24 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



CANADIAN APPLES IN IOWA. 



By J. L. BuDD, Ames, Ia. 



A S I lay down the ever welcome Canadian Horticulturist, I will say 

 (stA that in 1879 we put in orchard all the Canadian apples noted by 

 the late Robert Burnet, and a number of others exhibited at the 

 American Centennial in 1876. Of them all, the Winter St. Lawrence and 

 Mcintosh Red have proven hardiest in tree, most perfect in foliage, and the 

 best bearers of well developed fruit. The others have failed wholly or in 

 part from sun scald, blight or winter injuty. 



The two named are not as hardy as Wealthy, but I believe in our climate 

 they are somewhat hardier than Fameuse, and the fruit does not scab to any 

 serious extent as does the Fameuse. I believe over large areas of our State, 

 south of the 42nd parallel, they will prove profitable. 



The Montreal Peach I do not believe originated in Canada or this country. 

 It is a true Russian in tree and fruit, and much like some we have fruited. 

 It is a perfect ironclad with us and a fair bearer of excellent and handsome 

 summer fruit for home use. For market it is too perishable and tender in 

 flesh. 



ROSE NOTES. 



By F. Mitchell, Innerkip. 



PASHION or caprice affect the popularity of almost any other flower but 

 the rose, but a perfect, well-grown rose can always command admira- 

 tion. This season, as in all the past, the rose has been in popular 

 estimation the flower of all flowers. The heavy frost of the 29th of May 

 very much thinned the first bloom of the out-door rose, and later the black 

 spot again made its appearance, but in spite of these drawbacks there was, 

 throughout the whole season, a great amount of fine bloom produced. 



I did not experiment as much as usual with new varieties this past season, 

 and of those I did, I did not get bloom enough to speak with assurance of 

 their merits or demerits. As I have before stated, it is not wise to pronounce 

 positively on any new variety with only one year's acquaintance, and 

 perhaps but a very few blooms at that. Varieties vary greatly different 

 seasons. Instancing this I may mention that that grand old variety, " La 

 France" was this season not even a third-rate rose, while '* Ulrich Brunner '' 

 (not usually very good) this year produced magnificent blooms. Of those 

 that have been out two seasons, " Mrs. John Laing," of which I hoped much 

 last year, has proved itself a very valuable rose. The best of all the later 



