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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



prominent among the many good re- 

 sults which would follow this effort, 

 would be increased emigration of a 

 most desirable character. 



An Enormous Emigration of young 

 men and tenant farmers to Canada is 

 predicted for next year. A bi'ight 

 prospect is, to all appearances, opening 

 up for the North-west. The Colonial 

 Exhibition has been of incalculable 

 benefit in making the country and its 

 resources known to the English public. 

 — The Natwiwd. 



HORTICULTURAL. 



The Leconte Pear promises to be the 

 _great pear of the South, and is said to 

 by the leading fruit interest in Georgia. 

 It is a tremendous bearer and has to 

 be well thinned out, under which treat- 

 ment the average weight is about four- 

 teen ounces. 



It is easily grown from cuttings and 

 may therefore be readily propagated by 

 any one. 



Success with Cherries. — A writer in the 

 Farm and Home claims to have had 

 great success with cherries, by giving 

 the ground a good top dressing of salt, 

 and then when the trees were in bloom, 

 dusting them with slacked lime every 

 four or five days till the fruit was set. 

 He had no worms, or rotten fruit. 



The Transparent Apple. — I got the Yel- 

 low Transparent among my premiums 

 from the Association last spring. It 

 has already grown about two feet. It 

 is in clay loam. I think it will do 

 well in this climate. 



I find The Horticulturist a grand 

 book, it contains so much that is use- 

 ful, even if one does not go into horti- 

 culture. Besides, a person gets nearly 

 the value of his money in presents ; 

 and the Report is worth a gi-eat deal. 

 H. Atkin', Middlesex Co. 



The Ontario Apple. — My Ontario apple 

 which was sent out by the Asso- 



ciation, bore immensely last season. 

 From the original tree and some grafts 

 I had over a bushel of splendid apples. 

 The Horticulturist is improving very 

 fast, and I would not like to be with- 

 out it. Samuel Carr, Sarnia. 



ON RAISING PLUM TREES FROM SEEDS AND 

 MAKING SELECTIONS. 



BY 8IM0.V ROT, BERLIN. 



In growing plum trees from seeds in 

 order to obtain good varieties, it will 

 be necessary to obtain pits from the 

 best sorts that you can obtain. 



Allow the plums to be thoroughly 

 ripe before separation from the pulp, 

 and prevent them from drying by 

 covering with moist earth, until planted 

 in the fall. After the ground is pre- 

 pared, plant in a row, about one and one- 

 half inches deep, and about three inches 

 apart. If the soil is rather heavy it 

 may be mixed with either coarse sand, 

 swamp muck, or well decomposed 

 manure, so as to allow the germs to 

 break through the covering. 



After about two years growth you 

 will be able to make your selection, 

 preferring those which have a tame 

 look about them, a fine large leaf, and 

 the stems and branches clean and 

 devoid of thorns. Nature will strive 

 to hold her own, many will revert to 

 original conditions and will produce 

 fruit not larger than the ordinary 

 damson. Seedlings usually require 

 some eight or ten years before bearing 

 fruit, but fruit may be obtained sooner, 

 if scions or buds are worked on our 

 native wild plum. 



In accordance with what I have 

 stated, I have succeeded in growing a 

 number of fair specimens of fruit, equal 

 to any in general cultivation, but do 

 not claim any supei'iority for them. 

 They have hitherto resisted the black- 

 knot epidemic and are apparently 

 healthier and hardier. 



Perhaps it may be of some import- 



