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songs, at the end of which yon will 

 find a miniature Scottisli Dictionary. 

 Small thougli it is, loelt studied there 

 is enough in it to pass you for a fair 

 sami)le of a Scotchman. But what of 

 songs, you say 1 I'll tell you about 

 that too. A new feature promised at 

 our next meeting is good music. I go 

 for that, and so well have you re- 

 minded us of passing years you must 

 be just in mood to give us in. all its 

 beauty, 



" John Anderson, my Jo." 

 Friend Goldie will surely enliven us 

 with " The Dusty Miller." I only give 

 you the concluding verse : 



" In winter when the wind rai.l rain 



Blaws o'er the hoose and byre, 

 He sits beside a clean hearth stane, 



Before a rousing tire ; 

 With nut-brown ale he tells his tale, 



Which rows him o'er fu' nappy. 

 Who'd be a king — a petty thing, 



When a miller lives so happy ?" 



Mrs. Saunders, I hope, will favor us 

 with the song, the most beautiful in 

 the Scottish or any other language : 



" There's nae luck aboot the hoose." 

 And before she gets through with it, 

 her worthy husband, / know he s full of 

 music, will be so worked up with the 

 music of the good old land as to lead 

 off in lively style in 



' ' Auld lang syne, " 

 Scott Act notwithstanding. 



Wisliing you and your readers a 

 happy Kew Year, and many returning 

 ones, 



Dear Sir, yours truly, 



John Croil. 



THE NIAGARA RASPBERRY. 



The Niagara Raspberry ^received 

 from the Fruit Growers' Association) 

 did very well this summer. It had 

 quite a lot of berries, and very large. 

 I think it will do well. 



Edward Ryerse. 

 Port Dover, Di-c, 1884. 



REPORT OF FRUIT TREES RECE1VEI> 

 FROM THE ASSOCIATION. 



The Flemish Beauty Pear sent out by 

 the Fruit Growers' Association some 

 years ago has blighted badly this sum- 

 mer, but had a heavy crop of fruity 

 bearing about four or five bushels. 

 The Glass' Seedling plum, also sent 

 out, is about the only plum tree which 

 stood the blight last year out of three 

 liundred, and had a very fair crop this 

 season. The Swayzie Pomme Grise 

 apple has fruited the last two years, 

 but not very well. The Ontario a,pple 

 had twenty- five large apples the next 

 season after planting, which proved to 

 be good keepers for so young a tree. 

 My raspberries and grapes proved a 

 total failure. 



Wm. Ross. 

 Owen Souii-.. ecemher, 1884. 



THE NIAGARA GRAPE. 



In reading your article on the Ni- 

 agara Grape, I notice that you are 

 under the impression that the vines of 

 that variety planted in Canada are 

 mainly in the neighborhood of Grimsby. 

 I doubt if that is the case, as I think 

 Oakville comes to the front in the Ni- 

 agara Grape as well as in strawberries. 

 I think there are about four thousand 

 vines of Niagai'a planted in this 

 vicinity. I have two thousand five 

 hundred of them, and if you want to 

 see some thrifty vines, come during the 

 growing season and take a look at them. 

 Yours truly, 



R. POSTANO. 



Oakville, Dec, 1884. 



IsHAM SwfSET is a Wisconsin apple of 

 decided value. My own trees have give n 

 me a barrel this year, and it has been the 

 first winter sweet that has proved hardy 

 enough for this climate. It is of mediu m 

 size, nearly round, dark red, yellow flesh, 

 and a very rial I sweet, — a very good des- 

 sert fruit of its class. It keeps quite 

 well. — Dr. Hoskins, in Home Farm. 



