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stood in very high estimation, and to-day it is exceedingly popular. 

 Still it is regarded by some as a little tender in plant, although it 

 stands our cold well. 



Gregg. — This is a black competitor of Mammoth cluster, which it 

 very closely resembles ; but we notice some jjoints of difference, viz : 

 It is later in ripening, hangs longer on the bushes, is more even in size, 

 a little higher in flavor, and we get a better price for it. These are 

 good points. 



You will perceive that there is nothing remarkably new in this 

 list, but all the varieties named are good and worthy of general culti- 

 vation. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



We had some fine discussion about this fruit kst summer at our 

 meeting in Guelph. The cultivators there have given this fine fruit 

 considerable attention, and appear to have been eminently successful 

 with it. But such on the whole has not been the case with us, 

 especi'ally where its culture has been attempted on a larger scale. lu 

 the first place we have no varieties that will keep clean from the 

 dreaded mildcAv excepting the American sorts, which are all small. 

 Secondly, the dreaded ravages of the gooseberry worm in the fruit, 

 and the destructive saw-fiy on the leaf, are more than a match for our 

 meagre supply of patience. At present the varieties in cultivation 

 are mostly confined to Houghton's Seedling, an American sort of great 

 hardiness ; Downing's and Smith's ■Seedlings are being attempted, but 

 as yet not to any great extent. 



GUllEANTS. 



This fine, popular and easily grown fruit is losing nothing in the 

 estimation of. our people, and may be fitly termed " The poor man's 

 fruit," or " The fruit for the million." Though the ravages of the 

 gooseberry saw-fly upon the leaves is still very great, yet large crops 

 are grown and matured. There is still much carelessness displayed in 

 the growth and management of so fine a fruit, but still it most 

 abundantly repays every attention bestowed upon it. The varieties 

 generally planted are not numerous, being mostly Bed Dutch and 

 Black English : and really the good sense of the people is here shown, 

 for nothing in our experience has yet been introduced to surpass those 

 old friends. Eed Cherry, though a fine, large and handsome fruit, is 



