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THE CANADIAN HORTICCTLTURIST. 



STRAWBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES. 



I commenced our picking of the 

 strawberry on June 1 9th. The Cres- 

 cent still takes the lead, and this year 

 the choicest fruit I ever had from this 

 variety, and sold at twenty cents per 

 quart. The next in ripening was 

 Phelps or Old-Iron Clad. Remarkable 

 for its large size and very productive. 

 Next Wilson's Albany, a medium crop 

 of medium size berries. "Whatever it 

 may do in other places, it does not suc- 

 ceed here. Mr. Piper set the following 

 this season : Jumbo, Big Bob, Col. 

 Cheney,' Sharpless, Jas. Vick, and some 

 others. Mancliester, a splendid berry 

 and plenty of them. Daniel Boone, 

 one of my favorites, an old friend, and 

 one that keeps its size to the last. 



Captain Jack- — Plant and beny all 

 that can be desired. Berry larger than 

 the Wilson, moi-e of them and better 

 flavor. Kentucky and Vineland re- 

 semble each other, both late, of good 

 size, rather soft for shipping a long dis- 

 tance. I have been testing more of 

 the new varieties, and all pi'ove worth- 

 less here, except the Atlantic. 



There has been an extraordinary 

 crop of the strawberry in our locality 

 this year, and after all prices ruled so 

 low it did not pay the cost of labor 

 attending them. I have not found 

 prices so low before, down to four cents 

 a box. Growers from a distance came 

 to our local villages and almost giving 

 them away, putting this healthful, luci- 

 ous fruit in reach of both old and young 

 in town and country. 



I am sure the readers of the Horti- 

 culturist must be pleased with my 

 fiiend Robinson's article on his ex- 

 perience with the strawberry this sea- 

 son. From his long list of varieties 

 the most fastidious might select what 

 would please them. 



There are two varieties in his list 

 that he is wide of the mark in com- 

 paring them with the old sorts he men- 



tions. Jocky Cap colors all at once, 

 whilst Miners Prolific shows the white 

 feather in his tail, and does not ripen 

 evenly. There is no resemblance in 

 the two varieties in either plant or 

 fruit. And the Howell looks more 

 like the Manchester, but is not. In 

 respect to these his judgment is hasty 

 and too soon. 



RASPBERRIES BLACK. 



In raspberries there has been a ready 

 market here and prices good without 

 foreign competition, there also has 

 been a very fair crop. The first to 

 ripen was "Tyler. I prefer it to Soug- 

 hegan, as it was subject to rust. Hop- 

 kins a little later and berry a little 

 larger. Then comes Ohio, the best of 

 the three here every way. There is 

 not much demand for the Red Rasp- 

 berry here, the wild ones ai'e so plenti- 

 ful, but still we grow such as Arnold's 

 Red, Reder, Cuthbert, Rancocas, Han- 

 sell. This one has done well, owing, 

 as I suppose, to the plants being moi'e 

 mature. 



JoHX Little. 



Granton, August 9th. 



GRAPE GROWING IN CENTRAL ONT- 

 ARIO IN THE FUTURE. 



There is at present reasonable 

 grounds for expecting a fairly good 

 grape crop in Central Ontario this 

 season. If this expectation is realized 

 it will do much to confirm the opinion 

 which is so rapidly gaining ground re- 

 specting the capabilities of this Pro- 

 vince for the production of wine, and 

 of its being one of the most profitable 

 branches of husbandry suitable to the 

 soil and to the climatic conditions of 

 lai-ge tracts of land in Ontario. " Live" 

 men are already looking about them for 

 suitable lands for vineyard purposes on 

 which large sums of money will un- 

 doubtedly be soon invested. 



But few persons comparatively have 

 any clear idea of the profits resulting 



