THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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Prunus Simoni. — Mr. L. H. Bailey 

 writes in the American Garden con- 

 cerning this fruit, that he thinks hardi- 

 ness its chief merit. He had it on an 

 exposed location and, yet it came 

 through the winter of 1885-6 unim- 

 pared. It fruited last summer, but its 

 size was against it not measuring over 

 one and a-half inches in diameter ; and 

 tlie flavor, though at first sweet, left an 

 unpleasant bitterness in the moiith. In 

 appearance it was very handsome. It 

 is not a hybi'id between a peach and a 

 plnm, but a true, natural species. It 

 derives it name from M. Eugene Simon, 

 who introduced it into France from 

 China. 



Jfruits. 



RAMBLES AMONG FRUIT GROWERS. 



THE WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



On the 26 th and 27 th of January 

 last we had the pleasure of attending 



J. J. THOMAS. 



this, one 

 cultural 

 Amon 



of the most prominent horti- 

 societies in the world, 

 g the gentlemen whom we were 



privileged to meet were the following, 

 viz., Mr. P, C. Barry, the venerable 

 President, whose name has long been 

 associated with the progi-ess of fruit 

 culture, both in Canada and in the 

 United States ; Mr. J. J. Thomas, Hor- 

 ticultural Editor of the Country Gentle- 

 man, at Albany, who has been long 

 recognized as a pomological authority; 

 Mr. E. Long, Editor of Popular Garden- 

 ing, Buffalo ; Dr. Sturtevant, Director 

 of the New York Experiment Station ; 

 Mr. J. S. Woodward, Secretary of the 

 State Agricultural Society ; Mr. S. D. 

 Willard, Nurseryman, of Geneva ; Mr. 

 Chas. Green, Editor of Greens Fruit 

 Grower, and others. 



The meeting was held in the City 

 Council Chamber and was attended by 

 some four or five hundred fruit grow- 

 ers. The subject of the 



CURRANT 



was introduced by Dr. Sturtevant, His 

 paper contained a history of this fruit 

 from its first notice in England in 1597 

 down to the present time. 



Mr. Barry said : " The currant is one 

 of the best, but one of the most abused 

 fruits in the whole catalogue. Give it 

 plenty of manure and good cultivation, 

 and you have splendid fruit, and abun- 

 dance of it." 



Mr. J. J. Thomas said the 



APPLE CROP 



in Cayuga County had been very short. 

 The fruit fell oflf soon after it was set, 

 and was small in size. Those trees 

 which bore well had been in every case 

 highly cultivated and top-dressed with 

 manure. The Greening had borne bet- 

 ter than the Baldwin. 



Mr. Chase reported that in Wayne 

 County 



SMALL FRUITS 



had been unprofitable. Strawberries 

 had sold largely at 3c per quart. With 

 jaspberries there was one advantage, 

 viz., that when they were very cheap 



