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Thk Canadian Horticulturist. 



LETTER FROM BRITISH COLUMIUA. 



Sir, — I have plante.l about twenty acres of fruit trees here for Mr. \V. E. Scott, of 

 Vesuvius Bay, Salt Spring Island, B.C., and liave persuaded him to unite with us. I have 

 also found a plant growing here very much resembling tlie olive in its habit of growth and 

 the manner in which it bears its fruit. It also has one stone in eacli fruit, which, when 

 ripe, is red instead of green or yellow, as most olives are. It is so much like the olive in 

 character, that I am convinced that olives would grow here, and I am getting some from 

 California to experiment with. 



A. W. Harrow, Vesuvius Batj, Salt Spring hland, B. C. 



MOORE'S DIAMOND CiRAPE, P:TC. 



Sir, — As Moore's Diamond grape is to be distributed for trial this spring, I write to say 

 that I have one vine growing in my garden, and, last summer, it Ixjie ten bunches of very 

 fine grapes. The bunches were large, very compact, and the quality was first cla-s. The 

 vine is about four years old. 



I have a Vergennes grape vine planted in 1889. I had four bunches of first clajss grapes 

 last summer, and these were of good quality. The vine is a strong grower. 



I iiave also the Industry gooseberry. It is a good cropper and a large berry. 1 

 measured some of the berries and tlicy were four inches round I gathered sixteen (juarts 

 off of three small bushes, only three years old, without sign of mildew or rot. 



I will write more soon regarding other varieties of fruits whicli I iiave growing in my 

 garden. I am an amateur fruit grower, living in St. Thomas. I notice that ^lr. R. Mordeu 

 advises city men to stay in the city and eat all the fruit they can, and buy fiom outsiders, 

 but some of us city men can grow as good fruit as outsiders, and more of it in one garrjen 

 lot than some of the outsiders do on thiee lots, and we can eat it too. 



W.M. W'oKTii, St. Thomas. 



Mcintosh red. 



Sir, — I was very much struck at Hamilton by the Mcintosh Red, and certainly I am 

 inclined to agree with Mr. .'^he])llcrd as to its value in England. Some one, liow ever, said that, 

 like the Fameuse, it was likely to spot badly most years. Have you any inforniatiou as to 

 its adaptability to this sectian.* 



In an American paper I see the Dominie highly spoken of. With me, it is absolutely 

 worthless. Bad siiape, bad grower, and a bad looking apple ; and upon each occasion when 

 I have sent it to England, its native place, I believe, it has never failed to bring the lowest 

 price of any sent. Evidently, they knew it ! 



If we can grow such lovely apples as the Mcintosh Red, as shown at Hamilton, I think 

 we ought to do so, as I believe such apples will always fetch fancj' prices in England, and 

 I don't think that I ever saw such a perfect-looking red iipple as the Mclntosii Red that I 

 was in Hamilton. I see in the Annual Report that the experts give Northern Spy full 

 marks for foreign market. I am extremely curious to know wliat foreigninarket that av^plies 

 to. l^'rom a consfcint study of returns from (ireat Britain, and from some considerable 

 experience in sending Spys to London, I dont think tliey mean tiie British market ! I 

 would very much like to hear from the large sliippers as to whether they ever once got the 

 top price for the Northern Spy in their consignments to (ireat Britain. I know I never did. 

 This year they were as good as they could be possibly, but tliey were l)catin by half a dozen 

 vaii(;ti('8 in Covciit ( !ar<len. (Jeokhk Bi mukt, <><ih-ri/lr. 



