. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $ per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and ail its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon the address I Girdling the Concord Grape. JOTVVITHSTANDING the advice of many of our best horticulturists, many vineyardists in Massachusetts strongly favor the girdling of th
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $ per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and ail its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon the address I Girdling the Concord Grape. JOTVVITHSTANDING the advice of many of our best horticulturists, many vineyardists in Massachusetts strongly favor the girdling of the grape for early maturity, and for increased size of the berry. On the 13ih Sept. last, a commit- tee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, visited a vineyardof Concords of several acres in extent, near the town of Concord. In one-half of the vineyard girdling had been practised for three years. As a result, although the vines did not appear quite as vigorous in this portion, the fruit was as advanced in ripening as the Moore's Early, while in the other part, the Concords of normal treatment were much smaller in size and hopelessly behind time. The inference was that, under some circumstances, and with some varieties, there are decided advantages in the process ; and continued experiments in this direction are advisable. Russian Apples. According to the Iowa Experiment Station, the Russians differ from our ordinary apple trees in such points as the following :—larger flowers, thicker petals, shorter and more stocky pistils and stamens, larger stigmas, anthers and pollen grains; thicker leaves; wood, bark and bud scales of finer texture; and roots penetrating more deeply. These peculiarities are protective against summer drought and winter cold. Also having been developed in a region of short Summers they ripen their wood early, their Cambriun layers do not contain so much liquid, and are, therefore, less subject to the scalding of the bark on the south-west side, when
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