i62 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



1870, made up from personal notes taken as seen growing in different 

 orchards, with translated description from the Russian, annexed ; " Hardy 

 Fruits for the Cold North," a select descriptive list of the former with 

 fuller descriptions ; " Nomenclature of Russian Apples," an arduous task 

 of translating and rendering into euphonious English unpronounceable 

 Russian names, also throwing out synonyms. 



Mr. Gibb's mind was very receptive, his opportunities great and memory 

 retentive so that he was generally looked upon as a bureau of information 

 which he was always glad to impart; and in consequence his correspondence 

 was very heavy. He was very much mterested in Natural History and 

 contributed many specimens to the Redpath Museum, and he was also a 

 heavy donor in the establishment of the Art Gallery at Montreal. Since 

 it was so fully in accord with the experimental work in which he had already 

 been so largely engaged, it is not surprising that he was one of the first and 

 most active workers in the establishment of the Experimental Farm at 

 Ottawa, in connection with Prof. Saunders. 



The engraving which forms the frontispiece to this number represents 

 Mr. Gibb as he was about twelve years ago, and is made from the latest 

 photograph taken. It does not by any means do him justice, but is the 

 best that can be had. 



PLAIN HINTS ON FRUIT GROWING.— II. 



PRUNING. 



THERE are three distinct pleas for faithful pruning once a year of all 

 fruit trees and shrubbery, in our orchards and fruit gardens. The 

 first is, for the health and vigor of the tree or shrub ; the second is, for 

 its shapely appearance ; the third is, for the size atid quality of fruit. The 

 neglect of pruning is soon manifest, in the premature decay of the tree, by 

 the top becoming too great a burden for the root to carry, by the trunk 

 becoming rough barked and dull in appearance, by interlacing branches 

 running at random through the top, shutting out the sun's rays, giving the 

 tree an untidy appearance and a speaking evidence of neglect. On 

 approaching a tree to prune it, the condition it presents will tell of the power 

 the root has to nourish and sustain the top and should be the main guide 

 as to how much of the top must be removed. If the bark of the tree is 

 smooth and lively looking, the limbs green and bright, just enough of the 

 top may be cut away to give the tree a shapely appearance and open out 

 the inside of the top for the sun's rays to act upon the fruit, to give it size^ 

 quality and a bright appearance. 



