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apple orchards are there being planted, 

 and what parts of Europe are most 

 given to apple culture, etc., etc. If you 

 have any items of interest in this 

 direction, perhaps you would kindly 

 give us the benefit in the Horticulturist. 



L. W. 



Will some of our readers who ai-e 

 familiar with the fruit markets of 

 Europe, and especially if having a 

 knowledge of the area of orcharding in 

 Great Britain and on the continent, 

 and whether that area is being in- 

 creased or not, please reply to this in- 

 teresting inquiry. — Ed. Can. Hort. 



BLACK CURRANTS. 



What is the proper soil for black 

 currants, and proper mode of cultiva- 

 tion. Would they do well on black 

 muck soil 1 J. C. Cummer. 



Reply. — While thriving well in 

 almost every soil, they will produce 

 the best results in a well drained 

 clayey loam, which is deep and rich, 

 and if well supplied with manure will 

 respond accordingly. We have not 

 had any experience with them in black 

 muck, but if well drained and liberally 

 dressed with hardwood ashes, we should 

 expect good results. The best fruit of 

 next year's crop will be borne on the 

 young wood of this season's growth, 

 therefore in pruning preserve the young 

 wood, and prune out old wood to secure 

 a sufficiency of young bearing wood. 



NUT PLANTING. 



(1.) Is it best to plant walnuts in 

 the fall, or to dry them and plant in 

 the spring. 



(2.) If planted in the fall do they 



require to be taken up in the following 

 spring and transjjlanted. 



Yours, etc., 

 Simcoe. C. W. Culver. 



Reply. — (I.) It is best to plant the 

 nuts as soon as they fall from the tree. 

 If not convenient to plant them where 

 you wish them to grow, place them on 

 the ground and cover them with four 

 inches of soil. Early in the spring, 

 before they begin to gi'ow, plant them 

 where you wish them to remain. 



(2.) If you can plant them in the 

 fall where you wish them to grow, it 

 is better never to disturb them, but let 

 them gi'ow on until they attain their 

 full size. 



WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. 



FRUIT IN COUNTY OF GREY. 



I have a good crop of apples and 

 grapes and the Flemish Beauty pear tree 

 was very heavily laden with fruit this 

 season, but apples in general are 

 scarce.- 



William Brown. 



Annau, Co. Grey. 



HARDY CATALPA. 



Dear Sir, — As you like to hear of 

 the success of the plants sent out by 

 the Association I beg to inform you 

 that the " Hardy Catalpa " I got is 

 growing well and I have great expecta- 

 tions that it will be a handsome tree in 

 a very few years It has made eighteen 

 inches of strong wood, the leaf is six 

 and a half inches wide and eight and a 

 half inches long, and including the leaf 

 stalk thirteen inches. 

 Yours, 



M. Armstrong. 



Hamilton, Sept. 8. 1885. 



