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rotting or anything of that kind. We found the stalks grow very upright. It is an 

 easy matter to hoe them — little danger of the whiffletrees of the horses or the edges of 

 the teeth of your cultivator tearing them to pieces. We have tried the Beauty of 

 Hebron — grown it beside other varieties ; and certainly I think it is the best early 

 potato I have tested. The Early Ohios do very well ; but we find the most of them hol- 

 low. The Burbank Seedling I found to have the same defect as Col. Brooks' Ohio 

 choke-cherry — " it wa' n't fit to eat." 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXAMINE FRUITS ON 



EXHIBITION. 



Mr. Saunders presented the Report of the Committee on Fruits on Exhibition : 



Mr. S. Fowler, of Cambray, exhibits two varieties of seedling apples under numbers 

 one and two. No. 1 is about medium in size, pf a yellow colour, with a brownish pink 

 cheek with greyish brown specks, calyx much depressed and slightly ribbed, stem short 

 and slender in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh moderately fine in texture, nearly white, 

 juicy, sub-acid with a pleasant aroma and fair flavour, would probably prove a good 

 cooker. No. 2 resembles No. 1 in form and colour, but is larger, flesh scarcely so fine as 

 ■ No. 1 ; juicy, sub-acid, and would doubtless cook well. Both of these seedlings are a 

 little over-ripe to admit of their being properly judged as to character. 



Messrs. Geo. Leslie & Son exhibit samples of the Blue Pearmain, which is said by 

 Mr. Leslie to ship much better than any other variety of apple known to him, uniformly 

 reaching their destination in good condition. 



Mr. O. F. Smith, of Glanford, shows a handsome bright red seedling apple, about 

 the size and colour of the Jonathan ; flesh rather coarse, sweetish sub-acid. As it is 

 rather over-ripe, it is difficult to judge of its true merits. 



Mr. A. M. Smith, of St. Catharines, has on exhibition good samples of Lawrence 

 Pear, in an excellent state of preservation, with their full flavour and juicy mellow char- 

 acter well developed. 



Mr. S. Woodley, of Hamilton, exhibits fine samples of the following varieties of 

 pears, all in good condition : Easter Beurre, Josephine de Malines and Winter Nelis. 



Mr. Alexander Cowan, of Hamilton, exhibits some handsome specimens of fruits 

 from Riverside, Southern California — gathered during a recent visit there. Beautiful 

 clusters of oranges on the stem, with leaves attached, comprising Mediterranean 

 Sweet orange, and the Navel orange. He also shows two varieties of lemons. These 

 fruits are from trees grown by a Canadian settler named Chaffey, who settled in 

 this district four years ago. A very fine box of California raisins is also shown prepared 

 from grapes grown in the same vicinity. 



Four samples of very good wines are also shown by the same gentleman, consisting of 

 Sherry, Port, Jasens wine made from Muscat grapes, the variety used for making raisins, 

 also a wine known as Cucamonga wine ; your Committee, think that the Sherry is the 

 finest of the four wines exhibited. 



Wm. Saunders, 



S. D. WiLLARD, 



Alex. McD. Allan, 



MELONS. 



Mr. A. M. Smith, in speaking on the subject of melons and best methods of cultiva- 

 tion said ; I do not grow but about three varieties at present. The only musk-melon I 

 grow is one that I got the seed of from Washington, called the Hunter melon. It is a 

 large, long, rough-skinned green-flesh melon of very fine quality, and I have grown it for 

 several years. When I was located at Drummondville I supplied the principal hotels about 



