EEPORT OF MR. W. S. BLAIR. 



293 



PEARS. 



Some of the pear trees have made very good growth. The varieties Seckel and 

 Doyemie Boussock have been winter-killed. 



Particulars regarding this orchard from 1892 to 1894 will also be found in the 

 Annual Report for 1895. The collection of pears now consists of 68 trees including 30 

 varieties. 



The following table shows the present state of the pear orchard : — 



Name of Variety. 



Bezi de la Motte 



Bessemianka Budd, 108. 

 ■< Budd and 



Var. 102.. 



Var. 102. . 



Bartlett 



Beurre Hardy 



Beurr^ Superfin . . 



Beurre Clairgeau 



Beurre d'Anjou 



Clapp'a Favourite 



Gibb. 



Doyenne Boussock. 



Dempsey 



Dr. Reeder 



Duchess 



Flemish Beauty., 

 Frederick Clapp. . 



Goodale 



Howell 



Helen 



Idaho 



Justine 



Josephine 



Keififer 



Longworth 



Lawson . . 



Lawrence 



Louise Bonne 



Matilda 



Mount Vernon . . . . 



Margaret , 



Osband's Summer. 



Seckel 



Sheldon 



When 

 planted. 



Tyson. 



Vermont Beauty . 

 WUder 



1897 



1897 



1897 



1895 



1897 



1892 



1893 



1892 



1892 



1892 



1892 



1893 



1897 



1893 



1892 



1897 



1892 



1892 



1893 



1893 



1893 



1897 



1895 



1897 



1897 



1895 



1897 



1895 



1892 



1897 



1897 



1893 



1895 



1895 



1895 



1892 



1893 



1892 



1895 



1895 



1895 



No. 



6i 



Trees. 



2 



2 



1 



2 



1 



3 



2 



2 



1 



5 



3 



1 



2 



1 



1 



1 



1 



5 



1 



1 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



3 



2 



2 



2 



1 



2 



2 



1 



2 



2 



Fruited, 



No. 



Yes 

 No. 



Yes 



II 



No. 



Yes 



No. 



Condition of Growth. 



1 fair, 1 strong. 

 Fair. 

 Strong. 



II 

 Fair. 



2 strong, 1 fair. 



1 fair, 1 dead, 1897. 

 1 strong, 1 fair. 



1 fair. 



2 strong, 2 fair, 1 weak. 

 1 strong, 2 weak. 



1 II 



Weak. 



Strong. 



4, strong, 1 fair. 



Fair. 



1 dead, 1894. 



1 fair, 1 strong. 



2 dead, 1897. 

 Fair. 

 Strong. 



1 fair, 1 weak. 



Fair. 



1 weak, 1 dead, 1897. 



Strong. 



It 

 1 weak, 1 dead, 1897. 



1 strong, 1 weak. 



2 weak, 1 strong. 

 Dead, 1897. 

 Strong. 



Both dead, 1896. 



Strong. 



1 strong, 1 weak. 



Strong. 



1 strong, 1 dead, 1896. 



CHERRIES. 



Last winter was so severe that the fruit buds of the cherry trees were killed. The 

 variety Dyehouse, planted in 1892, was completely winter killed. This tree was a 

 strong vigorous grower and had fruited well. Gov. Wood, also a very strong grower 

 and excellent fruiter, was badly injured by winter. Two-thirds of the branches of this 

 variety including all on the south side, were killed. Leib fruited very young but killed 

 out last winter. Particulars of the history of this orchard from 1891 to 1894 inclusive, 

 will be found in the annual report for 1894, 



