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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



the same I'esults — an immense yield. 

 The litliograph was made from a paint- 

 ing copied from nature, the exact size 

 of berries that grew in matted rows, 

 picked fi'om plants that had once been 

 gone over by pickei's. The strawberry 

 beds had not had- a drop of rain for six 

 weeks. The ground was so hard that 

 a hoe would make no impr-ession. The 

 yield on four matted rows was two 

 hundred bushels per acre. 



'' I am well pleased with the Canadian 

 Horticulturist. I did not suppose so 

 good a one was published in Ontario." 

 F. W. Loudon. 



Mr. John Little of Gi-anton, Out., is 

 well known among us as a strawberry 

 grower. He went visiting among 

 American fruit growers last summer, 

 and was carried away with the merits 

 of two new seedling strawberries he saw 

 in fruit in Ohio. But he came back 

 safely, though not yet willing to dis- 

 believe the evidences of his senses. 

 He writes " I saw the Jessie in all its 

 glory at Matthew Crawfoi'd's place. I 

 I believe it and the Itasca are the 

 leaders of the best strawberries of to- 

 day " and again " I hope you will speak 

 well of the Itasca, it is worthy." 



Altogether it would appear that the 

 Jessie is worthy of extended trial, and, 

 if it bears out its present pi'omise, we 

 shall be thankful to Mr. Loudon for the 

 result of his years of patient effort in 

 gi'owing seedlings. 



Having been favored with a cut 

 of Miss Jessie Loudon, after whom the 

 strawberry is named, we give it a place 

 in our columns, presuming that as the 

 young lady is not yet in the market, 

 this notice of her cannot be taken in the 

 liofht of an advertisement. 



JESSIE, AFJER WHOM THE NEW STRAWBERKY 

 IS NAMED. 



Jjntits. 



RAMBLES AMONG FRUIT GROWERS.— I. 



Noticing the name of 



MR. S. BURNER 



quite prominent as a winner of prizes 

 in grapes both at Toronto and Hamilton 

 Fairs last September, we thought it 

 would be worth while to visit him and 

 enquire by what secret he had suc- 

 ceeded in producing such wonderful 

 out-door grapes. 



We found his garden in the eastern 

 suburbs of Hamilton. Walking in from 

 the front gate it was evident we were 

 in the grounds of a practical gardener. 

 The well kept rows of Downing 

 gooseberry bushes told of an abundant 

 harvest. The long, highly cultivated 

 and beautifully trained I'ows of grape 

 vines, still (Sept. 29th.) hanging with 

 rich clusters of red, white, and black 

 grapes, spoke of a profitable vineyard. 



