THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUKIBT. 



271 



PROMISING NATIVE CHERRIES. 



In the same journal, Prof. C. H. 

 Bespet, of Nebraska, writes a descrip- 

 tion of two native cherries, he has 

 discovered in Northern and North- 

 western Nebraska, and which are 

 worthy of cultivation, with a view of 

 furnishing new and useful varieties for 

 the West. One was the Sand Cherry 

 (Prunus Pumila), a very small shrub, 

 with slender trailing stems, which ci'eep 

 over the soil and strike roots here and 

 there. The cherries ripen in July, and 

 closely resemble the common garden 

 cherry in size and shape. The color 

 is a deep black-red, which changes to 

 black when fully ripe. The bushes 

 bear profusely. 



The other was the Rocky Mountain 

 Cherry (Prunus Demissa), is a shrub 

 from three to eight or more feet in 

 height. The cherries are borne in long 

 racemes, like those of the wild black 

 cherry, but are a little larger. When 

 ripe they are black, and very agreeable 

 in taste, and are much used for pies. 

 sharpless and cumberiand ahead. 



Mr. D. M. Dunning, of Albany, a 

 careful cultivator, says in the Country 

 (Tentlem'xn, that he has tried Jewell, 

 Parry, Ontario, May King, Bubach, 

 3Ianchester, Bidwell and many other 

 strawberries, and does not find any of 

 them equal to Sharpless and Cumber- 

 land. The Cumberland is a strong 

 grower, free bearer, and extra good 

 in quality, though lacking in color and 

 a little soft for shipping to distant 

 jnarkets. With proper cultivation, he 

 prefers the Sharpless for all purposes. 



Next to these two varieties he would 



choose the Wilson. He believes that if 

 it wei'e sent out now-a-days as a new 

 variety, it would " take the strawberry 

 world by storm, and create a tre- 

 mendous excitement. " 



THE JESSICA GRAPE. 



The Jessica out-does in flavor any 

 garden grape known, and it is a wonder 

 that no more is said of it. The little 

 white gi'ape, with its small clusters, is 

 not over attractive, but once between 

 your lips, you will avow it has all the 

 good qualities a grape can have in one. 

 Sweet, with a honeyed touch, at first 

 taste, succeeded by a freshness of mild 

 acid, and a bouquet' that lingers on the 

 sense, it is a grape for connoisseurs to 

 linger over and praise. — .S'. Poioer, in 

 Vick's Magazine for October. 



HARDY FRUITS— VARIETIES RE- 

 COMMENDED FOR THE 

 COLD NORTH. 



Apples for Quebec. — In the re- 

 port of the Fruit Growers' Association, 

 for the Province of Quebec, Mr. R. 

 W. Shepherd, jun., recommends the fol- 

 lowing varieties for profit, in the order 

 named: (1) Wealthy, (2) Fameuse, (3) 

 Duchess, (4) Canada Baldwin, (5) 

 Winter St. Lawrence. He says 

 further : 



I hope to increase the list of my com- 

 mercial apples by adding Yellow 

 Transparent (Russian) and Brockville 

 Beauty. These two apples have not yet 

 been put on this market. Being hardy 

 and pi-oduetive, and ripening, respec- 

 tively, just before and after Duchess, 

 they till a gap in my list of marketable 

 varieties. The Brockville Beauty is 

 one of the most attractive looking 

 apples, and its quality is very good ; 

 marketed in baskets, it ought to com- 

 mand high prices. I have not culti- 

 vated the Montreal Peach or Montreal 

 Strawberry to any extent, because, 

 Montreal being my principal market, 



