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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



I like the Horticulturist very much, 

 and the annual report is worth the 

 dollar itself, without the premium or 

 monthly magazine. I have been trying 

 to send you a new subscriber, but have 

 not been successful yet. 



Please mention about four of the (1) 

 best kind of strawberries suitable for a 

 loamy soil— a soil which grows too 

 much straw for profitable grain raising, 

 and the (2) best black cap and (3) red 

 raspberries for the same soil, in the 

 March number, if you receive this in 

 time. We live about ten miles north 

 and ten east of Toronto. The ther- 

 mometer has registered as low as 26° 

 below zero this winter. That is about 

 the lowest we ever have it. 



"Wishing yourself and the Fruit 

 Growei-s' Association success in the 

 highest degree. 



P. Break, 

 Box Grove, York Co., Ont. 



Reply. — (1). Wilson, Crescent, Ar- 

 nold's Pride, Manchester. 



(2). Doolittle, Ohio, Souhegan, Mam- 

 moth Cluster. 



(3). Highland Hardy, Turner, Phila- 

 delphia, Cuthbert. 



These are given with reference to 

 your climate as well as your soil. 



CORPvESPONDENCE. 



CATALPA SPECIOSA. 

 SiR^_In the autumn of 1882 I pur- 

 chased three Catalpa Speciosa from St. 

 Catharines Nurseries, which I planted 

 in a sandy loam, one of them on the 

 north side of a high board fence. They 

 have all made excellent growth and 

 stood the severity of the last two win- 

 ters well, so I have no fear but what 

 they will be all right next spring. One 

 of them flowered the first season, but 

 none since. Hot winds seem to shrivel 



up their immense leaves that have such 

 a beautiful bloom, but the first cool day 

 they quite revive. I think your cor- 

 respondent from Lindsay can safely 

 plant them. 



Yours truly, 



L. H. KiRKBY. 



Collingwood, Feb. 26th, 1885. 



WHERE MAY GRAPES BE GROWN? 



Any one who takes an interest in 

 the development of the fruit-growing 

 industry must experience a sense of 

 great gratification at the results attend- 

 ing the experiments in grape growing 

 (although on a small scale) in so many 

 places in the interior of this Province, 

 where, until within a few years, it was 

 supposed to be impossible to grow this 

 most desirable fruit. 



The tine exhibits of well grown and 

 highly flavored grajjes which have been 

 made at so many local exhibitions in 

 the more central parts of the country 

 during the past season show that this 

 branch of fruit culture may in the near 

 future prove to be one of the most 

 profitable, as well as one of the most 

 pleasant occupations, for large numbers 

 of our rural population over an exten- 

 sive tract of country hitherto supposed 

 to be unsuited to that purpose. The 

 part of Ontario to which I refer especi- 

 ally (and I believe there are many 

 other districts even more favorabl}- 

 situated), extends from the neighbour- 

 hood of Kingston in a westerly direc- 

 tion up the Bay of Quinte ; from thence 

 up the Trent waters to Balsam Lake, 

 and across the height of land to the 

 southern end of the Georgian Bay. 



Let us for a moment consider what 

 are the conditions necessary to this 

 end, then we need not be surprised at 

 the results. First. — Suitability of soil. 

 Most authorities agree that the soil 

 best suited for this purpose must be 

 light, porous, friable, dry and warm. 

 Alonw the course indicated, embracing 



