354 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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FLEMISH BEAUTY IN VICTORIA COUNTY. 



SiK, — I send you two samples of Flemish Beauty pear as grown in my garden in the 

 ordinary way, the tree bearing a medium crop of fruit, all large and clean. How do these 

 samples compare in size with Flemish Beauty as generally grown ? The two weigh 

 respectively 12 and 13 ounces. 



My Glass Seedling plum trees have immense crops this season. The trees were liter- 

 ally broken down with fruit. We sold over 100 pails off it at from 40 to 60 cents per pail. 

 I mention this to show prices and the productiveness of this plum in our section. 



VV. H. RoBSON, Lindsay, Ont. 



The samples of Flemish Beauty sent by our correspondent are larger and 

 finer than the average samples of this variety, as generally grown. Under 

 exceptional circumstances, we often get pears of this variety equal to the samples 

 of Mr. Robson's, but it is not a common thing, as a rule. Indeed, the Flemish 

 Beauty, in the Niagara district, has, of late, been so troubled with the scab and 

 with cracking, that it has been utterly worthless ; and this pear has been entirely 

 discarded by planters. Farther north, however, it appears to be one of the best 

 varieties to plant, being hardy, productive and clean. 



FORESTRY IN BRITISH COLUxMBIA. 



SiK,~— Professor Mills of the Ontario Agricultural College to whom I had written for 

 information on the subject of the growing of hardwoods, has referred me to you as one 

 who is likely to put me in the way of obtaining the desired information. 



This province is destitute of such trees as hickory, walnut, ash rock maple, etc. , and 

 what I wish to know is embraced under the heads which follow. 



.7. R. A. Victoria, B. C. 



We have referred the questions to Mr. T. M. Orover, of Norwood, Ont., 

 who has had more experience in forestry in Ontario than any one with whom we 

 are acquainted. We give his replies under each head : 



A. — Hbztf long do they take to attain marketable value ? 



It will be eight or ten years for any of these trees to become valuable for 

 factory work. Ash and rock elm would be the earliest in the market as second 

 growth hardwood ; maple as fuel at ten years ; hickory, as a sapling, is very 

 valuable at from ten to fifteen years ; walnut comes in at a later age, twenty or 

 forty years being needed to furnish good wide boards for cabinet work ; white 

 ash and elm are the first choice, and will likely grow more rapidly in British 

 Columbia than in the east. 



B. — Value at different ages ? 



Ash and elm, also hickory, ought to be five inches in diameter in ten years 

 and are worth two cents a foot of the length, for waggon stocks. As hoop staff 



