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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



greatest possible use of our splendid 

 opportunities. 



A. Blue. 



Toronto, February, 1885. 



The following list shews the counties 

 as o-rouped under the heads referred to 

 in the foregoing paper : 



Lake Erie. — Essex, Kent, Elgin, ISorfolk. 

 Haldimand, Welland. 



Lake Huron. — Lambton, Huron, Bruce. 



Georgian Bay. — Grey, Simcoe. 



West J/i/ifoHrf.— Middlesex, Oxford, Brant, 

 Perth, Wellington, Waterloo, Duflferin. 



Lake Ontario. — Lincoln, Wentworth^ Hal- 

 ton. Peel, York, Ontario, Durham, >orth- 

 umberland, Prince Edward. 



St. Lawrence and Ottawa. — Lennox and 

 A'ldiugtou, Fronteuac, Leeds and Grenville, 

 Dumlas, Stormont, Glengarry, Prescott, 

 Eussell, Carleton, Renfi-ew, Lanark. 



East -Midland.— \ictoT\a., Peterborough, 

 HaUburton, Hastings. 



Northern Dm^^Wc^s. — Muskoka, Parry 

 Sound, Algonia. 



FALL PLANTING. 



Dear Sir, — I beg to acknowledge 

 the receipt of the Canada Bakh^in 

 Apple-tree from the Fruit Growers' 

 Association, which was received some 

 time ago. I planted it at once, believ- 

 ing that to be the proper time, without 

 waiting to " heel it in," as some do. A 

 friend once told me it was much better, 

 when trees were obtained in the fall, to 

 heel them in, to keep them there until 

 spring had warmed the soil, " For," said 

 he, " you will then see the hue, haii'like 

 roots just starting out, and when put 

 in the ground wQl grow at once." To 

 tliis 1 said, " Why not plant them in 

 the fall, in the place where they are in- 

 tended to grow, and then the very 

 small rootlets will not be in danger of 

 being disturbed, and will be solid in the 

 ground and ready as soon as the ground 

 is warm in the spiing to grow f In 

 niv opinion, the only argument that can 



be brought against planting in the fall 

 is, perhaps, when trees have been taken 

 uj) in the nursery from a thickly shaded 

 place tliere may be some slight danger, 

 when planted at a proper distance in 

 the orchard, of their not being able to 

 resist the cold of winter as well as when 

 they were in the nursery. On this 

 score I never had any difficulty, and 

 when I buy trees in the fall and they 

 arrive at a proper time, I plant them 

 at once, and they grow. 



GRAPES. 



One of my neighbours complains 

 about his grapes not doing well. To 

 this I have to say. mine have done well. 

 I have, amongst others, the Isabella, 

 which is considered a rather late grape, 

 and it ripened and was just as sweet as 

 many much further south. If you 

 have a stone wall, plant grape-vines on 

 the south side of it. It makes all the 

 difference in the world to have a proper 

 place to plant them. If you have a 

 big, . unseemly rock or stoneheap on 

 your farm, plant grape-vines about 

 them, and the unsightly places will be- 

 come profitable. Some say that such 

 and such kinds of grapes will not ripen 

 with them, or that they are much later, 

 (fee. Much of all this depends on the 

 situation in which they are placed. 



FRUITS IX GEXERAL. 



We have had a very dry season, and 

 fruit in general has not done as well as 

 usual : but taking one year \vith an- 

 other, I believe we have as fine a fruit 

 producing county as most in Canada. 

 Tempered as it is by the waters of 

 Georgian Bay, we have no trouble with 

 early and late frosts. We have lost 

 some plum trees, but this has been 

 general all over. All the fruits of a 

 temperate climate flourish here. Fear 

 ing I have trespassed too long. 

 1 am, j'ours truly, 



Timothy Chambers. 



Presque Isle. Nov. ISth, 1SS4. 



