THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 1^1 



freeing our trees from his destructive attacks. Good fruit, not of tlie 

 apricot and nectarine sort merely, but all good fruit, is the result of 

 eternal vigilance. Jarring must be had recourse to, if we are to save 

 our stone fruit. When cultivated as standards, as I have shown they 

 can successfully be, even in the Goderich and other districts on Lake 

 Huron, these varieties can be cultivated and jarred as easily as is done 

 elsewhere in the cultivation of the plum. 



In regard to the market for the Side of these and similar fruits, we 

 have no hesitation in saying, that wherever and whenever good fruit 

 is raised by tlie producer, there will always be found a ready market 

 to the husbandman. 



HOETICULTUEAL GOSSIP. X. 



BY L, WOOLVERTON, GRIMSBY. 



Apples in 1879. — Not long ago I saw an article in the Globe, 

 stating that, as a rule, the highest latitudes of the successful growth 

 of any staple grain constitute the region of its most profitable culti- 

 vation. This statement was applied to the wheat crop, and it was 

 fairly shown that two-thirds of the wheat land of this continent is 

 comprised within the Dominion of Canada. The same rule may be 

 shown to apply to the cultivation of the apple. The southern part of 

 Ontario is in this respect the most favored country in the world, for 

 here the apple attains its greatest perfection both of qliality and 

 appearance. Far north of Lake Ontario the climate is too severe for 

 many of our choicest varieties ; while south of Lake Erie they ripen 

 too early to keep w^ell. Ontario apples have a high reputation both 

 in Canadian and British markets, commanding the highest prices 

 because of their superior color and keeping qualities. 



But the past season has by no means added to the reputation of 

 Ontario apples. The unusually hot autumn, especially during the 

 month of October, made our climate similar to that of a latitude many 

 degrees farther south. In consequence our winter apples were over- 

 ripened, and many even began rotting on the trees ; and though picked 

 and brought inside with unusual care, packing was a most discourag- 

 ing task, for after an interval of a couple of weeks it was astonishing 

 how many culls had to be made, so many were either speckled with 

 rot or over-ripe. I am sure that in packing I threw out at least twenty- 



