, and would be glad 

 if it were larger. I think it would be 

 well if the members of the Association 

 would write more for it. 



The Niagara Raspberry sent me in 

 the spring of '83 grew nicely ; but in 

 the winter it froze nearly to the ground, 

 so there was but one small branch that 

 had a few berries on. The fruit ap- 

 peared very well. Last spring I set 

 out the young ])lants growing fron) the 

 roots, about thirty of them, and they, 

 with the first bush, have grown well 

 thi'ough the summer, and I hope, if 

 they do not freeze down again, to have 

 some more fruit next season. 



The Worden Grape, sent at the same 

 time, grew middling, but was frozen to 

 the ground, as were most other young 

 grapes, in the early fall. This spring 

 it started to grow again, and when the 

 growth was about two inches long it 

 was killed off again by frost. It grew 

 a second time, and made about 18 

 inches of vine. 



The Prentiss Grape, sent last spring, 

 grew, making about one foot of vine. 

 I have my doubts whether grapes will 

 succeed in this part. I have several, 

 and the best growing one has only 

 made about four feet of vine in two 

 summers. 



I had two ki»ids of Black Cap Rasp- 

 berry fruit this season, the Mammoth 

 Cluster and Gregg. They fruited fairly 



well. The Mammoth Cluster stood the 

 winter best, it not being h;irt much. 

 The canes of the Gregg were hurt con- 

 siderably by the winter frost. 



I have also .several kinds of straw- 

 berries. The Sharpless does very well. 

 The Bid well is a good grower, and 

 forms a good plant, but I am disap- 

 pointed in the fruit, there being not 

 much of it and very imj*?rfect. 



I am trying several kinds of cur- 

 rants and gooseberrif^s. The trees are 

 young, not much fruit yet, but it is 

 good. 



I am but beginning small fruit 

 raising, but am tindin« a j^rowinij in- 

 terest in it, and purpose, if spared, to 

 report as I find interesting and profit- 

 able matter. 



Yours truly, 



Samuel Fear. 



Brussels, Dec. 10th, 1884. 



MUSIC FOR THE WINTER MEETING. 



To THE Editor of the Canadian Horticdttdrist. 



Dear Sir, — How fast the months 

 go by, so say you, and so, methinks, do 

 all of 3^our readers who, like you and 

 me, have jiassed the sixtieth mile 

 stone. 



Your retrosi)ect of the ])ast in con- 

 nection with our journal is a pleasant 

 one. Many a compliment you have 

 been paid, many an encouragement 

 given, to persevere in a good work, 

 though at times with wearisomeness 

 and worry. 



Surely the Horticulturist has been a 

 good investment to many a one. It 

 seems to me scai-cely can that reader be 

 a man ava who has not profited by its 

 perusal. But I find myself wandering 

 into my mother tongue, and think I 

 hear you saying, " There goes Croil 

 again in his broad Scotch ; he has never 

 yet sent me his promised Scotch Dic- 

 tionary." 



But I am in earnest to-day, and send 

 you herewith a nice volume of Scottish 



