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])hims, &c. My Glass' SeedliiiLj Plum is still progressing, but veiy 

 slowly, and I have one branch of the MacLaughliu Hying, which bore 

 this year for the first time, and from which I gathered forty-four very 

 fine speciraes, and from which I shall be able to get a few good scions 

 for grafting next spring. Gooseberries, viz, Houghton's, Smitli's, and 

 Downing's Seedlings, have succeeded admirably with me, but I found 

 the last named most profitable. The raspberry which I got from the 

 Association last spring made a growth of about fifteen inches. I may 

 add that I have been very successful in growing the Lima Bean, which 

 I prize for its nutritious qualities as well as for its agreeable flavor. 



THE LADY GRAPE. 



This white grape does not seem to ripen at Whitby. Mr. J. K. 

 ( iurdon of that place, writing to the ]fruit I^eco^cl^er^ says : — 



" lb is white, of j)oor quality, without a redeeming feature. It is late 

 in x'ij)enii:<g, later than Ooiicord or Delaware, in fact my Isabella ripened 

 this year as .soon as it. ^o sour and acid that the children wont eat it ; and 

 such a wretchedly poor grower as to be quite unworthy of cultivation. I 

 have grown it now for the last four sumuiers, on as fine, rich clay loam a.s 

 is to be found in Ontario, and though to all appearance in the best of health, 

 and having borne about sij( or eight bunches last year, and this year, the 

 vine is not over three feet high, and I see no prospect of growing any larger, 

 while the Brighton, the Chamjnon and Woixlen, which I got from you at 

 the same time, are growing alongside very luxuriantly, and have given me 

 very great satisfaction. I will give this worthless Lady another year of 

 grace, and unless it does better with me than heretofore I shall root it up 

 and fill the place with a better variety. Friends who have received the 

 Lady have had similar experience of it. 



NEW VARIETIES OF POTATOES. 



We notice in an American exchange that an advertiser offers for 

 sale no less than live hundred new varieties of potatoes, being the 

 collection which won the grand prize medal and diploma at the. 

 Centennial Exhibition, held at Philadelphia, each of which, he claims, 

 has its own peculiar merits. He offers sample tubers of the five 

 hundred varieties, correctly named and labeled, for one hundred dollars. 

 He also offers packages of fertilized potato seed, all ready for the 

 experimenter to plant. Apparently he is determined that we shall 

 have as great a variety in the "Murphy" lipe as in the apple op. 

 finy thing else. — E. J, Leavenworth. 



