THE 



Caijadiai] horticulturist. 



Vol. XI. 



1S55. 



No. 7. 



THE WINTER 



01'' LATK it has been the 

 practice in some quarters 

 to disparage the eftbrts of 

 tliose who originate or in- 

 troduce new varieties of fruits, on the 

 ground that by means of glowing circu- 

 lars, handsome colored plates and over- 

 drawn descriptions, they are making 

 fortunes out of the pockets of an over 

 credulous public, and at the same time 

 giving tiiem varieties inferior to those 

 already in cultivation. 



Now while this is in many instances 

 true, and we, as guardians of the in- 

 terests of our brother fruit growers, 

 would warn them to invest very spar- 



inch 



two-dollar novelties of any 



description merely upon the seller's re- 

 commendation, we must at the same 

 time put in a plea for the toleration 

 and even the encourajrement of tiiat 



ST. LAWRENCE. 



branch of horticulture by which new 

 varieties are produced and made public 

 property. Do not all agree in extol- 

 ling the merits of the Wilson straw- 

 bei-ry, and yet not long ago it was a 

 novelty, raised at Albany, N. Y., by 

 a gentleman named James Wilson ! 

 How firm a place in the lists of first- 

 class grapes is held by the Concord, and 

 yet not long ago it was a novelty raised 

 from seed by E. W. Bull of Concord, 

 Mass ! And so of most of our finest 

 fruits now in cultivation, and who 

 knows how far we may in time eclipse 

 the record of the past. We therefore 

 are desirous of forwarding this line of 

 horticultural progress, not in the in- 

 terests of nurserymen, but in the in- 

 terests of fruit growers. We aim at 

 informing our readers as early as pos- 

 sil)le concerning the origination of new 



