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Waverley grafted from scion sent me 

 by Mr. Ricketts in 18S2 ; in foliage is 

 not as strong, or in bunch as showy, 

 but the fruit is delicious, and is all 

 claimed for it by its originator. 



Burnet is still highly prized, though 

 late for our Province genei-ally. I 

 have seen unfavoi'able criticisms from 

 correspondents in Horticulturist, and 

 felt inclined to reply to them. If the 

 cultivators would remove a reasonable 

 portion of the clusters when fairly 

 formed, the treatment would sustain 

 my estimate of this tine grape. 



Early Dawn has proved here utterly 

 contemptible. 



Linden not much better. 



Belvidere in bunch and quality a trifle 

 better than Champion, though some 

 later. 



Warden still pleasing and satisfac- 

 tory, and preferred, all things consider- 

 ed, to Moore's Early. 



ON RED GRAPES. 



Here I can note some advancement. 



Poughkeepsie Red gives a very favor- 

 able impression. It is in fruit larger 

 and quite as good as Delaware, a better 

 grower and stronger foliage. 



Challenge, a New Jersey grape, in 

 some respects reminds us of Northern 

 Muscadine, quite as early, larger in 

 bunch, less foxy, and does not di'op its 

 berry. 



Mary (Stone and Wellington) im- 

 presses us favorably, has a good deal 

 of Salem character, but the foliage less 

 liable to mildew. Inclined to consider 

 it an improvement. 



Ulster Prolific bore its first fruit ; a 

 favorable introduction ; is a strong 

 grower and abundant bearer, vmdoubt- 

 edly requiring much thinning out as 

 vine gets strength. 



Owasso, a beautiful dark amber of 

 good size and pleasant flavor, is gaining 

 after three years fruiting. 



Vergennes seems disappointing on all 



sides as to its claims for earliness. 

 Fruit should be well thinned out. 



Gaertner, Rogers' No. 14, am inclined 

 to think has been somewhat overlooked, 

 and should be more cultivated. It is 

 quite early here, a little after Massa- 

 soit. Good sized berry and bunch, and 

 agreeable in flavor. 



The sum total of our success here, 

 where a few years since the culture of 

 outdoor grapes was very limited, and 

 when attempted, the treatment, if any 

 at all, was at best slovenly, is in ample 

 space in planting, judicious thinning 

 out of clustei's, proportioning fruit left 

 to strength of foliage and habit of vine, 

 careful systematic fall pruning, and 

 laying down and covering with earth, 

 simply, just before the ground freezes 

 up for the winter. 



Wm. Mead Pattison. 

 Clarenceville, Quebec. 



THE ROSE. 



The three most useful families or 

 orders in the vegetable kingdom to 

 man are Graminpe, Leguminosse and 

 Rosacse. The two first contributing to 

 his actual necessities, and the last to 

 his tastes, in the shape of wholesome 

 fruits and pleasing oi'namentation, and 

 I am not aware of a single specimen of 

 the fruit, or the family, that is poison- 

 ous. The kernel may contain prussic 

 acid, but in such small proportion that 

 no fear need be apprehended. It is a 

 geological fact that no ox*ganic remains 

 of this family even in the diluvial de- 

 posits (the latest) of the earth's crust 

 occur, evidently demonstrating the fact 

 that it has appeared simultaneously 

 with man, for the pvirpose of developing 

 his mental and moral faculties. 



Man stands at the head of creation 

 in the animal kingdom, the Rosacese 

 family at the head of the vegetable, 

 each being adapted for the other, and 

 to keep pace in the development of 



