20 , THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



when we may make trial of the medlar, persimmon, and tea-plant 

 The cultivation, and that the successful cultivation, of the apricot and 

 nectarine is a secured fact in many parts of our Province. At Niagara 

 they do well. I have seen them flourish without much care in the 

 garden of the Eev. C. Campbell and of Mr. Paff'ard, the Mayor. All 

 along the northern shore of Lake Erie, especially about Long Point, 

 and the Township of Wodehouse, they can be profitably cultivated. 

 A pretty sure index to the successful cultivation of the apricot and 

 nectarine will be found in the growth of our Canadian forest trees. 

 Wherever the chestnut flourishes, there the apricot does well. The 

 chestnut is to be found from Amherstburg to Cobourg. At Kings- 

 ville, County of Essex, it is most luxuriant, and all along the northern 

 shore of Erie, and to the above mentioned limit on Ontario, it is to be 

 found in a thriving condition. The black walnut, butternut and 

 buttonwood are indigenous over almost the same extent of country. 

 Strange to say these varieties exist ini a strip of country in Huron and 

 Bruce towards Kincardine and Southampton, a clear indication to us 

 that the peculiar strata have something to do with the growth of these 

 valuable commercial trees. Wherever the buttonwood, walnut and 

 chestnut flourish, there we can depend on the remunerative cultivation 

 of the apricot and nectarine. 



The varieties which we have personally cultivated are very few. 

 We have considerable experience of the Breda and Moorpark. While 

 the latter is undoubtedly the best apricot, we have no hesitation in 

 saying that, as a steady and prolific cropper, there is none that we 

 know of can compare to the Breda. It requires, however, to be thinned 

 in its fruit. We have cultivated the Elruge nectarine, and can 

 speak in the highest terms of this variety. We commend the Victoria. 

 It must be said that while in point of hardiness the Breda was never 

 known to have been injured in the parallel of Hamilton by the cold 

 and frost, we have known the tender and late shoots of the nectarine 

 to suffer. In our cultivation we have never attempted to protect 

 them. They have stood, and now stand, against the west wall of the 

 house, growing and fruiting without much or any care. 



We strongly commend apricot and nectarine cultivation to our 

 fruit growers. There are drawbaclcs to their cultivation. Neighbors 

 of ours have found the curculio troublesome. A few five cent pieces 

 to the children for his early capture, have been singularly effective in 



