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not move in the least, it would be still 

 more satisfactory. 



The addi'ess may be put on with a 

 tag, or by means of a stencil. Our 

 habit is to use a stencil for the names 

 of both consignor and consignee ; as 

 when so marked the address cannot be 

 lost or obscured, and is seen at a glance. 

 A stencil, with name and address, can 

 be cut in tin by almost any tinsmith, 

 if it is not convenient to order one 

 from those who make a business of 

 their manufacture ; and all that is 

 needed in using it is a box of blacking 

 and blacking-brush. 



FIELD BASKET. 



The carrier, or field-basket, is also a 

 very useful article in berxy-picking 

 season. Each picker is provided with 

 one of these, by means of which he can 

 carry safely six quai'ts of fruit at one 

 time to the packing house, without 

 danger of tipping or spilling. 



In another number we may speak of 

 packages which are suitable for our 

 other fruits. In the meantime we shall 

 be pleased to hear the experience of 

 the i-eaders of this Journal in the use 

 of packages for fruits. 



Packing Pears. — The French, who 

 export more peai-s than any other na- 

 tion, cover the inside of the boxes with 

 spongy paper or dry moss, which ab- 

 sorbs the moisture. Each pear is then 

 wrapped in soft paper, and placed in 

 layers in the boxes, the largest and 

 least mature in the bottom, filling all 

 interstices with the dry moss. Thus 

 they will keep a monih or more. They 

 are so packed that they canno: touch 



each other, and all motion is prevented. 

 If one decays the others are not harmed. 

 — Gardners^ Chronicle. 



BLACK GRAPES AT CLARENCEVILLE, QUE. 



Br WM. MEAD PATTISO.V, CLARENCEVILLE, QUE. 



As my contribution in May number 

 of last year was confined to the newest 

 white grapes, I will now take up re- 

 cently introduced black, as far as tested 

 at this place. From an acquaintance 

 with most of the grape propagators in 

 the United States, I am enabled to ob- 

 tain for trial any new variety likely to 

 be adapted to this Province somewhat 

 in advance of their inti-oduction for sale 

 to the public. Consequently, the vari- 

 eties touched on here will mostly be 

 new to readers of The Horticulturist, 

 but will give them a knowledge of some 

 perhaps destined to come into general 

 cultivation in Canada in a few years. 



On black grapes in years past, found 

 of more or less value to us in the north, 

 we are indebted to Bull, Rogers, Rick- 

 etts, Worden, Moore, Dr. Grant, Mil- 

 ler, Rommel, Ives, Steel, Underhill and 

 Garber of the States ; Arnold and Demp- 

 sey of Canada, most of whom obtained 

 their successes by artificial hybridizing. 

 But John Burr, of Kansas, U. S., has 

 experimented in a new direction by 

 grouping the vaiieties intended to be 

 crossed, relying on natural fertilization, 

 and selecting for propagation the lai-gest 

 and best matured seed from the best 

 fruit in the " group." 



A very important point has been 

 gained by Mr. Burr's long study and 

 pei-sistent labours in producing foliage 

 resisting our trying climatic changes 

 and frost, obtaining at the same time 

 grapes of a superior flavor and earliness. 

 Of his varieties worthy of our trial as 

 soon as they ai-e offered to the public, 

 I have found three of great promise, viz.: 



" Standard," a black grape of me- 

 dium bunch and berry, not comparable 

 in size to the showy fruit of Roger's 



