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the season, excellent in quality, and 

 large enough to rank with the Kitta- 

 tinny. 



THE GAINOR 



is a Canadian seedling, first ofiered to 

 the public in 1883. We have not 

 fruited it, but is claimed to be larger 

 than the Kittatinny, tender and sweet 

 in quality, and perfectly hardy. 



Of other varieties, such as "Wilson, 

 Brenton, Stayman, Stone, (fee., we have 

 not room to speak at present, except to 

 say that we do not commend them as 

 the best for our Canadian climat-e. And 

 we have in this article mentioned old 

 and new together, so that even the 

 novice may not suppose that in intro- 

 ducing new friends, we in any way 

 advise the hasty discarding of old and 

 tried favorites. 



RAMBLES AMONG FRUIT GROWERS. 



THE WESTERN SEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



(Conchtded.) 



Mr. Snow, of Yates County, N.Y., 

 thought that 



GRAPES 



were the most profitable of fruits. From 

 Cayuga Co. 800,000 baskets of grapes 

 had been shipped this last season. The 

 Concord had held its price better than 

 the Catawba. Some one inquired about 

 the benefit of ringing the grape. Mr. 

 Barry said : " This is an old story, and 

 a bad practice. The Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society has a rule that 

 no grapes be allowed to compete on 

 exhibitions that have been grown on 

 girdled vines. The practice is con- 

 demned." 



Prof Goff, of the Geneva Experiment 

 Station, read a paper on 



POTATO CULTURE. 



The result of careful experiment showed 

 (1) that tubers from the most produc- 

 tive hills were the best for planting. 

 The smallest tubers from the most pro- 

 ductive hills produced more than the 

 the largest tubers from the least pro- 



ductive hills, though, generally speak- 

 ing, the large tubers produce better 

 results than the smaller ones. (2) That 

 large cuttings yield better than small 

 ones, and whole tubers yield better than 

 cuttings. (3) That dried cuttings yield 

 better than fresh ones. 



Mr. Willard, of Geneva, said the 

 value of the 



CHERRY 



as a market crop was under-estimated. 

 The Montmorency was one of the best 

 varieties. " It will hang on the trees 

 two weeks after it is ripe, and allow us 

 plenty of time to gather it. My Montmo- 

 rencys pay me as much as $10 per tree." 



Mr. W. C. Barry said : "There is no 

 cherry so valuable as the Montmorency. 

 Wherever it has been planted, it has 

 succeeded. According to Prof. Budd, 

 it is as hardy as the Early Richmond. 

 The crop, too, is uniform over the tree; 

 and, when loaded with fruit, the tree is 

 about as handsome as anything you 

 could wish to look at. The fruit is 

 also of a beautiful color, which it retains 

 when it is canned. It is a little later 

 than the Early Richmond in time of 

 ripening." 



Mr. D. M. Dunning, of Auburn, 

 N. Y., read a very interesting paper on 



ROSES. 



He emphasized the need of vnnter 

 protection even for the hardy varieties. 

 They should be bent down and cov- 

 ered with evergreen boughs, or with 

 something loose that would afford pro- 

 tection and yet allow free circulation 

 of the air. This covering should not 

 be removed until the frost is all out of 

 the ground. 



Roses need thorough pruning in the 

 fall, by cutting out the old wood ; and 

 in the spring the young wood should 

 be well cut back. 



Cutting roses with long stems is a 

 good practice, causing new growth to 

 be formed, and on this new rose buds. 



The best place for roses is in beds on 



