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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



come out very well after so cok] a 

 winter. The Pliilndelphiaand Cuthbert 

 are the best, while several other varieties 

 ■dVti partially injured, but not so bad as 

 to destroy their crop ; while the black 

 dps nearly all froze to the snow, as 

 well as the Long, the Taylor, and the 

 Snider blackberi-ies ; while the Vick 

 and Wilson strawberries, mulched with 

 leaves, with three to five feet of snow 

 over them, are destroyed altogether, 

 ap{)areutly smothered and heated. 

 I am, yours truly, 



J. P. Williams. 



Bloomfelcl, May '2.5th, 1885. 



BLACKBERRIES— FOR THIS SECTION 

 mF 0NT.\RI0. 



I have only found one blackberry 

 that will pa\' to grow for market, that 

 is the Snyder. 



Wilson's Early, Kittatinny, Early 

 Harvest, and Taylor's Prolitic are all 

 too tender. 



Many catalogues give Taylor's Pro- 

 litic the cretlit of being as hard}'' as the 

 .Snyder, but with me it is not as hardy 

 as Kittatinny, I have had it growing 

 for five years, and have never had a 

 good cro]) of fruit from it yet. 



Early Harvest was killed down to 

 the ground last spring, and on examin- 

 ation I find that it is now killed down 

 below the snow line. 



Stone's Hardy has killed back a little 

 more than Snyiler, but it is yet too 

 early to form anything like a true esti- 

 mate of amount of injury done by the 

 past winter, which has been the most 

 severe of any within my recollection. 



The ground was well covered with 

 quite a depth of snow all winter, which 

 has protected most all small fruits. 



Plants will stand several degrees 

 more cold when the eartli is covered 

 with even a light coating of snow, as 

 the reflection of the sun's rays does not 

 thaw out the plants so quickly as when 

 the eartli is bare. 



Early Cluster has not had much of a 

 test yet in Canada, but I think it quite 

 promising. 



Blackberries should have all cultiva- 

 tion discontinued in July, to give the 

 plants time to fully ripen their wood. 



They should be planted on high clay 

 loam to give best results, and kept well 

 pinched back. Yours, etc., 



W. W. HiLBORN. 



Arkona, April 9th. 



REPORT ON FRUIT AT THE CENTRAL 

 EXHIBITION, AT PORT HOPE, 



Oct. 7th .-vnd 8'I'H, 1884. 



On arriving at the grounds, I found 

 E. Dick.son, Esq., Secretary of the 

 Hope Society, and J. Footo, Esq., Secre- 

 tary of the East Durham County Agri- 

 cultural Society, who at once very kind- 

 ly gave the necessary instructions for 

 a careful examination of the fruit. 



The exhibit of fruit was not as larger 

 or as good in quality as I had hope of 

 finding in that noted fruit-growing 

 locality. 



I subjoin a list of fruits as found on 

 the tables, together with such notes on 

 the various exhiVjits as I then thought 

 pertinent. 



APPLES. 



Fall Pippins — 8 exhibits, six differ- 

 ent kinds at least competing for this 

 prize. 



NortJiern Spi/—S exhibits. Most of 

 them were of first quality. 



Ji. I. Grecnrng — 8 exhibits. All very 

 good samples, with one exception. The 

 exception Avas not a R. I. Greening. 



Jhissets (no variety specified) — i ex" 

 hibits. All very good. One lot was 

 of unusual excellence, and ticketed 

 " E.xtra. Recommended." 



B. Spitzftubnrg — 3 exhibits. The 

 first jjrize lot was a fine sample. Those 

 obtaining second prize were spotted. 



