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the Delaware, small in berry and bunch, light red, sweet and sprightly ; 

 Wilder, large, black, sweet, and rich; Agawam, large, dark red, vinous, 

 and a little musky; Martha, medium, greenish yellow, nmcli like a 

 Concord in flavor; lona, also medium, liglit red, vinous, and excellent; 

 Eebecca, medium, light greenish yellow, sweet and pleasant; Eogers' 

 No. 44, large, black, sweet; Barry, large, black, juicy, and sweet; 

 Senasqua, full medium size, black ; Concord, large, black, sweet, 

 musky ; Creveling, medium, black, very agreeable flavoi- ; Perkins, 

 medium, copper color, faxy. 



The display of peaches was smaller than usual, the fruit having 

 ripened up so early that little was to be found at the date of the 

 exhibition wherewith to make a display, and any enumeration of the 

 varieties that were exhibited would fail to convey any adequate idea 

 of the kinds that are grown in our peach growing districts. 



We close this already too lengthy article in the hope that it may 

 prove valuable as a guide to many of our readers who are planting 

 orchards of fruit trees, or seeking to make additions to those they 

 already possess; and with the suggestion that this annual fruit exhibit 

 affords an excellent opportunity for becoming acquainted with at least 

 the external appearance of many of our most valuable fruits. 



EXPERIENCE IN WINTERING GERANIUMS. 



BY W. ROY, OWEN SOUND. 



An anxious amateur wishes to know how^ to winter Geraniums . 

 I had a very fine bed four years ago, and when fix>st set in was loth to 

 lose them. I dug them up, cut them down, shook the earth from tlie 

 roots and hung them up in the cellar all winter, and not one grew tlie 

 following s})ring. I tried the same method next fall, but did not cut 

 them down until spring, the same results followed, not one grew. 

 Last fall I dug my bed up with as much earth as possible, put them 

 in boxes, gave them winter quarters in the cellar, giiVe them a little 

 water now and then. When planting time came round I cut theiii 

 down to about five inches, every one grew and made a splendid sliow 

 all summer, and at this moment (Oct. 12) are brilliant. I brought 

 them up and nursed them two or three weeks before planting out; but 

 the better plan for amateurs is to take cuttings at the end of Septem- 

 ber, plant them in equal parts of turf, mould, and sand, nurse carefully 

 through the winter, and they will have much better plants for bedding 

 out in June. 



