DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 499 



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seventeeu of the best have been named as follows: Ascot, Bingo, Donald, Elmer, 

 Epsom, Glenton, Homer, Nestor, Marcus, Niobe, Orlando, Rocket, Rosalie, Sandow, 

 Sparta, Tasty and Thurso. Of these, ten are autumn varieties and seven winter. 

 As rapidly as possible these are being propagated and sent to the Experimental 

 Stations and private individuals in Canada and the United States for further test, 

 and it is expected that some time in the future at least a few of these will take their 

 place among commercial varieties and extend the season of apples of the Northern 

 Spy type, and as they are hardier than the parent will extend the area over which 

 this type can be successfully grown. 



Time of hearing. — Northern Spy, which is late in coming into bearing, has given 

 this characteristic to most of the seedlings. It is interesting to compare ninety- 

 eight seedlings of Wealthy, which, however, are one year older, with the 100 seedlings 

 of Northern Spy ; the Wealthy, as^ is well known, being a very early bearer. It will 

 be seen that all of the Wealthy seedlings had fruited when the Northern Spy began 

 to fruit. 



Per cent. 

 Wealthy seed sown 1898 — Fruiting. 



1903 1 



1904 1 



1905 19 



1906 22 



1907 11 



1908 44 



98 



Northern Spy seed sown 1899 — 



1908 9 



1909 4 



1910 16 



1911 34 



1912 33 



1913 4 



100 



From this experience with Northern Spy as a mother we are led to believe that 

 it is one of the best parents to use in cross-breeding. In the seedlings just described 

 it has impressed its good characteristics on a large proportion of its progeny, although 

 a self-sterile or partly self-sterile variety. The Mcintosh apple has done the same, 

 and this also is regarded as a very desirable parent. 



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