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The Williams Strawberry. 



Sir : — May I correct what I said in our last report concerning the Williams. I do no't 

 mean to say it would yield two baskets to one of any other variety ; but that, side by side 

 with Bubach, I found it yielded twice as much as the latter. I further said that if 1 were 

 confined to growing Wilson and Crescent, while others might grow Williams, I would give 

 up strawberry growing altogether. 



W. H. Lee, Virgil, On/. 



Pears on Apples. 



Sir, — I noticed a question about grafting pears on apples. I have seen Duchess grow- 

 ing and bearing very well on apple stock. The Tolman Sweet is the best apple for this pur 

 pose. Hugh .Jones. Walkerton. 



Abundance and Prince of Wales Plums 



Sir, — With respect to the Japan plums, I have grown the Abundance for three years. 

 It appears to be perfectly hardy at Owen Sound. Ihere has not been a terminal bud 

 injured. It has shown no signs of black knot as yet : a very rapid grower— made shoots 

 last year five feet long. It has not fruited yet ; blossomed last year but did not set any 

 fruit. From present appearance it will make a good record this year. 



As the time for planting is at hand, I wish to say a few words in favor of the Prince 

 of Wales plum. It is not a new variety, for I have grown it for many years. It has not 

 been brought before the public, as 1 am aware of, as it should have been. The tree is a 

 rapid grower while young, and, like many of the English varieties, it adapts itself readily 

 to Canadian soil It is an abundant bearer, almost to a fault, of large, even-sized plums, 

 very handsome in the basket ; good for preserving, and a good shipper, as it colors well 

 before it gets soft. It is not quite so highly flavored as the Lawrence, Favorite or the 

 Green Gage, but tolerable for table use. 



Owen Sound, April 10th, 1893. R. Trotter. 



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The Rose. — A treatise on the cultivation, history, family characteristics, etc., of the 

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 the latest methods. 



Facts on Fostite — C. H. Jooster, 3 Cocuties Slip, New York, sends us a pamphlet 

 on this subject, in which he claims to be the cheaper and more easily applied than Bordeaux 

 mixture, and as effectual. . 



Illustrated Catalogue of Spray Pumps and Nozzles, Knapsack Sprayers, Spraying 

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