94 THE CANADIA.X IIOIITICULTURIST. 



SENASQUA GRAPE — BURNET GRAPE. 



We wov.ld have taken the Senasqua grape selected for this j'^ear's distri- 

 bution, but it is considered later than the Concord in ripening, and so very 

 liable to crack and defective generally that the original proprietor of it, Mr. 

 XJnderhill, now recommends it for amateur culture only. How is it that 

 the Association has made choice of such an infeiior grape, instead of selecting 

 from the seedlings of W. H. Mills or W. H. Reid 1 Several of them have 

 been highly praised for their many good qualities in our Annual Reports. 

 I fear that the Burnet, sent out in 1878, will not prove a success, at least 

 my experience of it has been very unfavorable. I have found it very liable 

 to mildew both in leaf and fruit, and too late in ripening. I received it 

 from the Association and planted it in the spring of 1878, when it made a 

 fine growth. In 1870 it also grew Avell, but the leaves mildewed badly, 

 though I a})plied sulphur, &c., in a careful manner. In 1880 it bore 12 or 

 15 medium sized bunches, and not compact. Berries medium size, oval 

 and sweet, and of fair quality, but with lai-ge seeds and thick tough skin. 

 I speak of two or three of the best bunches which escaped the mildew and 

 ripened. The others were not ripe when the frost came, which destroyed 

 all the remainder. My Isabella's were ripe before the Burnet. I consider 

 the Burnet, even if it were to ripen early and come to its best, very inferior 

 in quality to the Salem, Brighton or Worden. Excuse me for writing so 

 plainly on the above matter, having been induced to do so from the fact 

 that I would have had more success in procuring subscribers if I could 

 have offered them a grape that I could have recommended. 



r. K. Gordon. 



REPORT ON EUMELAN GRAPE, &C. 



All the plants I ever got from the Association grew except a peach, and 

 the only' one that did not stand the climate was the Early Wilson black- 

 berry. The Eumelan was very prolific until this year, when it blighted or 

 rusted badly. Some of the other vines blighted some, but that brought no 

 fruit to perfection. The vines that did best with me this year were the 

 Concord and Delaware. The Isabella did not rust much, but the fruit did 

 not ripen pi-operly. The Salem is the sti'ongest growing vine, and Martha 

 the weakest. The Clapp's Favorite pear was best patronized by the young 

 people, and Beurre d'Anjou about the handsomest late pear. Both are 

 hardy with us, so are the Clairgeau, Easter Beurre and Oswego Beurre. 

 We have found Grime's Golden Pippin hardy, healthy, compact growing 

 and long keeping, but no more exempt from the codling moth than other 

 apples. David Nisbet, Mandaumin. 



Enquiries about Wine Making. — I made wine last fall from mixed 

 gi'apes, including Rogers' No. 3, 4, 15, Salem, Delaware, and Hartford 

 Prolific. The wine is good flavored, but is not as clear as I would like it. 

 Can you tell me how to make it clearer? — James Hinchlifff, Hamilton. 



