222 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



PROTECTIXO THK I'EACH. 



SiK, —Perhaps you are aware that we in I'arifi live on the colil side of the peacli grow- 

 ing belt ; so that we cannot grow a crop more than aliout one year in seven, on account of 

 the winter killing of the fruit buds. 1 have a seedling standin^' in a somewhat sheltered 

 place, and three years ago it bore blossonid on a lower l)ranch that was covered with snow 

 all winter. Taking tiie liint, the next fall I bent down the trees, laying sticks of wood on 

 it to keep it down, and covering all with straw until about the first of April. Thut year I 

 gathered about one bushel of fruit from it. The ne.xt fall I did the same covering as 

 before, and it bore one and a half bushels now, although partly injured by the rough treat- 

 ment it is well covered with bloom, while other trees in tiie garden are entirely killed by 

 the winter. I have young trees standing under an eastern bank, these I threw against the 

 bank by cutting the roots on one side and covering as before, on these the fruit buds are 

 preserved, evidently from the same treatment. If you please give this item a place in 

 some corner in (our) magazine, it may help some fruit loving northerner to get a taste of 

 his home grown peaches. Allow me to say, sir, I am proud of The Can.\I)I.\n Hokti- 

 CULTURIST. 1 am, Yours, etc., 



J. A., Pdris, Out. 



THE BISHOP BOURNE APPLE. 



Sir, — The Horticulturist was received last evening and read with interest. From 

 the paragraph relating to the scions of the Bishop Bourne apple sent to you, one would 

 infer that the name ha<l an ecclesiastical origin, whereas it is the name of a place in Eng- 

 land, where .\Ir. .Sutton, the originator of the apple, was born. Also, the apple was grown 

 from the seed of Ribs/on Pippin and not the Neivtown Pippin. We have had a very late 

 spring, cold frosty nights continuing through May, and only within the last week have we 

 had any even comfortable weather ; this, June 14th, being the first really warm day. I 

 hope to hear a good account of the fruit crop in Ontario, so that we may have a car-load of 

 your apples in due season. The last shipment proved, on the whole, quite satisfactory, 

 — C. E. Bhowx, Yarmouth, A'i S. 



FRUIT GROWING IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 



8iR, — I wish to acknowledge the receipt of the Moore's Diamond grape vine and the 

 volume 4 of the journal. I hope tlie vine will succeed in this Puget Sound region. My 

 place is situated adjacent to the waters of tliis be lutiful sound, and I have planted upon it 

 two thousand fruit trees, chiefly Italian prunes. My man in charge tells nie that he likes 

 your magazine more than any other than for which I sul)3cribe ; it contains more practical 

 articles. I would like to see articles from fruit growers in Western Canada. We have a 

 glorious climate here with no danger of loss of trees from cold weather. Last December 

 and January I planted over one thousand trees, a proof of the mildness of our climate. 

 Prunes, cherries and all small fruits do better here than any other place of which I know. 

 We can even beat California. I have just marketed some sharpless strawberries for which 

 I sieceived .SO cents a (juart. They were retiiiled at 40 cents, along side of Californian fruit 

 at 2.'> cents. 



May;Wth, 1892. I. B. S, Instei*. Tacoma, Wash. Ten:, U. S. 



I-RUIT AT EDMONTON. 



SiK, -The appii; tree which you sent mo has come to hand in fiist rate order. Many 

 thanks for sending it. I am very sorry to report poor success in raising apples, or small fruits, 

 here. I have reoeiveil many pAckages of bu-iiies and trees from tlie Kxpi'rimental Karm, 

 Ottawa. Some of the bushes have lived through two winters unprotected, but have not 

 fruited yet. None of th<; berry bushes ever lived through the first winter except the 

 Turner, 1 have a pitch of tlie Turner growing since the year 1SS(5. Sometimes they have 

 yiohled lari^e crops, but last winter there was very little snow and the canes died. Some- 

 times the canes reach a height of five feet and, when the snow falls early and deep, they 

 winter well. 



J. H. Lose. Edmonton, AlUrta, N.'W. T. 



