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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



this apple grows upon me every year. 

 With the exception of Bethel, it is the 

 only true " iron-clad " that is a long 

 keeper, while it is au early and prolific 

 bearer. It surpasses the Wealthy in 

 the same orchard in vigor, and in 

 endurance of climate vicissitudes, and 

 produces about as much marketable 

 iruit, which keeps well into June, and 

 sometimes through July. It is medium 

 in size (small on poor land), round, 

 very brilliant red in color, keeping 

 until June, without difficulty, and after 

 March very good in quality, being crisp 

 and spicy, but too tart for some people." 



HAT-BIRDS 

 "One London dealer in birds received, 

 while the fashion was at its height, a 

 single consignment of thirty-two thou- 



sand dead humming-birds, and another 

 received at one time thirty thousand 

 aquatic birds and three thousand pairs 

 of wint'S." 



I Think what a price to pay, 



Faces so bright and gay, 

 Just for a hat ! 

 Flowers unvisited, mornings unsung, 

 Sea- Ranges bare of the wings that o'er swung, 

 Bared just for that ! 



Think of the others, too, 

 Others and mothers, too, 



Bright eyes in hats ! 

 Hear yoii no mother groans floating in air. 

 Hear you no little moan — birdling's despair 

 Som-^where — for that ! 



Oh, but the shame of it. 

 Oh, but the blame of it — 

 Price of a h ft ! 

 Just for a jauntiness, brightening the s reet. 

 This is your halo, faces so sweet — 

 Death, and for that ! 



Faith and Works. 



®:fizn fetters. 



THE BROCKVILLE BEAUTY AND 

 THE WINTER ST. LAWRENCE. 

 Montreal, Oct. 17, 1887. 



Sir, — I procured my original trees 

 of the JBrockville Beauty, twelve or 

 fourteen years ago, from James Gum- 

 ming, of Lyn, (near Brockville, Ont.) 

 I regret that I cannot send you any 

 sample of this apple. It is a Septem- 

 ber apple, and comes in directly be- 

 tween Duchess and St. Lawrence, 

 hence I prize it as filling a gap. It is a 

 vei'y handsome apple, above medium in 

 size, and the quality is better than 

 Duchess. The tree ajjpears to be quite 

 hardy here. 



I mail you to-day three samples of 

 the Winter' St. Laiorence. They are 

 scarcely fair samples, as the fruit avei-- 

 ages larger, but it was all I had left. 

 I have no ti-ouble to get $3.50 per 

 barrel for Wiyiter St. Lawrence, and 

 I have shipped several cases to Eng- 

 land this season. Yours truly, 



R. W. Shepherd, Jr. 



FRUITS TESTED IN LAMBTON 

 Mandaumin, Oct. 17, 1887. 

 Sir, — The first plant I received from 

 the Association was the Eumelan Grape, 

 which was hardy, easily propagated, 

 and produced plenty of grapes good to 

 eat, but for three years in succession, 

 beginning with 1882, the fruit mil- 

 dewed and the leaves rusted and 

 dropped prematurely, as did also those 

 of the Salem : some of the plants 

 nearly dying out. My other vines, of 

 which I have a number of kinds, were 

 not affected in that way. Last year 

 both these kinds bore some good fruit, 

 and this year there was a full crop of 

 excellent fruit and no sign of mildew. 

 The Prentiss had grown well, and had 

 some beautiful light green fruit that 

 tasted to me much like the Delaware, 

 but was much more showy. The 

 Niagara received this spring has grown 

 44 inches. The Flemish Beauty is 

 healthy, and has been much slower to 

 bear than Clapp's Favourite, Anjou, 



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