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pear I could not wish. Grimes' Golden Pippin Apple did not grow. Glass' 

 Seedling Pluni is growing fast, and is a very fine tree. It has fruited the 

 last two years, but I cannot say much in its fiivor, I have so many other 

 varieties that are much better. My Burnet Grape has not fruited yet. 

 The raspberry I got from the Association last spring made a growth of 

 five or six feet. I have given all the trees and plants a fair trial, and 

 nearly all have been satisfactory. My soil is a very heavy loam, hard 

 clay bottom, well drained and fed. 



WINE MAKIKG. 



A few words in answer to the inquiries of John Knowlson, Lindsay, 

 about wine making. The method adopted by myself in making my own 

 wine, which is pronounced very good by those who have tasted it, is as 

 follows : As soon as the grapes are ripe, pick them carefully and clean 

 from leaves or dirt. Reject all unripe or damaged fruit. Keep the fruit 

 in a cool, dry, airy place for a few days. Then run them through a mill, 

 and pi-ess them so as to abstract all the juice. Strain it into wood, stone 

 or glass vessels. Glass carboys, holding 12 or 13 gallons, are very good. 

 If the fruit is acid, put from one-half to one pound of sugar per gallon ; 

 let it ferment say from one to three weeks — you must be your own judge 

 as to the time. Then put it away in your cellar and leave it until the 

 next spring ; draw off and bottle. You can sweeten to your taste, but I 

 think you will find it sweet enough. I have always succeeded in the way 

 mentioned, and have made yearly from 12 to 20 gallons, enough for myself 

 and some to give to my neighbors in sickness or otherwise. I have some 

 that is seven or eight years old. It is not really ripe until five years of 

 age, and then it is fit for a king. Some will say it is too long to wait. I 

 answer, if you want anything good, you must abide the time necessary for 

 it to mature. 



FIG CULTUEE. 



Dr. G. F. Needham, of Washighton, D.C., writes : Last September I 

 received an enthusiastic letter from Mr. Thomas D. Lloyd, of Barrie, Ont., 

 from which please allow me, for the benefit of your readers, to make a brief 

 quotation : 



'* In the spring of this year I received from you 12 young fig trees. Ten 

 of them have grown from two to three feet, with several branches, and to 

 my surprise are already producing fruit." 



I would be delighted to send my pamphlet, " Fig Culture," to any 

 address enclosing 10 cents. The whole subject of fig culture, and how to 

 preserve the fruit for home use and the markets, is plainly discussed. The 

 California Farmer says of my little treatise : " Very valuable, and every- 

 body should have it." 



