London and Western Districts. The severity of the frosts in the Eastern Districts, as well as in Lower Canada, destroys the trees when they are young, and thus precludes the possibility of cultivating this delicious fruit in those regions. The best peaches are those which may be seen upon the banks of the river St. Clair, and at the Western extremity of Lake Erie. They are produced in great profusion in these places, as well as along the South-western shores of Ontario and the river Niagara. The price at which they are sold, is one shilling and sixpence per bushel; and the same method is taken to preserve them, as in the case of apples.

PEARS are very rarely to be met with. I cannot say any thing about their quality, because I have never seen one since my arrival in the country; but I have no doubt, that if a proper kind were introduced into Upper Canada, it would thrive exceedingly well.

RED CHERRIES are very plentiful, and, though small, are well-flavoured and juicy. Wild cherries, both black and red, abound in the woods; but as they always grow on the tops of trees which are often nine feet in circumference and one hundred and twenty in height, they can never be obtained without felling the tree. They are generally consumed by the vast flocks of pigeons that visit this country in the Summer; and it is somewhat remarkable, that these birds never touch them till they are perfectly ripe.

PLUME-ORCHARDS are very common in Lower Canada; and several trees of this kind, grow in the apple orchards of the Upper Province. In many parts of the London and Western Districts, and perhaps in other places, plumb-trees may be found growing in a wild state, and bearing a profusion of fruit, of a quality little, if at all, inferior to those which are cultivated in gardens.-The Green and Black Plumbs, are, I believe, entirely unknown in either province of Canada; at least, I have never seen them.

A kind of CRAB, called by the inhabitants “Crabapple," is produced in great quantities in Upper Canada. It is exceedingly sour and juicy; but is much esteemed, when preserved in the way in which we preserve gooseberries.

GOOSEBERRIES, which are indigenous, grow all over the forests: The berry is so thickly covered with long sharp thorns, hard and bearded, that one might as well attempt to swallow a flax-dresser's heckle, as to eat one of these gooseberries in a raw state. But when they are scalded and intermixed with a reasonable portion of cream and sugar, they become exceedingly palatable.

BLACK and RED CURRANTS are also indigenous, but greatly superior to the gooseberry; if carefully cultivated, they would prove excellent in their quality.

CRANBERRIES, and BILL, BAR, HUCKLE and ANNA-BERRIES, are very plentiful, and much esteemed by the Canadians. The Huckle-berries

resemble Bill-berries, but they are not the

same,

STRAWBERRIES, though they grow wild in the forests, are nearly as good as your finest gardenstrawberries. They are very plentiful in all the old settlements, and appear to thrive better in cultivated lands, than in those that are wooded.

BLACK-BERRIES, which seem to be of a superior quality to the same fruit in Europe, are highly relished by the Canadians, who eat them with cream and sugar, as you do strawberries.

RASPBERRIES are scarce, and of a very inferior description.

The GRAPE, in its natural state, is a production of the Canadian forest: The fruit is small and tart, but would doubtless be much improved by cultivation.

HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS MELONS, CUCUMBERS, GOURDS, POMEGRANATES, AND SQUASHES-RED PEPPER, BEÉT-ROOT, AND RADISHES→ CARROTS AND PARSNIPS →→ CABBAGES, BEANS AND PEAS-CELERY, ASPARAGUS, SPINAGE AND SEA-KAIL- WHEAT, MAIZE OR Indian corn, RYE, BARLEY AND OATS — POTATOES, TURNIPS AND PUMPKINS-TOBACCO, HEMP and flax.

ALTHOUGH the people of Canada pay little atten→ tion to horticultural pursuits, there are many fruits and vegetables found in their gardens, superior to the finest productions of our expensive hot-beds and flashy green-houses.

MELONS, the seeds of which are carelessly strewed over the ground, and covered without any attention to system or neatness, attain a degree of perfection, both as to size and flavour, that the Northern fruits of Great Britain can never acquire after all the artificial aid which they obtain. In Upper Canada they generally weigh 20 lbs., and the largest 50 lbs., affording one of the greatest luxuries, without labour or expence of any kind, to a people who are little capable of duly appreciating the delicacies which their indulgent skies scatter round them with the most profuse liberality. If

the climate of Canada were as unfavourable to the growth of fruits and vegetables, as that of Great Britain and Ireland, its inhabitants would live and die without ever partaking of either: For they are too indolent and careless to put forth those exertions which would then be necessary to procure them. If Manna were showered down from heaven into their mouths, I dare say they would swallow it; but if it fell upon the ground, they would 'submit to a degree of partial starvation before they would take the trouble of collecting it.

CUCUMBERS, Gourds, Pomegranates and Squashes, also attain the highest perfection of which they are capable, without any, the most trivial attention or expence.

RED PEPPER is also produced in the Canadian gardens. When ripe, the pods are of the finest scarlet colour; and the pepper-corns, if ground with them, are not at all inferior to the best Cayenne.

BEET, the root of which, though very insipid, affords the Canadians a favourite pickle, may be found in great plenty.

*''*RADISHES, Carrots, and Parsnips, although they Kare cultivated in the same careless manner as every "other vegetable, grow to the most astonishing size. They are often found 18 inches in length, and nearly two feet in circumference.http

CABBAGES are generally injured by insects; and few of them can be found excellent in quality, or of an agreeable flavour a tous