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a first rate potato, but the Harison has proved a 

 failure, as the tops have fired in every instance be- 

 fore the tubers were half grown on an average, some 

 few hills remain green, but the larger portion are 

 now entirely dead, whilst the Groodrich by the side 

 of them are much the greenest, and the Buckeye 

 quite green, though the Buckeye is an earlier potato 

 than the Harison, in fact it is fit to use only a little 

 later than the Groodrich. The Buckeye seems to do 

 finely here, and is a first class potato. The main 

 fault is deep eyes and hollow centre. 



The Harison evidently will not suit this far south. 

 Has there been any failure with it in other parts, I 

 would hke to know. I intend to plant some on tlie 

 Blue ridge next year, to see if they will do there." 



[We shall be glad of Potato notes from various 

 quarters. ] 



ftplo enli PlflF? fvuih. 



Hardy Raspberries. — By Baccamator. 



I am a great lover of Raspberries, Mr. Editor, 

 which for general utility and delicacy of flavor, I 

 place first on the list of small fruits. Owing, how- 

 ever, to the severity of the winters in Canada, where 

 I reside, I have as j^et been unable to gratify my 

 taste without the trouble of covering, &c., in winter, 

 which being omitted, the hardiest raspberry I have 

 as yet been able to obtain, has invariably been killed 

 to the ground ; accordingly, about four years since, 

 I gave up their culture in despair, in a few words, 

 Mr. Editor, I wished to get a raspberry that would 

 endure the winter, and bear good crops with about 

 the same amount of trouble one would bestow on a 

 currant bush. I have at last been successful in ac- 

 complishing my object, and feel it my duty to ama- 

 eu r fruit growers, to inform them in what manner, 

 hence the present communication. 



On the 18th of July last, I visited the nursery of 

 Mr. Charles Arnold, Paris, Ontario Co., when my 

 attention was attracted to Raspberry bushes, or per- 

 haps, more correctly trees, greatly exceeding in size 

 anything of the kind I had ever seen before, liter- 

 ally loaded down with immense berries, of exquisite 

 flavor, many of which, through being over-ripe were 

 lying on the ground, while upon the same bush 

 flowers were just forming; and I have no hesitation 

 in saying, that it will yield an abundance of fruit, 

 during a period of four weeks. 



These Raspberries are hybrids, the female parent 

 being the ''White Cap," the male, the "Belle de 

 Fontenay and the " White Marvel of four seasons," 



they are of different colors, red, orange and white, 

 very distinct in habit and foliage, partaking more 

 of the nature cf trees than bushes, since on account 

 of the size of the cane, they support their fruit large 

 and abundant as it is, without any assistance what- 

 ever. 



They are growing on the top of a knoll, without 

 shelter of any kind from the wind in winter, or the 

 direct rays of the sun in summer. 



I saw them last spring, noted their exposed posi- 

 t'on, and expressed surprise to see them putting out 

 foliage to the veri/ top of their canes, since I could 

 perceive that they had not been covered during the 

 winter. It is my conviction, they may be grown 

 with perfect success, on any common soil, with no 

 more trouble than is usually bestowed upon a cur- 

 rant, or I may say a bramble bush. 



1 have compared them as regards flavor and pro- 

 ductiveness, with the "Philadelphia," " Brinckle's 

 Orange," "Belle de Fontenay," and " White Mar- 

 vel of Four Seasons," and consider them in either 

 respect much superior. I intend to grub up a num- 

 ber of currant and gooseberry bushes in their favor, 

 that is to say when I can get them, for Mr. Arnold 

 informs me, that he would have none to dispose of 

 till next year. By inserting these few remarks, Mr. 

 Editor, I beheve you will confer a benefit upon such 

 of your numerous readers, as are desirous of culti- 

 vating the Raspberry, but who like myself, have 

 been deterred fro:r. so doing, in consequence of not 

 being able to obtain one perfectly hardy. 



[The above is from a responsible gentleman and 

 amateur, and although some will think very much 

 like an advertisement in favor of Mr. Arnold, we 

 believe it is only dictated by the same spirit with 

 which we publish it, namely a desire to give Mr. 

 Arnold full credit for producing a valuable race of 

 fruits. We have seen them ourselves, and heard 

 others speak of them, and beheve from all that they 

 will be very valuable to all fruit growers.] 



yoFpign InhlligFiirp, 



Pelargoniums at the Royal Botanic Show, 

 June 19, 1867. — Pelargoniums were exhibited in 

 fine condition, but I shall only 'dwell upon the 

 seedlings, of which there was a large bank, the 

 greater portion being contributed by Mr. Foster, of 

 Clewer Manor. Of these the best were Soeur de 

 Charite, a bright orange flower, lower petals 

 slightly pencilled, upper petals dark, with bright 

 salmon rose margin; Empress, a salmon rose 



