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right, and last summer it made a fine healthy growth of about twelve inches. 

 I made no report to you then, as I was afraid the winter would be too much 

 for it. I did not protect it in any way, only hilled up the earth about six 

 inches around it, but I was agreeably surprised this spring to find that it 

 had wintered well, and started to grow almost from the terminal bud. 

 Alongside of the Woolverton I had the Duchess and Wealthy, but they 

 proved to be more tender than the Woolverton, dying back to the old wood. 

 The growth of the Woolverton this year is two feet three inches, the Wealthy 

 and Duchess eight and eleven inches. I have great hopes of the Woolver- 

 ton Apple for Manitoba. 



I have successfully fruited the Mammoth Cluster, Hilborn and Gregg 

 black raspberries. I find the latter the most prolific, although the canee 

 are very tender. Of red varieties, I find the Cuthbert the best and hardiest 

 of five different varieties that I have tried. In Blackberries, the Snyder is 

 the best I have found for this Province, all the above varieties have to re- 

 ceive winter protection. I have tried different varieties of red and white 

 currants ; the Cherry I have found the best in red, and the Grape in 

 white. In gooseberries, Houghton is the most prolific, although the 

 Downing is a good second, and the fruit is the better of the two. I have the 

 Industry and Whitesmith, but the bushes are too young to judge of their 

 productiveness yet. I have entirely failed with grapes, even with a liberal 

 winter protection ; what grows this summer will die next winter ; the vari- 

 ties I have tried are Wyoming and Moore's Early. 



Would you kindly recommend as worthy of trial in this Province some 

 varietiesof grapes, cherries and plums ? I have tried strawberries of the 

 Wilson and Crescent varieties, but they utterly failed after two crops. 



Nelson, Man. A. P. STEVENSON. 



Note. — With winter protection, no doubt, you can grow most varieties 

 of grapes ; your chief difficulty will be in the ripening. Such early varieties 

 as Moore's Early, Worden, Jessica, and possibly Lindley and Brighton, 

 should ripen before the fall frosts. We shall- be glad to hear the results of 

 your experiments. In cherries, unless the Common Kentish, or the Mont- 

 morency Ordinaire, will stand your climate, we would advise you trying the 

 Vladimir, Ostheim and the Koslov-Morello, which are the new hardy 

 Russian varieties. In pears, the Idaho, now being introduced by the Idaho 

 Pear Co., Lewiston, Idaho, is worthy of your trial. 



PROTECTION FOR THE ORIGINATORS OF NEW PLANTS. 



THIS subject has often been discussed in a cursory manner at meetings 

 of our Association, but no definite plan has been adopted which 

 seemed worthy of recommendation for legislative action. It does 

 seem an unfortunate state of affairs that when a new fruit is originated 



