. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. A DRIVE THROUGH THE FRUIT BELT. 47' sky, Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachan, Duchess of Oldenburg, Wealthy, Fameuse and Alexander. We saw here some of the largest English gooseberries which have ever come under our notice. Among the ornamental trees and shrubs, of which there are many species, there were some great surprises. As at St. Denis, horse chestnuts were doing well. Cut- leaved birch, planted in 1874, were still fine, healthy trees, probably forty or fifty feet in height. There was an American c
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. A DRIVE THROUGH THE FRUIT BELT. 47' sky, Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachan, Duchess of Oldenburg, Wealthy, Fameuse and Alexander. We saw here some of the largest English gooseberries which have ever come under our notice. Among the ornamental trees and shrubs, of which there are many species, there were some great surprises. As at St. Denis, horse chestnuts were doing well. Cut- leaved birch, planted in 1874, were still fine, healthy trees, probably forty or fifty feet in height. There was an American chestnut tree, planted in 1874, which was in fine condition, and about twenty-five feet high. There were many black locust trees eighteen years old. The smoke tree (Rhus Cotinus) was doing well, and the Althaea or Rose of vSharon, which kills out root and branch at Ottawa, was found blooming at Village des Aulnaies. Very intense cultivation is practiced by Mr. Dupuis, and his fruit and ornamental trees are planted close, which gives them greater protection. Some idea of his meth- ods may be obtained from the photo of part of his nursery, taken by Mr. F. T. Shu':t, chemist of the Dominion Experimental Farms, and the photo of his house taken at the same time shows the pleasing effect of the trees, shrubs and vines. Mr. Dupuis has also a fine horticultural library contain- ing many rare works. From a little below Village des Aulnaies, and up the river about 40 miles to Mont- ma gny, which is as far east as we went, there is within a mile or more of the St. Lawrence river many suitable locations for orchards. The soil, which is warm sandy loam, gravelly, or mixed with shale, has good natural drainage, and appears well adapted to fruit growing; yet in all this dis-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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