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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



which I would cut off the following 

 spring in any case. 



But is it not a tedious job to he done in 

 a large vineyard ? 



Not at all. Why a man can ring an 

 acre in a day. A rich man can afford 

 to leave his vineyai-d without ringing, 

 but I can't afford to do so. I find my 

 grapes from vines that are ringed bring 

 me twice as much money in Toronto 

 market as those not ringed. They may 

 perhaps not be quite as good in flavour, 

 but people do not stop to consider that. 

 Anyway the difference in taste is veiy 

 slight. 



What means do you use to keep off 

 the mildew ? 



Nothing biit Sulphur. I apply it as 

 soon as I see the first appearance of 

 mildew, and usually find it effectual in 

 pi-eventing it. 



Which are your favorite varieties? 



The Rogers' Hybrids. I prefer 

 Rogers' 43 to Moore's Early, it bears 

 more heavily with me, and the bunches 

 are twice the size. The Brighton mil- 

 dews with me worse than Rogers, but 

 its quality is certainly excellent, and it 

 is an enormous bearer. August Giant, 

 in my opinion, is not equal to Rogers 

 43 or 44. It is too small. lona does 

 not ripen with me ; but Prentiss is ex- 

 cellent, it is a good bearer, and in point 

 of flavor I consider it better than the 

 Niagara. 



VITICULTURAL. 



Best Varieties. — Mr. E. D. Smith 

 says in the Live Stock Journal that only 

 varieties of prime quality should be 

 planted. No one wants Champions in 

 any quantity. His Worden and Moore's 

 Early came into the mai-ket with Pelee 

 island Concords and brought 6 cents 

 while the latter sold at 3c. His Niagara 

 sold at 2^ times his Concords and he 

 thinks that it will some day be the 



grape for export. Our own experience 

 agrees with him in placing Moore's 

 Early, Worden and Concord as the 

 three leading dark grapes for Canada. 



Plaster for the Vineyard. — The 

 gi-ape vine is greatly benefited by an 

 occasional application of plaster (sul- 

 phate of lime). It requires some sul- 

 phur and likes lime. — Orchard and 

 Garden. 



Training Grape Vines. — Mr. Geo. 

 W.Camj^bell writes in the Ohio Farmer: 

 " The matter of winter protection has 

 become so important in many sections, 

 that when the horizontal arm is em- 

 ployed, I would first plant the vine in 

 slanting position along the line of the 

 lower wire, and then train but one arm, 

 of double length, in the same direction, 

 letting each vine follow the same way, 

 touching, or nearly touching its neigh- 

 bor, and the fruit-bearing shoots all 

 trained upward, to be renewed annually 

 upon the short spur or Fuller method. 

 I think this would render practicable 

 the laying down for pi'otection, and 

 greatly reduce the labor of so doing." 



SMALL FRUIT NOTES. 



Profits. — J. H. Hale writes in Farm 

 and Home : " With all the advantages 

 of good markets, none of us are getting 

 rich out of the business. Some are only 

 pist making a living, while others are 

 losing money and fast becoming dis- 

 couraged with the low jjrices that have 

 ruled the past few years. We hear all 

 about the one successful cultivator who 

 succeeds in producing 6,000 or 8,000 

 quarts of strawberries or 4,000 or 5,000 

 of raspberries per acre, and sells them 

 at 15c or 20c per quart, while nothing 

 is said of the "ninety and nine just men " 

 and fruit growers who get only 1,500 

 to 2,000 quarts per aci'e and sell them 

 at 5c or 6c." We are of the opinion 

 that a little of this plain and honest talk 

 will hui't nobody. 



