REPORT OF MR. TH0MA8 A. SHARPS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Miltlen. 



Naliv Ansjutia. 



Newton. 



No. 181 Biuld. 



Onoiidaigiia. 



Orel No. 1. 



Orel No. 5. 



Orel No. G. 



Ostrakoff (472i Beadle. 



Paperovka. 



Parsou Sweet. 



Persian Bosdanoff. 



Pewaiikee. 



Plodovitka Koslov. 



Pliup.s Ciller. 



Pointed Plpka. 



Queen Olga. 



Ked Astraehan. 



IJed Itietigheimer. 



Pod Jnneating. 



Bed Queen. 



Bed Streak. 



Bolfe. 



Bomenskoe. 



Bosy Bepka. 



Bosy Voroiiesh. 



Boyal Table. 



Bussian Pre.serve. 



Busset Henrys. 



Busset Pewaukee. 



Bussian Tyrol. 



St. Lawrence. 



Scott's Winter. 



Shannon. 



Silken Leaf. 



Simbirsk No. 4. 



Simbirsk No. 5. 



Skirscli. 



Smokeliouse. 



Somnitelnoe. 



Striped Anis. 



Summer Queen. 



Summer Bed Streak. 



Sweet Bough. 



Taffets Winter. 



Talman Sweet. 



Tetofsky. 



Titovko Solovieff. 



Trenton. 



Twenty Ounce. 



Ukraine. 



Titter's Large Red. 



Volga Anis. 



Walbridge. 



Warner's King. 



Washington. 



Waxen. 



Waxy, Juicy. 



Wellington. 



Western Beauty. 



White Cardinal. 



Winter St. Lawrence. 



Yellow Ingestre. 



York Imperial. 



PEARS. 



The trees are vigorous and healthy, but they have borne very little fruit at 

 Agassiz. They were full of bloom in spring and looked very promising for a crop, but 

 the April frost caught them just when the fruit was setting, and very few varieties 

 bore any fruit. The following sorts, which have been reported on in previous reports, 

 gave a small crop again this year; Beurre Bosc, Bartlett, Emile d'Heyst, La France, 

 Dr. Jules Guyot and the Keixfer. These were the only old trees which bore fruit. The 

 following sorts fruited for the first time this year : — 



1. Elliott's Early. — Trce a strong grower. Fruit below medium s'ize, obtuse, 

 pyriform. Stalk |-inch long. Cavity shallow. Calyx small, open. Basin shallow. 

 Skin yellow, with a clear red cheek and many gray dots and a little russet about stalk. 

 Flesh, juicy, sweet, tender, somewhat granular; not high flavoured. Season, last of 

 July. 



2. Saint Michael Archangel. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit above medium size, 

 oblong, pyriform. Stalk stout. Cavity small. Calyx medium, open. Basin shallow 

 and corrugated. Skin pale yellow, splashed with russet and sprinkled with greenish 

 dots. Flesh white, juicy, sweet, tender, aromatic. Season, October and November. 



3. Beurre Spae. — Tree a strong grower. Fruit large, roundish, pyriform. Stalk 

 of medium length and fleshy at junction. Calyx small and open. Skin yellow, with a 

 little russet, and sprinkled with gray dots. Flesh yellowish, melting, very juicy, sweet, 

 perfumed. Season, October and November. 



4. Daimyo. — Tree a strong grower. Fruit small, ovate, pyriform. Stalk long, 

 slender and fleshy at junction. Calyx small, open. Basin narrow, deep. Skin yel- 

 lowish green, with a little russet, and a few russet dots. Flesh coarse, juicy, firm. A 

 cooking pear. Season, November. 



