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crop. Currants and gooseberries an 

 average. 



Barrie. — A goofl crop of plums and 

 Chei-ries, just medium of apples and 

 small fruits. 



Bridgeport. — The apple crop is med- 

 ium good. 



Dawn JfiUs. — Prospect for fruit 

 better than for two 3'ears. 



Delaware. — A^jples medium, also 

 cherries, no f)eaches, very few pears. 



Edgely. — Fruit of all kinds, such as 

 ai)ples, plums, and currants very short. 

 Grapes an average crop. 



Ingersoll. — Apples light bloom, pears 

 heavy, grapes killed a good deal, peaches 

 ,all dead. 



BUUboroiigh, — A])]-)le prospects good. 



Listowel. — But little bloom on apples, 

 jtears and crabs. Plums nearly all kil- 

 led. Small fruits look well. 



Mohawk. — Early apples plentiful. 

 Winter apples very scarce. Good show 

 for small fruits. 



y Ottawa. — Apples good, but the hard 

 winter hurt plums and pears 



Port Rowan. — Fruits a light crop. 



Sea/orth. — Prospects of all kinds of 

 fruit excellent. 



Scotland. — Apples scarce. Pears 

 above an average. Peaches very few. 

 Plums covered with the mark of cur- 

 culio. Small fruits good. 



St. George. — Apples belowan average. 

 Small fruits pi'omise good crops. 



Stratford. — There is promise of 

 abundant yield of fruit of all kinds. 



Strathrog. — Fruit from pi-esent ap- 

 jiearances will be a heavy crop, trees 

 looking healthy with a splendid set. 



FRUIT SYRUPS. 

 Making syrup is an all day affair, 

 and a good plan is to set the jars of 

 juice in the oven at evening and keep 

 a low fire all night, finishing off next 

 forenoon. Six quarts of Grape juice 

 should make one of syrup, wine-colored, 

 lucent, of delicious, refreshing perfume 

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and flavor. One tablespoonful in a 

 glass of water gives a delightful drink, 

 like fresh Grape juice, the true sub- 

 stitute for wine with all temperate 

 peojde, and the finest medicine for cor- 

 recting a feverish, bilious state ever 

 known. The syrup itself is valuable 

 for restoring strength, and consumptive 

 ])ersons should take it by the tumbler 

 daily, sipping it leisurely, with sugar, 

 if too tart for the taste. It makes new, 

 I'ich blood, it cleanses the system, clears 

 brain and feeds starved nerves. It has 

 the hypophos|)hites v/hich doctors pres- 

 cribe for wastes of tissue, and taken freely 

 will an-est even critical stages of disease. 

 People fed on pure food with abundance 

 of fruic need never dreadcancer, Bright's 

 disease, gout, neui'algia, dropsy, or a 

 dozen other of the race. — Susan Power, 

 hi Vick's Magazine. 



ROSES FOR THE HOUSE. 

 The following varities are the most 

 suitable for window garden cultivation : 

 Twelve Teas — Safrano, Bon Silene, Isa- 

 bella Sprunt, Rubens, Odorata, Perle 

 des Jardins, Gen Tartas, Yellow Tea, 

 Madame Bravy, Madame de Vatry, 

 Madame Ltimbard and Souvenir d' un 

 Ami. Four Bengals — Queen's Scarlet, 

 Douglass, Duchess of Edinburg and 

 Ducher. Four Bourbons — Herraosa, 

 Queen of Bourbons, Queen of Bedders 

 and Edward Desfosses. Besides these 

 there is a class of recent introduction, 

 known as the Polyantha Roses ; they 

 are of dwarf habit and are continually, 

 in bloom, the flowers being produced 

 in clustex'S, and although the individual 

 flowers are not large are very perfect.. 

 Of these, the most desirable are Mio-- 

 nonette, rose, Mile. Cecile Brunner, 

 salmon pink, Little White Pet, light 

 ])ink, and Paquerette, pure white. 

 Besides these we have the dwarf form 

 of Rosa Indica, commonly called the 

 Fairy Rose. It is a very pretty little 

 miniature Rose, having double, rose- 



