XLbe 



Canabian 



Dorticulturiet 



Published at Toi\onto and Grimsby, Ont. 

 OFFICE ADDRESS— GRIMSBY, ONT. 



VOL. X.] 



NOVEMBER, 1887. 



[No. 11. 



NOVEMBER. 



The year is waning ! Solemn sounds are heard 

 Among: the branches of each wind-toss'd tree ; 

 Brown looks the grass ; no floral gems we see ; 

 Forsaken nests by winds alone are stirr'd, 

 And not by wing of bird. 



The skies look cold — wind-driven clouds scud by. 

 While fitful gales whirl sere, dry lea\es away ; 

 Fair once, like friends who come to us one day. 

 Creep to the heart, bring love-light to the e.i, e. 

 Then droop and fade and die. 



Yet, while winds chill and summer joys depart, 

 A host of other pleasures now doth come : 

 Brothers and sisters scattered, all come home, 

 Thanksgiving cheer abounds, while fond smiles start. 

 As heart responds to heart. 



Then curtains down, around the fire we press. 

 To sing and jest, to romp and laugh, and play ; 

 But while the fun goes round, each heart can say, 

 " November brings Thanksgiving. Lord, we bless 



Thee for our happiness !" 

 Brooklyn Magazine. 



THE GRIMES GOLDEN. 



®UR FRONTISPIECE this month 

 represents that excellent win- 

 ter apple sent out some years 

 ago by the Fruit Grower's Association 

 of Ontario, the Grimes Golden Pippin. 

 Several samples of this variety were on 

 exhibition at the Industrial Exhibition, 

 but none of them as large as the one 

 shown in our illustration ; indeed we 

 question if any of our readers have 

 succeeded in growing it much above 

 a medium size. 



Grimes Golden is no novelty. It 

 has been known for many years, liav- 

 ing originated on the farm of Thomas 

 Grimes, near Kempsville, Virginia. It. 

 is highly esteemed for its excellence of 

 quality, in which respect is is compareil 

 in value with the Newtown Pipjnn, 

 an apple that always commands the 

 highest price in the English market 

 on account of its delicious flavour. 

 The tree is vigorous and productive, 

 especially in alternate years, and the 



