. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. 297 EXPERIENCE WITH GOOSEBERRIES IN SOUTH SIMCOE. HE enlargement of our journal, and the kind invitation to all mem- bers, to take hold, should certainly have the effect of bringing out a good deal of practical experience, and it may be discussion; which in their turn should furnish material for the meetings of the ' Association. It seems to me that some of the things I want to know about are : I St. Pruning. Fertilizers ; quantity, kind and results. Varieties grown, and results. Novelt
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. 297 EXPERIENCE WITH GOOSEBERRIES IN SOUTH SIMCOE. HE enlargement of our journal, and the kind invitation to all mem- bers, to take hold, should certainly have the effect of bringing out a good deal of practical experience, and it may be discussion; which in their turn should furnish material for the meetings of the ' Association. It seems to me that some of the things I want to know about are : I St. Pruning. Fertilizers ; quantity, kind and results. Varieties grown, and results. Novelties tried, and have they proved to be improvements. Time, which is more important than the mere price, is often lost with these for the want of a little information! from those who know. With your permission, I will give a few notes out of my experience with some of the different varieties of gooseberries : Downing stands first, all things considered, it averaged three quarts per bush, every year, for four years. Smith's Improved, I have dug up. Fruit fine, but no yield in four years' trial. [It yields abundantly at " Maplehurst.''—Ed.] Industry, ditto. I have tried boards, laid tightly underneath, for mildew, but the result was failure. In new varieties. Autocrat grave a large crop, of very large fruit, less mildew than any other variety. Pearl, apparently no larger than Downing and nowhere in crop, but I still hope for better things in future. All these were heavily dressed'with stable manure and ashes. With me, the tips of the new growth, on even Downing, are affected with mildew, at this sea- son of the year. Autocrat seems to be exempt from this. Trimming, with me, consists in cleaning out underneath, and thinning out head ; not too thin, or fruit scalds. No cutting back; any stem that is cut at all is cut clean out. Nantye, Aug. ij, i8g2. Stanley Spillet. Tile Draining an Orchard.—To drain an orchard, the soil of which is hard pan with a foot of muck on top, the
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