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I find it easier to grow grapes in this 

 locality than a good many varieties of 

 apples. They are almost sure to grow 

 if properly cultivated, pruned, and 

 always covered in winter. The trouble 

 most to be feared is fall frost ; but if 

 we can get something as hardy, as pro- 

 lific and as free from disease as the Old 

 Concord, and that will ripen two or 

 three weeks earlier, it would just fill 

 the bill. The Champion comes early, 

 bears pretty well, and that is all that 

 can be said for it. Moore's Early comes 

 in about the same time as Champion, 

 is of pretty fair quality, but a poor 

 bearer so far with me. There are 

 several varieties which I have that 

 ripen ahead of the Concord, but none 

 of them conies near it in productive 

 ness. 



APPLES. 



The Ben Davis is an apple we would 

 like to grow here on account of its 

 grand keeping qualities, abundant and 

 early bearing, and fine sound appear- 

 ance in spring. A few years ago it 

 was in high favor and considered hardy 

 enough for this country, but the terri- 

 ble winter of 1884-5 left very few of 

 them living. T would advise top-graft- 



ing them upon hardy seedlings as the 

 Talman Sweets. I have tried it, and 

 they bear immense crops, when top- 

 grafted on hardy stock. The Wealthy 

 is considered next to the Duchess in 

 point of hardiness, but opinions difier 

 as to the length of time it will keep. 1 

 have not had it long enough to venture 

 an opinion. The Pewaukee is going to 

 be a favorite here and keeps well, and 

 1 think would rank next to Wealthy for 

 hardiness. The Red Pound or Simcoe 

 is one of the finest apples in Canada, 

 and perfectly hai dy here. The tree is an 

 upright grower, an early though not 

 very abundant bearer ; fruit large, red, 

 good for desert, one of the best for 

 cooking, and keeps till March or April. 

 I am satisfied that the apple that will 

 keep till spring of a good color, and that 

 is hardy enough to stand our climate, 

 is the one for profit. I expect that we 

 will get among the Russian varieties 

 something yet that will excel in this 

 respect. 



I believe that it is to the Russian 

 apples we must look for the material 

 to replenish our orchards, and to plant 

 new ones ; for as the country gets 

 cleared up and the forests disappear, 

 we will require hardier fruits to take 

 the place of the old ones. 



A LARGE VINE, 



IIOYKS PANTON, SI. 



TO Hampton Court, a few miles out 

 of London, many a tourist finds 

 his way to see the beautiful residence 

 once occupied by the great Cardinal 

 Wolsey and the magnificent park near 



Not less attractive is the garden in 

 connection with the palace. In this 

 communication T shall refer to but one 

 thing — the vine planted at the extren)e 

 part of the garden running parallel with 

 the south front of the palace. It was 

 planted in l7(Ji*, and has a circumfer- 



ence of three and a half feet. It was 

 raised from a cutting, taken from a 

 large vine at Valentine House in Essex. 

 For over one hundred years it has 

 been an interesting object to grape 

 growers and the public who visit the 

 gardens at Hampton Court. It is still 

 luxurious, and at the time of the wri- 

 ter's visit was loaded with luscious 

 fruit. Its wonderful productiveness 

 has been a cjuestion of great dispute, 

 and has been attributed to many causes, 

 among others, that of its roots having 



