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to secure enough plants for distribution 

 and thus liave it properly tested. 



The grape was produced about eight 

 years ago by Mr. W. N. Read, of Port 

 Dalhousie, Lincoln Co., Ontario, by 

 fertilizing the Delaware with Miller's 

 Burgundy. The quality is very good, 

 the flavor being sweeter than the 

 Delaware, though not quite as spright- 

 ly. The bunch is about the size of the 

 Delaware, though not always shoul- 

 dered ; while the berry is a little larger, 

 and the color a good deal darker red. 

 The skin is thin, but tough enough to 



make it a good shipper. When over- 

 ripe the grape gradually shrivels up 

 and dries into raisins. The vine is 

 said to be vigorous, though a rather 

 short jointed and compact grower, so 

 it may be planted much nearer than 

 such strong growers as the Concord. 

 It is also claimed that it is very hardy, 

 and entirely free from mildew. 



As with the Northern Light, one 

 great point made in favor of this grape 

 is its earliness, ripening in Lincoln 

 county about August 15th, and a couple 

 of weeks in advance of the Delaware. 



DISPOSING OF THE APPLE CROP. 



THE month of October, usually one 

 of the brightest of the whole year 

 in Ontario, was this year one of the most 

 dismal. It seemed as if October and 

 November had changed places to try 

 the patience of the anxious fruit- 

 grower. As a result the apples in 

 many orchards are still ungathered in 

 the first week of November, excepting 

 those which have been blown down by 

 the winds. There are few apple buyers 

 about, and freezing weather may soon 

 be expected, so the question, " What is 

 best to do with my apples ? " is not 

 easily answered. 



One of our neighbors who has just 

 received a cable quoting prices in 

 London, Liverpool and Glasgow, says : 

 " Unless 1 receive more encouraging- 

 news by the time I have my apples 

 gathered and packed, I will roll them 

 into my cellar." Another says : "I had 

 an offer from a shipper of $1 to $1.15 



per barrel for my fruit as it lay in piles 

 in my orchard, so I sold at once." 

 Many have accepted an offer from the 

 Canning Factory Co., who buy at 25 

 cents per bushel every kind and qual- 

 ity, and ship the choicest and evapor- 

 ate the rest. 



Well, if it will pay a company to do 

 this, surely it will pay our larger orch- 

 ardists to do it for themselves. A 

 writer in the Farm and Home who 

 lives in Maine, speaking of evaporating 

 apples, says : 



" If orchardists want the greatest 

 returns from their trees, they must be 

 prepared to dispose of their products in 

 the most economical and profitable 

 way. I have found that to evaporate 

 second quality apples is a good plan, 

 but the fruit must be taken before it is 

 dead ripe, the expense depending great- 

 ly on the condition of the fruit, whether 

 it be badly bruised and soft or not. 

 The fruit I evaporate is nearly all from 

 grafted trees and averages 6 lbs. per bu. 



