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FRUITS FOR THE NORTH. 



SiK, — Which would 1)6 the two best kinds of cherries, plums and pears to plant in the 

 north, say 4'->h north latitude ? 



L. Pasche, /iry-ion, <Jiu . 



Of cherries, Mr. ("raig, who has been testing these at Abhotsford, (^ue., 

 recommends Early Richmond, Enghsh Morello, Dyehouse and Montmorency 

 Ordinaire. Should these not succeed, we would recommend a trial of the 

 Ostheim and \'ladimir. Of plums, we would suggest a trial of the Weaver and 

 Moore's Arctic. Of pears, the Flemish IJeauty and Hessemianka. 



IIARDV ('HERRHvS. 



■Sir, -I am planting a number of cherry trees and would like to know whether I 

 could get the Bohemian Queen. I see it highly recommended in Vol. 1.3, page 104. I 

 have written to several nurseries and none of them have it. Do you think the Windsor 

 cherry will stand our part of the country, twenty miles north of (iuelph ? 



Tiios. Handlev, Or/O!), Out. 



The Bohemian Queen is not propagated by any nursery in Ontario. Some 

 pits were sent us by Mr. Jaroslav Niemetz, a Russian officer. Should we suc- 

 ceed in growing them, we shall in time have some trees to distribute among our 

 members. We cannot say how far north the Windsor cherry would succeed, 

 but we would like our correspondent to test it and report. 



(;OI,I)EN QUEEN vs. CUTHBERT. 



Sir,— Dona the (iolden Queen raspberry produce and sell better than the Cuthbert? 



A. r>RowN, Betkrl, P. E. I. 



Reply l>y E. Morde/i, Niai^nra Fal/s South. 



The (i(^lden (^ueen closely resembles its parent, the Cuthbert. except in 

 color. Its color is a golden orange. It seems to be a somewhat better grower 

 and e(}ually productive. Its (piality in the dark could not probably be dis- 

 tinguished from that of the Cuthbert. In size and texture of berry it docs not 

 differ ap|)re(iably from the Cuthbert. .MthouL^h. in mv ()|)ini()n. it is attractive 

 in appearance, I would not advise any one to plant it largely for market pur 

 poses. The Cuthbert is a safer variety in this respect. 



