The Canadian Horticulturist. 91 



VARIETIES TO PLANT. 



Sir, — Would Worden, Brighton, Concord and Niagara be good and profitable varieties 

 to plant in this section ? If not, what varieties would you substitute ? 



A. \V. G., St. Thomas. 

 The selection made by our correspondent is an exceedingly good one. The 

 Brighton is a delicate and delicious grape, and where it succeeds well, the bunches 

 are fine, large and very inviting. It is also, with us, a productive variety, but it 

 is somewhat tender for shippijig. The Lindley is better in this respect among 

 the red varieties. Our correspondent's Kst does not include any kinds for long 

 keeping. If winter varieties are wanted, the Vergennes and Salem might be added. 



VEGETABLES ON SANDY SOIL. 



Sir, — Would you please say what vegetables I might be able to grow successfully on 

 sandy loam, with quicksand bottom ? S. <i. F., Leamington. 



Reply by J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. 

 I would say that on such a soil as you name, if it is fairly manured, you can 

 grow Yellow Mangold beans, Winningstadt cabbage, lettuce, melons, cucumbers? 

 peas and turnips, also Hubbard squashes. 



APPLES FOR MUSKOKA. 



Sir, — A friend of mine wishes to plant 100 apple trees, the locality is in Walpole. I 

 wish you would advise me as to the most suitable varieties for shipping purposes, and a few 

 for their own use and local trade. What have you in your locality suitable for planting in 

 the north, Muskoka, apples and crabs ? F. W. Fearmax, Hamilton. 



The varieties most commendable for planting in the Muskoka district, are 

 the following, named about in their order of ripening : Yellow Transparent, 

 Duchess, Wealthy, LaRue, Scott's Winter. These are well tested kinds. There 

 are some of the Russian, and other apples, which may yet prove deserving of 

 first place. 



A CURIOSITY. 



Sir, — I had a curiosity in my garden last year. A Duchess apple tree, which I had 

 transplanted in November, 1890, and which I clipped and pruned heavily, in the spring 

 blossomed all round nicely, and set a large crop of fruit, which by the time they were 

 gooseberry size, it conmienoed to drop ; as the old sap, I suppose, was being exhausted, 

 and only matured 16 apples, the last of which it dropped on the "JGth August. But about 

 the last week of July, and while many apples were yet on the limbs, tlie tree commenced 

 blossoming over again, and blossomed thus all through August and a part of Sept. The 

 new sap, I suppose, gave it this second spring start. Do you think it will bear coming 

 season ? Answer through magazine. M. McKinnos, Ottawa. 



We should say these symptoms were not favorable for the future usefulness 

 of the tree. It would have been wiser to have removed the blossoms, for it is 

 too exhausting of the tree's vitality, to allow it to fruit so soon after transplanting. 



