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7. Griotte Acher. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit of medium size, heart-shaped. 

 Stalk long, set in a narrow basin. Skin dark glossy red. Flesh and juice red. Flesh 

 tender, juicy, nearly sweet, with a pleasant flavour. Season late July. 



8. Guigne Choque. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit above medium size, oblong 

 oval. Skin yellowish-red. Flesh juicy, sweet with a pleasant flavour. Stone large. 

 Season July. 



9. Bigarreau Mongin. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit of medium size, heart- 

 shaped. Skin clear glossy yellow with a bright red cheek. StaUv long, set in a deep 

 basin. Flesh yellowish-white, tender, juicy, sweet with a pleasant flavour. Season 

 July. 



10. Chatenay — Tree a weak and slow grower. Fruit small, heart-shaped. Stalk 

 very long set in a narrow basin. Skin yellowish-red with dark red dots. Flesh whitish, 

 juicy, sprightly, not valuable. Season early August. 



PEACHES AND APRICOTS. 



There are only a few trees of these fruits left on the Experimental Farm and 

 these bore no fruit. The peach trees now growing here are perhaps too young to bear 

 much, and the apricots bloom too early and have never borne much fruit. 



QUINCES. 



The only one of these fruits to bear is the Portuguese, which fruited again this 

 year. Three other varieties blossomed but did not bear fruit. 



MEDLARS. 



All of the medlar trees fruited this year. There is practically no difference in 

 productiveness or quality of the fruit of the different named sorts, and all make a 

 fine rich jelly. • 



MULBERRIES. 



As in former years the mulberry trees were loaded with fruit. 



MOUNTAIN ORCHARDS. 



The mountain orchards have made a strong healthy growth and have borne some 

 fruit, plums, apples^ pears and medlars, but, as in former years, birds and wild animals 

 eat or destroy much of the fruit. 



NUT ORCHARDS. 



The Japanese walnut as usual bore a heavy crop of nuts, the Japanese and 

 Spanish chestnuts a fair crop, and the English walnut and the American black wal- 

 nut a few nuts per tree. A great many applications for nuts ixx plant are being 

 received and many reports of success with nuts from samples of nuts distributed in 

 previous years are received. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



The crop of small fruits has been fairly good this year, and a few days earlier 

 than last year. The fruit was not quite so large as usual, which was caused by the 

 dry weather. We have now under test seventy-three varieties of Red and Yellow rasp- 

 berries. Th-^so have all been described in previous reports. 



