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CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



OPEN LETTERS. 



Fruit at Goderich, (Huron Co.) 



Sir, — I have a great variety <>f grapes and 

 have never had one winter killed. The Pock- 

 lington I never tried. The Moore's Early, 

 Worden and Prentiss we had of the F.G. A., are 

 all doing well. 



Fruit in this section, notwithstanding the 

 dry summer, on the whole did very well, pears 

 I consider were extra good. I found the Beurre 

 Giffard very superior this year, but the Clair- 

 geau was not so good as usual with me. 



Of all the magazines and j)apers I take I 

 value the Horticulturist the highest. I think 

 we get two or three times the value of our 

 money from the F. G. A. together with the 

 premium and report, and now that the maga- 

 zine is enlarged it is still more valuable. I 

 have been a subscriber for a good many years. 

 I have all the annual reports from the com- 

 mencement except the first, and all the Hor- 

 ticulturists carefully taken care of. 



fToderich. Walter Hick. 



Fruit at Brussels, (County of Huron.) 



Sir,— While enclosing my subscription I 

 would say that I am much pleased with the 

 success and the enlargement of the journal. 



Among the many good articles is one by Mr. 

 Bucke, of Ottawa, on Winter Protection. I 

 noticed in my grounds this season that low 

 bushes were the most fruitful ; so I have taken 

 Mr. Bucke's plan, and laid them down this 

 fall. But I found them very stiff to bend over, 

 as I had pruned early to cause them to grow 

 low, strong and bushy. 



Would Mr. Bucke give us an article in a 

 coming number on how to prune and train ras- 

 berry bushes, in view of winter protection and 

 fruitfulness. 



Our red raspberries were not very fruitful this 

 season, but the black were a fair crop. 



Gooseberries and currants were good. The 

 grapes were better than ever. 



The Sharpless and Seneca Queen strawberries 

 did best with us this year. The heat was too 

 great for most kinds of fruit, but. for all that 

 we had a fair crop. 



Wishing you success in your useful work, 

 and prosperity to the Association. I am yours 

 truly, 



Brussels. Samuel Fear. 



Sir,— Since writing you yesterday, I re- 

 ceived a copy of the Horticulturist in its new 

 form, and I must congratulate you on the grand 

 improvement accomplished, not as only regards 

 paper, cover, etc., but the form that it is in 

 now, gives a better opportunity for displaying 

 cuts, etc. 



Although for my own part, I have recom- 

 mended the Horticulturist, I believe in its 

 new form it will have a better chance to com- 

 mend itself, which I think the yellow cover does 

 not suggest. 



Every endeavour .should be made t" poi)ularize 

 the paper, as this is the only <<w tli;it treats of 

 horticulture exclusively, as the other jia^ersare 

 all inclined to pet up agriculture. I do not 

 see why that many hundreds more should not 

 subscribe. 



Trusting the success may be as great as it 

 deserves, permit me to remain. Yours truly, 



Toronto. Hermann Simmers. 



The Golden Queen and Jessie at Mount 

 Forest, (County of Wellington.) 



Sir, — With me the Golden Queen has done 

 first-class, and a more severe trial than mth me 

 it would be rather hard to find, as my plot is 

 low, and catches frost very easily. I procured 

 six plants last fall and planted them alongside 

 a row of Cuthberts. In spring they came out 

 of the ordeal uninjured, while every Cuthbert 

 was killed to the ground : and then how they 

 bore ! and such fine berries that I could scarcely 

 distinguish them from Brinckles in appearance 

 or quality; and let me say the Brinckles Orange 

 is a daisy in quality : but it is such a shy 

 bearer that it doesn't pay where one has a small 

 patch of ground for raspberries. My opinion 

 is that the Golden Queen is the rasplDerry and 

 will stay. I also planted a few of the Jessie 

 Strawberry. Last spring they were about the 

 length of my thumb. I did not expect they 

 would come to anything this season. But to 

 my surprise they buckled to in earnest, and 1 

 allowed them to bear one or two each, and (tell 

 it not in Gath) they were the first to ripen out 

 of five varieties ! The qviality seems also to be 

 good. I think it also a success. 



A Subscriber. 



Kind Words. 



Dear Horticulturist,— I feel rather timid 

 about addressing you so familiarly, and es- 

 pecially so since you have assumed your new 

 attire. However, when I tell you that ever 

 since I made your acquaintance I have been a 

 regular reader, and each month look for your 

 appearance with as much earnest as I once 

 watched for the mail with the journals of ficti- 

 tious stories; and further, when you know with 

 what a keen relish I devour your much appre- 

 ciated columns, you will then understand why 

 I now take the liberty to tender you my sin- 

 cere congratulations upon your much improved 

 appearance. I am glad to learn too that I am 

 only one of a large number who take an interest 

 in your welfare, as is substantially evidenced 

 by the increase of your subscription list and 

 the large accumulated surplus in your treasury, 

 which speaks volumes for your management. 

 I trust that in the near future I will have the 

 pleasure of seeing you in all the public reading 

 rooms, and occupying a still more prominent 

 place among Horticultural Journals of the day. 

 In renewing my subscription for another year, 



