. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 3i8 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. pean grapes from California, the injury to the roots by the phylloxera, and the diffi- culty of getting the intelligent labor to manage the vines properly. It is clear, however, that no more fear of competition with the California product need be feared than with the Spanish grapes that come in barrels of cork dust from the Old World. These are very good in their way, and will usually bring remunerative returns, though the figures be small. There is no compari- son between these in
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 3i8 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. pean grapes from California, the injury to the roots by the phylloxera, and the diffi- culty of getting the intelligent labor to manage the vines properly. It is clear, however, that no more fear of competition with the California product need be feared than with the Spanish grapes that come in barrels of cork dust from the Old World. These are very good in their way, and will usually bring remunerative returns, though the figures be small. There is no compari- son between these in quality as compared with those grown under glass, by one who knows his business. This has been abund- antly proved in England. The Spanish grapes come to England and are sold by auction by the 10,000 barrels at a time, and bring no more than sixpence or ninepence a pound in the famous Covent Garden Market. While the home-grown Muscats and Black Hamburgs bring comparatively enormous prices. In our country, it was once thought to be absurd to try to raise tomatoes at a profit under glass in winter, on account of the shipments from Florida and the West India Islands. But it has been found a profitable business of late years, by reason of the superior quality of the home-grown article.— Meehans Monthly. THE CROTHERS Fig. 2117. 'HE old Saying that "there is always room up higher " is as true in pom- ology as in the professions, and there is a peach called Crothers, now almost un- known, that is worthy of a chance to show its merit to a place among the best peaches of the country. When I lived in Kansas I had in my orchards about 150 of the best named varieties of the peach then known. but I saw a new one at a local fair that, for its season, surpassed any that I knew. I found it to be a seedling growing on the farm of a Mr. Crothers, near Neosho Falls, Kan., and his reports of the good habits of the tree, together with my opinion of the specimens, induced me to g
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