. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. ]- CREEK'AND FOXTHILL FRUll Fii;. 1 Kit).—Annie de DiEsnAcn. great farms of nursery stock, and were shown a single block containing 300,- 000 beautiful apple trees of salable size, another of 50,000 plum trees, an- other of Too,ooo fine peach trees and another of 60,000 cherry trees, etc., all in the most excellent state of cultivation. One view of a block of 40,000 peach trees with gang of hoers at work is show in Fig. 1165. Must our Canadian fruitgrowers plant and grow all these trees and place all
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. ]- CREEK'AND FOXTHILL FRUll Fii;. 1 Kit).—Annie de DiEsnAcn. great farms of nursery stock, and were shown a single block containing 300,- 000 beautiful apple trees of salable size, another of 50,000 plum trees, an- other of Too,ooo fine peach trees and another of 60,000 cherry trees, etc., all in the most excellent state of cultivation. One view of a block of 40,000 peach trees with gang of hoers at work is show in Fig. 1165. Must our Canadian fruitgrowers plant and grow all these trees and place all the fruit they bear in the market to com- pete with that now being grown ? we asked, naturally feeling anxious lest the markets will soon be more than glutted with fruit. " V'es, said the owner, they must plant ; In one respect we were compelled to acknowledge that the tree agent was a public benefactor. By his persistent efforts, and gifted tongue. many meritorious varieties of trees are at once introduced into general cultiva- tion, that otherwise would not have been known for decades of years. The rose block was a charming sight; 50,000 plants in one block, of all the most desirable hardy varieties ! Pro- minent among the white varieties we noted Madame Plantier, Coquette des Blanches, Coquette des Alps, and Mar- garet Dickson, the latter especially beau- tiful, with flesh-colored tint in centre. Of red varieties, we noticed Francoise Levet, cherry rose of medium size, of Paul Verdier style, one of the hardiest : La Reine, very hardy, somewhat fra- grant, glossy-rose; Paul Neyron, the largest of all roses, many of the blooms measuring seven inches in diameter ; and Annie de Diesbach(Fig i i66)one of very best pink. Three varieties of red roses much resemble each other, viz.: General Washington, Charles Lefebre and Sir Garnet Wolseley. Of dark red varieties of course Baron de Bonstetten takes the lead, but Jean Liabaud, a seedling of it, is a lovely rose and
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