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that usually continue to come in one after the other. Wilder, Salem,. 

 Agawam, Martha, Brighton and Concord were all in eating condition, 

 and bunches were easily found on all these that were quite ripe. Yet 

 the extreme heat and drought seem to have unfavorably affected the 

 flavor of most of them, tlie distinguishing characteristics of each 

 variety being less marked than usual. In such a peculiar season it i» 

 not easy to assign to each variety its proper position, nor to feel 

 satisfied that the opinions formed at this time will be sustained next 

 year. 



The Burnet did not ripen any earlier than the Concord or Salem 

 this year at St. Catharines, and we must wait and note its behavior 

 in coming seasons before we can feel sure where its place really is. 



The Vergennes, which is claimed to be an early variety, was not 

 ripe as soon as the Concord, but next season may show a greater 

 difference. 



The Delaware is usually ripe some ten days before the Concord, 

 but this season it is not as ripe on this 15th day of September, but 

 will probably come in before the Concord is all gone. 



These notes will serve to show the peculiar effect of the season 

 upon the ripening of some of our varieties of grapes, and to put us on 

 our guard against hasty conclusions based merely upon the experience 

 of this season. 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ON TREE PLANTING. 



BY P. E. BUCKE, OTTAWA. 



Some suggestions on the subject of tree planting in streets may 

 not be out of place. In drawing attention to this subject, we do so for 

 the ornamentation of any city, town or village that may wish to put 

 on a perpetual robe of evergreens, or by planting deciduous trees, that 

 they may, with the annual return of spring, break forth with the 

 cooling shade, which refreshes the pedestrian, gladdens the eye, and 

 ornaments the street. 



In the first place, every town should have set apart in its infancy 

 some place for rural recreation, such as a park or square. In some 

 well fenced, well cultivated part of one of these, various forest trees 

 should be sown, say from one-half to one acre of trees in nursery rows. 

 By this means a sufficient number of trees would thus be obtained for 



