rAJ\-A DJA X HORTfCJ'L TT'lUST. 



Fertilization of the Grape. 



As to the fertilization for the grape, 

 experience of late years has taught us 

 the fallacy of the old idea of excessive 

 and highfeedhu/ which, while it induced 

 growth was unquestionably at the ex- 

 pense of fruitfulness. A member of 

 tlie Ohio State Horticultural Society, 

 in a discussion on this subject at a 

 meeting similar to ours, expressed the 

 opinion "that soil which would produce 

 40 bushels of corn to the acre was rich 

 enough for the grape." I quite concur 

 in his opinion, except for a few weak- 

 rooted varieties of delicate foliage, like 

 the Delaware, which requires a much 

 richer soil. I apply a very light top 

 dressing of well rotted cow manure 

 every year after the vines are covered 



in the fall; in thi' spring after the vines 

 are uncovered aiid tied to the trellis, 

 this is cultivated under and a light top 

 dressing of wood ashes is spread over 

 the ground, but from sad experience I 

 must caution others to use ashes very 

 sparingly. — Report Montreal Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Moore s Diamond Grape. 



Judge Milleu, of Missouri, says, in 

 Pojmlar Gardening, that he has 

 fruited Moore's Diamond Grape now 

 for three years, and that he finds it 

 equal to the Niagara, Pocklington, 

 and Empire State, in evei-y other re- 

 spect, and is 40 per cent, better in 

 (juality than any one of them. 



USE OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 



Fruit as a Diet. 



Dr. Hoskins has an article on this 

 subject in the Rxiral Neio Yorker, in 

 which he attributes a large proportion 

 of the diseases of the human system to 

 a long continued course of over-feed- 

 ing. The habit of eating fast is sure 

 to lead one to eat too much, for when 

 one's dinner is swallowed in ten min- 

 utes, the hunger will not have abated 

 before the stomach is as full as it will 

 hold ; whereas when a person eats slow- 

 ly, the cessation of hunger will prop- 

 erly mark the time to stop. 



The doctor proposes the free use of 

 fruit and vegetables at every meal as a 

 ineans of remedying the evil in the 

 case of persons who have so habituated 

 tliemselves to rapid eating that they 

 lind it next to impossible to eat slow- 

 ly. Fruit contains so little nourish- 

 ment in proportion to its bulk that a 

 large amount of it may be eaten, and 

 the system not become clogged. Fats, 

 on the other hand, as fat meat, butter 

 or gravy needs to be j^artakeii of in 



limited quantity, or the organs become 

 surcharged with these heat-producing 

 elements. Thus by using a large pro- 

 portion of fruits and vegetables with 

 every meal, the evil of rapid eating 

 may to a certain extent be obviated, 

 and continuous good health be pre- 

 served. 



There is no doubt that this hint is a 

 timely one, and calculated to be of 

 benetit, especially to those Canadian 

 and American farmers and fruit-grow- 

 ers who have purchased farms with a 

 small amount of capital, and feel so 

 pressed by their ambitious undertaking 

 of doing as much of their own work as 

 possible, that they can barely spare the 

 time needed to sit down to the usual 

 three meals each day. It would be, 

 however, a still more desirable end, if 

 we could induce them to learn more 

 patient habits, and to sit quietly enjoy- 

 ing pleasant conversation at the table 

 for a longer time instead of the manner 

 too often followed of jumping up and 

 hurrying away as soon as the last 

 mouthful of fond is swallowed. 



