64 THE CANADIAN HOETICULTUKIST. 



It will be quite easy to follow the grouping adopted by the Com- 

 missioners in tlieir Eeport, and ascertain with considerable minuteness^ 

 \Vhat varieties are found to be adapted to the ISTiagara district ; to the 

 Counties of Norfolk and Elgin ; of Kent, Essex and Lambton ; of the 

 Huron district; of the Owen Sound district; of the Counties of Perth, 

 Middlesex and Oxford ; of the Brant district ; of the Toronto district ; 

 of Durham and Korthuniberland ; of the Bay of Quinte district ; of 

 Pundas, Stormont and Glengarry ; of lienfrew ; of the Lindsay, Ottawa 

 and Muskoka districts ; and of the Manitoulin Islands. This will be 

 found to be sufficiently minute for all practical purposes, and to give 

 the present state of information upon subjects of great interest to 

 everyone desirous of cultivating fruits. 



All praise is due to the Honorable the Commissioner of Agriculture 

 of this Province, for the labor and thought he has bestowed upon this 

 matter, in asking for such a Commission, and carrying it out to a 

 successful issue. The information here brought together is worth to 

 the agriculturists and fruit growers of Ontario, if they will only make 

 use of it, many times its cost to the Province; and there will ever 

 remain the debt of gratitude to the Commissioners who have so faith- 

 fully performed the task assigned to them, and laid before the country 

 as the results of their labors a report of which both they and we as a 

 people may justly feel proud. 



THE BKIGHTOX GEAPE. 



It seems that this variety does well at Trenton, County of Hastings, 

 Dr. Henry W. Day, of that place, writes : " I have now in my garden 

 a Brighton grape vine planted in 1877. It is an excellent grower, 

 and has wintered well by having ordinary winter protection. The' 

 Ixuit is'of excellent quality, and the vine is an early and abundant 

 bearer. I think the vine is one that should be cultivated in this 

 section, as it appears quite hardy enough, and the fruit ripens early 

 and well," 



DiSTKiBUTiON FOR 1882.— One of our friends, a lady, suggests that 

 one of the articles for distribution in 1882 should be a rose. A member 

 says, "I am very much pleased to see the Directors giving members 

 the privilege of selecting a certain plant from a. given number.r it ia, 



gure to give satisfaction." 



