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THE CANADIAN H0RTICDLTDKI8T. 



takes one help of a pie made from this 

 apple, will undoubtedly come back for 

 a second one. 



THE RED BIETIGHEIMER 



is a new variety of German origin, and 

 claimed to be so large and beautiful, 

 and withal of such excellent quality, 

 that it brings the highest prices every- 

 where, and it is worthy of the most ex- 

 tensive cultivation. The engraving 

 shows this apple drawn at one-quarter 

 its natural size. Its color is cream- 

 ground, shaded with purplish crimson ; 

 its flesh is white, firm, sub-acid, with a 

 brisk, pleasant flavor. The tree is a 

 free grower and an abundant bearer. 

 The time of ripening is in September. 



PRUNUS SIMOMI. 



This fruit is ripening a full crop 

 on the Rural grounds and does not re- 

 ceive any commendation from Mr. 

 Carman. He says the skin is bitter, 

 and it is not worthy of cultivation in 

 the vicinity of New York. It has a 

 corrugated pit, and a peach flavor. 



SMALL FRUIT NOTES. 



THE CAROLINE. 



This berry has pi'oved on our 

 grounds a magnificent bearer, better 

 even than the Cuthbert, or any other 

 raspberry we have. It lacks, how- 

 ever, the rich flavor of the Brinckles 

 Orange, and is inferior in quality and 

 in size to the Golden Queen. 



THE EARLY HARVEST. 



According to Mr. Carman, this 

 blackberry has done exceedingly well 

 on the Rural grounds this season. The 

 bushes were half covered with beauti- 

 ful glossy berries, which were black 

 and ripe before any other varieties had 

 even turned i-ed. Our specimens have 

 not very much prepossessed us in its 

 favor as a profitable market berry. It 

 is a weak, slender grower, and yields 

 only a moderate crop of fruit. But 



perhaps the different results are due to 

 difierent conditions. Ours are planted 

 on a rather light, sandy knoll. 



LUCRETIA DEWBERRY. 



Another season has added its testi- 

 mony to that heretofore accumulated 

 in proof of the Lucretia's great value. 

 This berry is beyond all doubt the best 

 of all dewberries in cultivation. As 

 early, if not earlier, as the Early Har- 

 vest ; as large, if not larger, as Erie ; 

 sweeter and more luscious than either, 

 extremely prolific and perfectly hardy, 

 we fail to see why it should not make 

 hosts of friends. — Orchard and Garden. 



THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN 

 STORMONT. 



BY JOHN CROIL, AULT8VILLE, OJTI. 



'EDNESDAY morning, 22nd 

 June, we started in the good 

 steamer "Cuba,"and on Friday 

 morning were landed at the house of 

 our esteemed friend, D. W. Beadle, in 



ST. CATHARINES. 



The best part of two days we spent 

 there, dividing our time between him 

 and Mr. A. M. Smith, and their amiable 

 families. No man need go to these 

 parts unless he makes up his mind to 

 be loaded with kindness. 



Just a word about the ])lace. Well 

 may it be called the garden of Ontario. 

 Our first impression of it was that it 

 was all garden. We visited the nur- 

 sery grounds of Mr. Dunlop, Mr. 

 Beadle's late partner. He evidently is 

 up to his business, vegetables of all 

 kinds were grown in profusion and well 

 cared for. Last year ofi" 4^ acres toma- 

 toes he realized 6500, selling the early 

 ci'op in the market at good prices, the 

 balance to the canning establishment at 

 25 cents a bushel. This year he has 

 seven acres. Upwards of two acres of 

 onions looked splendidly. I saw him 

 start for Hamilton with a load of 800 



