S8 THE CANADIAN HOllTICULTURIST.. 



¥EUIT GROWING AT TEMPLETON",PEOVINCE OF QUEBEC: 



BY HUGH H. M'LATCHIE. 



The Burnet vine did not thrive well with me, and on examination 

 I found the roots were covered with the philloxera ; this is the first I 

 have seen of the pest here. Some vines whicli were started from 

 euttings of the Burnet are doing well, hut have not yet home. The- 

 Janesville grape is of poor quality, hut better I think than Champion, 

 They ripen with rne tlie first week in September. 



I have examined the different kinds of apple trees by cutting the- 

 ends from the branches of last years growth. Those that are frost 

 proof are green and fresh to the very ends, and the pith light colored.. 

 In this class, the Duchess stands at the head of the list, then the 

 Montreal Peach, Irish Peach, Brunswicker and Tetofsky. The latter 

 was injured in the spring of 1875 by the sun scalding the bark. 



A second class, lieaded with the Alexander, followed by White- 

 Astrachan, Pewaukee, Eameuse, Eed Astrakhan, and Walbridge. In 

 these the pith turns brown, and the wood turns white and soft, and 

 tlie sap oozes out from wounds made by pruning or other cause and 

 turns the bark black. 



Out of a dozen or two varieties of winter apples tried, the English 

 Eusset makes the best attempt at wintering of all I have tried. 



Among the crabs, the Transcendent, Eed and Yellow Siberian,, 

 Montreal Beauty, Marengo, Chicago, Lady Elgin and Winter Gem are 

 quite hardy. Elliott's Beauty, Dartmouth,. Hislop, and the newer 

 sorts, Lake Winter, Whitney's No. 20, Brier's Sweet, and Van Wyck'& 

 Sweet grow well, but have not the fresh, healthy look that the Siberians 

 have. Some of these I have had but a shoi't time and never seen 

 fruited. 



In closely observing the causes of failure and their prevention, 

 perhaps the soil may be one of tlie greatest obstacles to fruit growing 

 here. I have noticed that rich manuring and strong growth "are sure 

 failures, and that young seedlings left unpruned will stand well, but 

 the same grafted and growing strong will freeze to the ground. After 

 trees begin to bear they do not grow so rank and soft, but stand the 

 cold better. 



Windbreaks may be useful, but if close and dense enough to stop 

 the circulation of air, they w^ould be bad for late and early frosts j 



