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danger of losing them by cold of Avinter 

 and ravages of the white grub, that I 

 am convinced I can grow more fruit for 

 the same money by the " matted row 

 system." 



Tlie only way the question can be 

 decided is for each one to test both 

 ways for himself, as locality, varieties 

 gi-own, soil, market you wisli to sup- 

 ply, and many other questions have to 

 be taken into consideration. Hence, 

 my advice would be, to plant most of 

 them in matted rows, with a few in 

 hills for trial, and the way you can 

 make most out of them one year with 

 another will be the best for you. 



W. W. HiLBORN. 



Arkona, May 29th, 1S85. 



THE RUSSIAX MULBERRY. 



To THK Editor of thk Canadian Horticl'ltcrist. , 



Dear Sir, — Samples of the fruit of 

 the Russian Mulberry wer6 brought to ; 

 me to-day by Mr. W S. Short, 114 

 York street, Lontlon, gathered from u 

 tree planted by him three years ago. ! 

 This tree has during this time grown to j 

 be about eight feet high and has had a [ 

 crop this year of six or eight quarts on ' 

 it. It had not shown any sign of ten- i 

 derness until last winter when the new j 

 wood was killed back from one to two ' 

 feet. The tree made a vigorous wood 

 growth late in the season which Mr. 

 Short thinks may account for the win- 

 ter killing last year. 



The fruit is black, about the size of I 

 the common wild blackberry, juicy, ' 

 sweet, and of a pleasant, rather 

 sprightly flavor. It is an agreeable 

 fruit to eat, and would I believe be ' 

 good also for cooking. The crop on the 

 tree referred to is now nearly all I 

 gathered, while on a second tree grown 

 by Mr. Short the berries are only just 

 beginning to ripen. If it is found that 

 the Russian Mulberry [)roduces gener- 



ally fruit equal to the sample referred 

 to, I do not think that anyone will 

 regret gi-owing it. 



Yours truly, 



Wm. Saunders. 



London, Ont., July 9, 1885. 



ABOUT MAXIMS AND PROVERBS. 



BY PETER PRUNING KNIFE. 



It has been said that the man who 

 causes two blades of grass to grow 

 where only one grew before, is a " bene- 

 factor of his country." The above don't 

 apply to Quack Grass or Canada 

 Thistles. 



Trim up a tree in the way it should 

 grow, and when it is old it will not 

 require trimming. As the twig is bent 

 the tree is inclined. This don't mean 

 that you can grow scythe sticks, ox 

 yokes and apples on the same ti-ee with 

 profit. 



To grow good corn, give it plenty 

 of room. To prevent corns getting 

 pinched, have large (souls), and corres- 

 ponding uppers, and keep your feet in 

 the right path. 



If fruit growers get the same mea- 

 sui'e they mete, they won't require the 

 Imperial quart when they are paid off. 



FRUIT PROSPECTS IX GREY. 



We have had a hard winter. Peach 

 trees have suffered much. Pears and 

 grapes will be a good crop. Straw- 

 berries and small fruits look well. I 

 put a Glass seedling graft on a sloe 

 thorn when we got the tree, and it has 

 borne heavy and broken down every 

 year, and what was left was heavy 

 blossomed this year, and nothing seems 

 to hurt it. Apples will be a good crop. 

 Yoiirs truly, 



William Brown. 

 Annan, June loth, 1885. 



