THK CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



seed and plant premiums. Piiblisbed 

 in New York and Greenfield, Mass. 



WHAT THE PSOPLP: SAY. 



1 tliink the Horticidturist Report 

 and Premium big value for the money. 

 Samuel H. Kerfoot. 

 Minesing, December, ISSl. 



I like the Horticulturist, and a little 

 more floral culture, as it would make it 

 more interesting for the young people. 

 Tho-mas Gordon. 

 Bobcaygeon, Dec, 18S4. 



[Thanks for this suggestion. Will 

 endeavor to meet the wishes of the 

 young people. We ai-e always very 

 glad to receive suggestions from our 

 readers that shall help us to make the 

 Horticulturist more acceptable.] 



Most of the plants received from the 



Fruit Growers' Association are doing 



well ; and I think the paper improving 



all the time, and enjoy it very much. 



Geo. E. Fisher. 



Freeman, Dec, 1884. 



There is a great deal of useful in- 

 formation in the Canadian Horticul- 

 turist for any one who grows fruit for 

 pleasure or for profit. 



W. Brockie. 



Pinker ton, Dec, 1884. 



Mr. Editor, — I am much pleased 

 with the Horticulturist. It encourages us 

 to grow an abundance of fruits, flowers, 

 vegetables, ornamental trees and shrubs, 

 tells us the varieties ada]:)ted to our 

 locality, and shows us the modus 

 operandi. All of us need the Horti- 

 culturist. 



W. S. Forbes. 



Ancaster, Dec. loth, 1884. 



QUESTION DPvAWER. 



Will you or some of your readers 

 give us a plain article on the manage- 

 ment of grape vines 1 It would be a 

 great benefit to new beginners like my- 

 self In summer pruning we cut within 

 two buds of the fruit. What are we 

 to do with the growth that has no 

 fruit 1 Shall we cut these close to the 

 old vine, or let them grow 1 Of all 

 the articles that I have seen on grape 

 culture, I have not yet seen one that 

 my thick head could work from. 



Also, could you give us an article on 

 budding and grafting 1 My good 

 friend, A. McD. Allan, was to come 

 and bud for me last August ; but un- 

 fortunately for me, and more so for him, 

 he was taken ill about the time he was 

 to come, so I got none done. 



A. C. McDonald. 



Reply. — Perhaps the short article 

 by Matthew Crawford in this number 

 will help you. We advise you to read 

 Beadle's Canadian Fruit, Flower and 

 Kitchen Gardener, which treats of bud- 

 ding, grafting and pruning the grape, 

 with illustrations showing the whole 

 process. 



FAMEUSE— SNOW APPLE. 



At page 70 of the Canadian Fruit, 

 Flovjer and. Kitchen Gardener, I find, 

 " Fameuse — Pomme de Neige — Snow 

 Apple"- — from which I inferred that it 

 was three names for the same tree ; but 

 I have been informed by dealers in Ot- 

 tawa that it is not so ; that the Snow 

 Apple can be grown in that vicinity, 

 and that the Fameuse cannot. 



W. P. T. 



Reply. — If you will look at the 

 " Fruits and Fruit Trees of America," 

 by A. J. Downing, revised and cox'- 



