. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. .366 'I'liK Canauian MokiicuLruRisr. AMOXC. I'm-: FRUIT OF \i:\V \()RK ,1)11" is due to Professor F. H. Bailey, of Cornell University, for his persevering industry in compiling useful books on horticulture for fruit grow- ers. The bulletins issued by the Station under his direction are all got out in a most unique, attractive fashion. The Professor has lately been making a tour among the fruit growers of Western New York, and his " Notes of ; which appear in the Garden and For
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. .366 'I'liK Canauian MokiicuLruRisr. AMOXC. I'm-: FRUIT OF \i:\V \()RK ,1)11" is due to Professor F. H. Bailey, of Cornell University, for his persevering industry in compiling useful books on horticulture for fruit grow- ers. The bulletins issued by the Station under his direction are all got out in a most unique, attractive fashion. The Professor has lately been making a tour among the fruit growers of Western New York, and his " Notes of ; which appear in the Garden and Forest, are of much in- terest to us in Canada. He speaks of an immense Niagara vineyard at Romulus, , of 590 acres, divided into three parts, from one of which seventy tons of grapes was expected this season, and from another 140 tons. When the vineyards are eight years planted, the yield is calculated to reach from two to three thousand tons annu- ally. Only a small portion of this will be marketed as green fruit; the greater part of it will be made up into grape juice, for which there is a growing demand. The process of making this article is as follows : (kind the grapes coarsely, taking care not to crush the seeds. This is done in the afternoon. Place the material in tubs. Next morning filter through paper and heat nearly to the boiling point, remove the .scum. Filter again, heat nearly to the boiling point, and bottle. These immense vineyards are trained on the Kniffen system, and the tying is mostly all done by women. The great fruit region of New York .State begins near (leneva and stretches away to Niagara Tails and Fake Ontario on the northwest, and to Chautauqua County on the south-west. Orcharding is the dominant industry in nearly all this portion of the country. Professor Bailey speaks of an immense plum orchard near (ieneva belonging to the Maxwell Bros. It covers 85 acres, and every tree was carrying a bounti- ful crop at the time of his visit. The orchard was
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