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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Pride of the Hudson raspberry a fail- 

 ure. "Would prefer unleached ashes as 

 a fertilizer on his sandy loam at pre- 

 sent prices. Thought rust on raspber- 

 ries and blackberries was not caused by 

 wet land. Had found the best remedy 

 to dig up and burn the affected plants, 

 as rust spreads like yellows in peaches. 



E. D. Smith thought growers should 

 be careful to do this, as this is acknow- 

 ledged to be the only cure. 



As there were other important sub- 

 jects to discuss, the chairman limited 

 the time for a short discussion on "Ap- 

 ples and Peai-s," that were to have been 

 discussed in the morning, to fifteen 

 minutes. 



Regarding the best two varieties of 

 pears to plant for profit, Mr. A. M. 

 Smith thought Flemish Beauty had run 

 its course, as it now spots and cracks 

 too much ; would name Bartlett and 

 Beurre D'Anjou, and for a dwarf. 

 Duchess DAngouleme. Mr. Pettit re- 

 commended Beurre Gifford as a dwarf. 

 Mr. Orr liked Louise Bonne as dwarf. 

 Mr. Smith thought Duchess and Seckel 

 most exempt from blight. Mr. House 

 bad found Beurre D'Anjou most 

 exempt. 



The next subject taken was "Grapes," 

 regarded here as of more importance 

 than all the rest, as there are planted 

 out already in the township nearly two 

 hundred acres, mostly in small vine- 

 yards from 10 acres downwards, and 

 the area is increasing rapidly. 



E. D. Smith introduced the subject 

 by asking a series of questions, among 

 others. What is the best red grape for 

 profit ] What is the best early grape ? 

 Said he had foixnd ashes beneficial. 

 Believed the Prentiss gi-ape a failure, 

 as the vine is not strong and healthy. 

 Was very favoi-ably impressed with the 

 Niagara, had not fruited it yet, but 

 vines were very healthy and stx-ong, 

 robust growers. Had planted Concords 



and Niagaras alternately, and found 

 Niagaras not only to grow better, but 

 to recover from any drawback quicker. 

 Believed it would pay to ship fine 

 grapes in 10 lb. baskets instead of 20 

 lb. ones. Thought we should have 

 better baskets than at present. Liked 

 Roger 9 and 15. Found Salem tender, 

 and the berries bad to burst duriner 

 warm, damp weather. Found it paid 

 to lay down tender varieties, but would 

 not plant such knowingly. Thought 

 we should raise a grape to pack and 

 sell in winter, as our market is at pre- 

 sent supplied with foreign grapes dui'- 

 ing nine months of the year. Would 

 like to know if any one had had any 

 experience -wdth the Vergennes. 



Murray Pettit had found Prentiss 

 and Pocklington both failures. Found 

 Duchess, Lady Washington and Noah 

 all good white grapes — the latter as 

 good as Niagara, except in quality, but 

 would place Niagara first among the 

 white gi'apes. Had known of others 

 having good success on rich sandy land 

 with Pocklington. Would rank the 

 Delaware as the most profitable red 

 grape if pruned severely and all to 

 young canes, and heavily manured and 

 thoroughly cultivated. Found the 

 Rogers' varieties to mildew if manured 

 heavily. 



For early gi-apes likes Red Wyoming 

 and Dracut Amber among the new 

 kinds. The latter a healthy, strong 

 gi'owing, productive variety of medium 

 sized bunches of medium sized red 

 grapes of medium quality. Had made 

 most money oiit of Champions, but 

 would not think of planting them 

 except on very early land. Believed 

 that no one would buy Champions if 

 they could get Moore's Early. The 

 latter he found not a very heavy bearer, 

 nor a very strong grower, but medium 

 in these respects, the fruit, however, 

 extra fine, not quite so eax*ly as Cham- 

 pion. Worden, a grape very nearly 



