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If adapted to our clim-tte, its won- 

 derful long keeping quality would 

 certainly commend, it to our Canadian 

 growei'S ; for if when grown in Dela- 

 ware, it will, as claimed, keep in 

 excellent condition until July or 

 August, what might be expected of it 

 when grown in the Province of 

 Ontario i 



THE LUCRETIA DEWBERRY. 



A mistaken notion seems to have 

 gone abroad concerning the object of 



THE LUCRETIA DEWBERRY. 



the plant distribution by our Associa- 

 tion, viz., tliat it is merely an ordinary 

 premium with the Canadian Ilortictd- 

 turi^t. The object, on the other hand, 

 is the speedy and faithful testing of 

 new or highly commended fruits in 

 various st'ctions of Canada, in order 

 that the [niblic may be thoroughly 

 posted concerning the most reliable 

 fruits adapted to the various localities 

 of our Province, and not be left to the 

 mercy of every travelling agent in 

 deciding upon his purchases. 



For the attaining of this end, we 

 shall call, from time to time, upon our 



readers for reports concerning fruits 

 sent out, and the replies may be sent 

 in on post cards. 



In the spring of 1886, the Lucretia 

 B' wherry was sent out, and as it may 

 in some cases be bearing its first fruit 

 this month, or earlier if under favor- 

 able conditions, we would ask for 

 reports concerning its growth, fruitful- 

 ness, hardiness, (tc. Mr. J. H. Hale 

 says, in the Nebraska Horticulturist, 

 that he has visited the original planta- 

 tions in Ohio, and found tliere large 

 fields in fruiting. They are placed in 

 rows eight or ten feet apart, with plants 

 four or five feet apart in the row, 

 formi ig a thick matted row or bed 

 four or five feet wide. They throw up 

 fruit spurs a foot or more high, which 

 are laden with fruit as large as the 

 Lawton blackberiy, without its hard, 

 ugly core, and of a most delicious 

 si)icy flavour. It ripens with the 

 Gregg raspberry, a most favourable 

 time for marketing it. He considers 

 it as hardy as the Taylor, and as pro- 

 ductive as the Snyder. Perhajis the 

 question is premature, but we shall be 

 glad to hear what our readers have to 

 say of it. 



OUR MEETING AT COLLINGWOOD. 



The officers and other members of 

 our Association who attended the sum- 

 mer meeting were most kindly received 

 by the Collingwood Horticultural 

 Society, of which Dr. Stevens is the 

 President and Mr. Jas. Gilfoyle the 

 Secretary. This Society is amalga- 

 mated with the Township Agricultural 

 Society, and together they hold a large 

 annual Show, known as the Great 

 Northern Exhibition. The quality and 

 size of the api)]es, plums and pears 

 shown at this Fair have already been 

 noticed in this Journal ; suflice it to 

 say they surprise visitors tVom the 

 more southern portions of Ontario who 

 think that they alone know how to 



