1^8 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



FRUIT IN HURON COUNTY. 



Sir, — I have twenty-five Fameuse and twenty-five St. Lawrence apple trees, which are 

 thrifty growers and hardy, but the fruit has become worthless on account of the scab. 

 Would you advise me to top-graft them to Baldwins, as this variety is one of our best ship- 

 ping apples, an early and an abundant bearer ; but tender here, unless grafted upon some 

 hardy stock. The following varieties of winter apples succeed best in this county : North- 

 ern Spy, Canada Red, Golden Russet, Roxbury Russet, Wagener (bears to heavy for pro- 

 fit), English Russet (shy bearer), Rhode Island Greening (poor grower here). King, Ribs- 

 ton Pippin. Of fall apples the following do well : Twenty-Ounce and Blenheim Orange. 

 These two varieties ship well to the Englsh market, but need to go a little earlier than the 

 winter varieties. For summer market apples, the Duchess of Oldenburg and Maiden's 

 Blush are excellent and will ship to any market in our own province. 



The Ontario apple that I received as a premium with the Canadian Horticulturist 

 is a very good apple. It is an early and abundant bearer, fruit about medium size, color 

 somewhat resembles the Spy with rather a deeper red on the sunny side, but the flavor is 

 too tart for my taste. It will keep well until April or June, indeed it promises to be one 

 of the best winter apples for shipping purposes. John Fothergill, Marnock, Ont. 



Note. — We would call the attention of our correspondent to the prescribed remedies 

 for apple scab. We would advise him to give them a fair trial before top- grafting his 

 trees, and then should he fail to grow fruit clear enough for market purposes, it will be 

 soon enough to top-graft them with the Baldwin. The latter would, perhaps, be hardier 

 grafted upon these varieties. Ed. 



ONTARIO FORESTRY REPORT. 



Sir, — If you can spare space, I should like to inform your readers that the Forestry 

 Report for the year is now ready, and that I will send copies free of all charge to any who 

 are interested in such matters and will send their addresses to me at 251 J Richmond Street 

 VN'est, Toronto. 



It is full time that, in Ontario, people were planting trees, not only for protection 

 from wind along the roads and fences, though that is an excellent work, but in close plan- 

 tations of ash, hickory, elm, and such hardwoods as will be, in a few years, of great use on 

 the farm, and will also command a high price when sold to the manufacturer. 



If we plough and harrow a field — in fact, get it in good order for any ordinary farm 



crop and then plant, four feet apart each way, such trees as we want, and make a point 



afterwards of passing through the lines twice a summer with a cultivator, taking care not 

 to cut the roots, we shall find that these young trees, emulating each other in their endeavor 

 to rise upwards, will grow straight tall sticks, clear of knots, and will furnish good timber 

 for any purpose — timber which, in a few years, will hardly be obtainable here. These 

 trees will thin themselves, or can be thinned by hand, at the option of the owner. Either 

 way I have known answer well. 



Yours truly, 



Toronto, March 26, 1891. R. VV. Phipps. 



MOORE'S ARCTIC. 



Sir, — In reply to an inquiry made by Mr. J. McAinsh in the last issue of the Horti- 

 culturist, regarding the Moore's Arctic plum, you are open to correction, at least your 

 statements are subject to modification. When you assume that the Moore's Arctic is not 

 curculio proof, you speak evidently without the experience of those few who have tried to 

 grow that plum in these more northern sections. I have met with that plum in several 

 localities hereabout during the past season and can testify of what I have seen. The 

 Moore's Arctic plum is curculio proof in all these northern localities where I have met 

 with it. There is not enough of the miserable thing for the larvae to feed and exist upon. 

 For this reason, and for no other that I know of, the parent fly with a natural instinct for 

 perpetuating her species, passes it by. The farmers should treat the Moore's Arctic plum 

 with the same degree of contempt. 



Mitchell, March 20. T. H. Race. 



