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CanaMan 



Iborticulturiet 



Published at yoi\ONTo and Gi^imsby, Ont. 

 OFFICE ADDRESS— GRIMSBY, ONT. 



VOL. X.] 



MAY,. 1 88 ; 



[No. 



Jfrmts. 



LEADING VARIETIES OF WHITE GRAPES. 



It is with pleasure that we chronicle 

 any successful effort towards the im- 

 provement of tho.se classes of grapes 

 which can be grown in Canada ; for if 

 we can succeed in producing a grape of 

 sufficient excellence in quality, we shall 

 find an unlimited foreign market. The 

 English people have a strong prejudice 

 against the foxy flavor of the Labrusca 

 family to which our leading grapes 

 belong, and if we can succeed in obtain- 

 ing a productive variety from which 

 this is more or less eliminated, we shall 

 find grape culture suddenly advancing 

 toward the front rank among our most 

 profitable industries. 



Only a few years ago, and the He- 

 becca was about the only white grape 

 of any importance. It is a delicious 

 grape and still deserves a place in the 



amateur's garden, but it is not popular 

 for market culture. 



The Niagara has distanced all its 

 competitors in general popularity. 

 The vine is a strong grower and veiy 

 productive, the fruit is large and showy, 

 all qualities most desired in a market 

 grape : but, nevertheless connoisseurs 

 would pay a higher price for a grape 

 lacking its foxiness, should we ever be 

 favored with one anywhere nearly its 

 equal in other respects. 



The PockliiKjton is a little hardier 

 than the Niagara, a shade better in 

 quality, and, when well ripened, is as 

 attractive in appearance ; but it is later, 

 and consequently fiiils to ripen in Can- 

 ada except in the most favored sections. 



The Lady is a very nice early white 

 grape, the vine is hardy and vigorous, 

 and is worthy of limited cultivation in 

 Canada. It is especially desirable for 

 the home garden. This should not be 



