The Canadian Horticulturist. 



ST. THOMAS NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



RTICLES sometimes appear in the Horticulturist and there is 

 nothing to indicate where the writer lives, and we cannot tell if 

 what is said of any plant, tree or shrub is applicable to our locality 

 or not. For instance, the article on the Best Six Kinds of 

 Blackberries in February No. We are not told where the writer 

 lives. Now, the best six kinds in South Carolina would not be 

 the best in Minnesota, nor in Canada even, so I think a writer should always say 

 something by which we could locate him. Speaking of kinds, I think six are too 

 many best kinds of any kind of berries. I would cut down to three, at most : 

 early, medium and late. In this section Snider is the leading blackberry so far. 

 I am trying Ancient Briton and Agawam, and will be able to report on them 

 later. In raspberries, Gregg takes the lead in blacks, though there are few grown: 

 in reds, Cuthbert and Turner, and Golden Queen in yellow. In strawberries, 

 there are more Crescent come on the market than any other variety, though a 

 good many other kinds are grown. 



In the communication from A. J. C, there is nothing to locate him to give 

 me an idea if it is the winters that injure his raspberry canes. I have had canes 

 act in the same way, and I laid it to the borer or to the action of the cold winter 

 on canes weakened by the borer. If A. J. C. lives north, I would advise him to 

 try Turner. It is the hardiest red raspberry I know of. It is soft, but for a 

 near market or home use it is excellent, and when canned it holds its flavor 

 better than any I have tried. 



\V. M., P. E. I., wants information as to a spray pump and the cost. I 

 can't tell him just what kind to get, but I can tell him what kind not to get, and 

 that is something in the direction he is trending. Don't get a cheap pump that 

 is used in a pail, such pumps are a delusion and a snare, even for a few small 

 trees; their nozzles are not calculated to do good work and they are inconvenient 

 to use. I have had two, one costing me $3, the other $5. So I am out $8, and 

 have my spraying pump yet to buy. Also, beware of a pump that is good for 

 everything. Like most patent medicines that make such claims, they are good 

 for nothing ; and further, any pump that has no return pipe to stir the liquid is 

 incomplete. Get one with brass working parts, so it can be used for all kinds 

 of solutions. I hardly think the best pumps are yet made in Canada ; if they 

 are, I have not heard of them. I intend this spring to get one made in New 

 York State, and will know more about pumps this fall. A good pump will cost 

 between $12 and $15. 



A. W. Graham. 

 St Thomas, Out. 



