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Thirty-five crab apple trees were planted in 1889, of which 26 are still living, 

 and are now making a promising, hardy growth. 



So far as tree-growth is concerned, the Transcendant, Hyslop, Whitney's 

 No. 20, and Orange varieties of crab apples will eventually succeed in this province, 

 but our ti-ees being very young have not yet borne fruit. 



The following are growing as tall Standards on single upright stems : — 



Name of Variety. 



Transcendant... . 



'Whitney's No. 20 

 Hyslop.. . . . . . 



•Orange 



Early Strawben-y 

 ■^Jueen's Choice . . 

 Lou'.s Favourite . 

 3Iartlia 



Present 

 Condition. 



Season's Growth. 



Very good . 



do 

 do 

 do 



ising. 



Fair 114 inches : 



do 18 do 



28 inches ; hardy and very prom- 



ismg. 

 24 inches 

 24 do 

 27 do 



Good. 

 Fair .. 



18 

 16 



do 

 do 



very hardy. 



do 

 hardy and very prom- 

 kills back. 



do 

 hardy. 



CHERRIES. 



Of 13 cherry trees planted in 1889, all have been winter-killed, excepting two 

 trees of the Ostheim variety, which are still growing from roots. 



Twenty trees of Eussian varieties were planted in the spring of 1890, and of 

 these 12 are still living, and appear to be of a more hardy class than those first 

 ])lanled. • 



Name of Variety, 



'Bessarabian 



'Lutovka 



•^8m. Cherry 



12m. do 



Kuslov Bush Morello. 



Season's Growth. 



Small. 



iKinch. 



1 2 in. ; hardy growth. 



^;nall. 



10 inch.; hardy growth. 



