3IO The Canadian Horticulturist 



and injures them for market. I find it best to evaporate all such, unless apples 

 are scarce and dear. I make three qualities of my apples when picking and 

 always evaporate No. 3. No. 2 are quite good but if the prospect is not satis- 

 factory for a good market, I evaporate them also, after getting through with No. 3. 

 No. I are extra and bring an extra price. I am satisfied with this way of sorting 

 them. — P. Whittier, Franklin County, Me., in Fartn and Home. 



A Point in Raspberry Culture. — Cuthbert raspberries branch near the 

 bottom because they are headed in early in the season, or are cut back too low 

 in the spring. T>hey will branch low if the canes are too far apart. If planted 

 close, say 5 x 7 ft. in rows, or 5 x 5 in hills, they will run up without branching. 

 Then by heading in to 4 ft. in the spring, most of the fruit will be borne on the 

 laterals toward the top of the canes. Sometimes the frost injures the ends of the 

 canes and extreme buds fail to grow, but those near the ground grow rapidly and 

 produce fine fruit, but it is generally too late to be profitable. — S. T. Maynard, 

 Massachusetts Experiment Station. 



Pansies are the last flowers that bloom out-of-doors — they were the first. 

 Upon the dining table and in the parlor we have pansies, with a spray or so of 

 wild fern, and they are as bright and jolly as ever. Pansies in spring, summer 

 and fall — all the while. Few flowers can talk with you, joke with you, wink at 

 you as can pansies. And then there are serious pansies that will keep you 

 company when you are sad. The rose is the queen .of flowers, surely ; but the 

 pansy is the flower that the queen would choose, could she speak. — R. N. Y. 



Wild Black Cherry. — If we were asked the question : which is the com- 

 ing timber tree ? we would at once answer, the Wild Black Cherry. Our rea- 

 sons for believing this are as follows : 



I St. — It grows to an immense size, often 70 feet in height and 4 feet in dia- 

 meter. 



2nd. — Its timber stands next to Mahogany for cabinet purposes, as it is a 

 very dark red and takes a very fine polish. It is often substituted for that valu- 

 able wood in veneering. 



3rd. — It makes a rapid growth, growing at least a third faster than the Wal- 

 nut, and is entirely free from injury by such enemies as insects, borers and rab- 

 bits. The young trees transplant as easily as Cottonwood. 



4th. — Its fruit is used for pies and dried for winter use. It is also used in 

 the manufacture of wine. 



5th. — Its bark makes one of the most valuable tonics known. 



6th. — The tree is beautiful. Its leaves are a dark, livid green, its flowers 

 pure white and its fruit a rich black. 



With all these qualities who can sa> that it is not the coming tree and I think 

 all will unite in saying that it should be generally planted. 



