100 THE CANADIAN IIOIITICULTUPJST. 



basin #i'.M-upt, tolerably deep, round and smooth ; calyx large and open ; 

 stem long and slender ; cavity deep and regular ; core amall and closed ; 

 seeds numerous, ])lump and dark brown ; flesh yellow, very line grained, 

 breaking and juicy ; flavor slightly sub-acid, aromatic, i-ich and sprightly; 

 use, dessert and culinai-y ; season October to April ; quality best. 



— Gr, F. N., Millershurg, Ohio, in Country Gentleman. 



PLANTING NUTS AS TREE SEED. 



BY B. GOTT, AllKONA. 



In the rebruaiy number of the Canadian Horticulturist are 

 some questions relative to the management of nuts as tree seeds, their 

 preparation, protection, times of planting, &c., by one Daniel B, 

 Hoover, Almira, Oiit. In attempting an answer to tliese enquiries I 

 liave tliought that quite possibly it might be advisable to treat this 

 Tery important and primary subject with some little show of thorough- 

 ness, and simply because to our certain knowledge there are many 

 besides our Alraira friend who are deeply interested in and asking 

 substantially tli-e same questions relative to forest tree seeds. The 

 simple facts of the matter appear to be that there is conspicuously 

 growing in our people a deep and widening interest in forest tree 

 culture from year to year, and many are now asking questions relating 

 to it that a few years in the past would have been thought insolent 

 and vain. Well we are rather glad to see this spirit of enquiry coming 

 to the surface, and not alone because it is the indication of a growing 

 intelligence among the general mass of our people, but also because 

 it is the direct precursor of growth and development in a course that 

 beautifies and enriches the face of our prosperous and beloved country. 

 When every man shall become concerned for his own home, and for 

 its beautiti cation and advantages, will shortly appear the time when 

 our general landscape shall be attractive, and a joy and satisfaction to 

 our people and to the stranger in our midst. 



Nuts have for a long time in the past been deeply interesting to 

 the boys of the people, those natural scavangers of our woods and fields, 

 as well also as to the earnest and laborious collector of natural history 

 specimens for curiosity and study. They are at the present time 

 conf?tantly used as food by many people, and also by thousands of 

 smaller dependent animals of our forests and fields, which subsist only 



