REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SEARPE 381 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Lyons Apricot. — Tree a strong grower. Fruit of medium size, oval with a shallow 

 suture. Skin purple red with a thin whitish bloom. Flesh firm, moderately juicy, 

 sweet and pleasant. Season August. 



Prune de JDelices. — Tree a vigorous grower. Fruit of medium size, oval, with a 

 shallow suture. Skin, purple with a thin bluish bloom. Flesh greenish, firm moder- 

 ately juicy, sweet and good. Season August. 



La7-ge Heine Claude. — Tree a vigorous grower. Fruit medium to large, roundish. 

 Skin greenish white. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet and pleasant. Season September. 



IIu7igarian Damson. — Tree a moderate grower. Fruit of medium size, oval, taper- 

 ing to stem. Skin deep purple with a bluish bloom. Flesh, greenish, juicy, sweet and 

 pleasant. Season September. 



Sugar Damson. — Tree a slow grower. Fruit, small, roundish somewhat pointed. 

 Skin deep blue with a white bloom. Flesh greenish, not juicy but sweet. Season 

 September. 



CHERRIES. 



The cherry crop like that of the plums suffered from the cold wet spring and from 

 the brown rot, as well as from wet weather when the earlier sorts were maturing, which 

 caused them to crack. A number of the young trees blossomed but in most cases the 

 bloom fell off. There is only one new sort to report on this year, Montmorency de 

 Sauvigny. Tree a moderate grower. Fruit of medium size, round, compressed, stem 

 medium and sunk in a small basin. Skin clear, glossy, red. Flesh tender, juicy, 

 spriglitly with a very pleasant flavour. Season early July. 



PEACHES, APRICOTS AND NECTARINES. 



As usual all these fruits bloomed freely but the trees on the mountain were the 

 only peach trees that produced fruit. The Amsden, Foster, Early Crawford and Hil- 

 born trees on the mountain had light crops which ripened and were very fine in quality. 



ALMONDS. 



These nut trees having been cared for until they were large trees and although 

 they bloomed every year, yet failed to fruit, have been removed as useless and the 

 land devoted to other crops. 



QUINCES. 



Portuguese. Tree a bushy vigorous grower ; fruit large globular with a neck ; skin 

 pale golden yellow. Flesh mild flavour, good and cooks nearly crimson. 



MEDLARS. 



All the medlars produced a crop this year. The variety known as the large fruited 

 is the best, the fruit being as good in quality as any and much larger and smoother. 



GRAPES. 



The spring was wet and cold and in consequence the grapes were so late in bloom- 

 ing that only a very few ripened before frost ; Moore's Early and Worden (Black), 

 Brighton, Delaware and Wyoming (Red), Diamond, Martha and Saunders Seedlin"- No! 

 1 white were tlie only ones wliich ripened fruit. 



