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the amateur, or in the market field for 

 shipment. 



Slinffers Colossal. — After three sea- 

 sons fruiting, tliis is the only sort 

 which, I think, excels tlie Caroline in 

 productiveness. Tlie busli is the largest 

 I have seen, and it covei-s itself with 

 dark brownish-red bei'ries, that taste 

 very good, and are of about the largest 

 size. Tlie fruit is too soft when fully 

 ripe, and this defect, along with its 

 dark color, hinders it as a market 

 variety, but for home use I consider it 

 unequalled. The roots do not send up 

 '• suckers." 



Knevet's Ginnt. — The largest rasp- 

 berry I have seen. It is of the foi-eign 

 family, and except with petting, on 

 rich loamy soil, it cannot be de|)ended 

 upon for large yield. But when just 

 suited it appears very productive, and 

 the quality is delicious. Distinctively 

 a variety for the amateur. Hardy 

 enough here with deep snows, but not 

 so hardy as Cuthbert. 



Victoria. — Another English A'ariety, 

 of the same general character as the 

 last, only that the berry, while rather 

 smaller and firmer, is one of the sweetest, 

 and is decidedly the most delicious red 

 raspberry that I have tasted. 



Brinkles Orange does exceedingly 

 well with some of my neighbors, but I 

 have not got it on suitable soil at pre- 

 sent. It has given ns some splendid 

 fruit — ^just the acme of raspberry flavor. 

 It is usuall}^ liardy here, but it needs 

 too much petting for any but the 

 amateur's garden. 



Franconia is another variety that 

 sometimes does well for market. It is 

 so inferior in general behavior to Cuth- 

 l)ert, that I purpose rooting it out. 



THE ONTARIO APPLE. 

 Dear Sir, — The Ontario Apple 

 proves excellently adapted to our sea- 

 shore sections, the thick, strong leaf 

 not being aff"ected by our salt-laden 



ocean breezes. The tree makes a vigor- 

 ous growth, fruits early and annually ; 

 the apples are above medium in size, 

 of good quality for us, and with nae 

 outlast any other variety, keeping in 

 perfect condition this season until July. 

 It would probably prove a most valu- 

 able acquisition lor this Province. 

 How much we owe to Mi-. Ai-nokl. 

 The American Wonder Pea I grow 

 almost exclusively to supjily my own 

 table, having introduced it here when 

 first placed in the catalogues, I think 

 in 1878. It requires a rich soil to 

 yield well, and succeeds best when not 

 too thickly sown. I have three of Mr. 

 Arnold's strawberries, Maggie, Ar- 

 nold's Pride, and Alpha. Tlie first is 

 enormously productive, the second not 

 far behind it on this [mint ; l)ut both 

 have the fault of not ripening up well, 

 become soft while still partly green, 

 and not red wlien fully ripe. Alpha 

 colors better, and is also productive. 

 Very truly yours, 



Charles E. Brov>'n. 

 Yarmouth, N.S., 16tli July, ISSo. 



THE WHITE FRINGE. 



Dear Sir, — In your July copy you 

 show a branch of Fringe Tree, and you 

 ask reports on it. 



In May last I was at Dr. Girdwood's, 

 near St. Ann's de Bellevue, P. Q., and 

 noticed this beautiful shrub in all its 

 glory of leaf and flower. It was a 

 pleasant object to look at. I think it 

 stood from seven to eight feet high, 

 and say four feet across the base, look- 

 ing very thrifty and hardy. The doc- 

 tor's place is one of the islands in the 

 Ottawa, near the extreme elbow of the 

 Island of Montreal, very much exposed 

 to heavy drifts of snow and high 

 winds. No place can be more exposed 

 to intense cold and high winds than 

 where this tree was growing. Some 

 of the lower branches were terribly 



