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small size. When the peach crop is large Beatrice could scarcely get a bid in the 



mai'ket. 



Brigrjs' Red May originated in California, about same size and quality as the Alex- 

 ander, but said to be less liable to rot, and will ship some better ; is being tested in 

 several points on the lakes. 



Earhj Rivers, although thin skinned and fine grained, is esteemed as one of the best 

 early peaches ; ripens about the middle of August— in some sections a little earlier. 



Morris' White is a favourite with many growers, and some intend to plant more of it> 

 considering it is one of the most valuable of its season for market. 



Wheatland, a chance seedling, fruit large, resembling the Late Crawford in form* 

 yellow flesh, free stone. Said to be too tender excepting for a few favoured peach grow" 

 ing localities. 



Mr. George Cox, of Goderich township, finds nothing better for profit than his 

 seedlings Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. 



PLUMS. 



Col. John ]\[cGill, of Oshawa, has the following seedlings of promise, culled from a 

 large collection : — 



No. 1, large, round, purple, ripens ten or eleven days before Lombard, very produc- 

 tive and of good quality for market, a good shipper. 



No. 2 resembles Yellow-Egg in size, colour and shape, but sweeter ; tree thrifty and 

 rapid grower and good bearer. 



Seedling Plum No. 1, grown by R. J. Doyle, of Owen Sound, very largo, egg shaped, 

 slightly flattened at ends, a rich purple covered with light blue bloom. It is larger than 

 Yellow-Egg, cling stone, very rich and juicy, annual bearer, vigorous grower in clay soil, 

 bat does not appear to do well in light soil, one of the earliest to ripen; wood brittle, so 

 that when the tree has a crop of fruit it must be carefully propped; leaf long, smooth and 

 glossy green. This is the most valuable out of a large list of seedlings tested some fifteen 

 years ago in that section. 



Moore^s Arctic fruited the past season in the grounds of Leslie &, Son, of the Toronto 

 Nurseries. It is an immense cropper, regular bearer, and from the fact that it thrives 

 well and beai-s abundantly at Dominion City, Manitoba, we feel justified in pronouncing 

 it a thorough ironclad. The puncture of the curculio was seen frequently in the fruit 

 the past season, but it did not appear to have any efiect. Possibly the vitality of the 

 plum is such as to overcome any efiect the curculio might otherwise have, for certainly 

 in no case have we seen any evidence that the egg hatched. Further experiment will 

 satisfy us better on this point. In quality this plum is second class, but this is sufficiently 

 good to warrant its high market value for the colder sections of this Province. Good 

 shipper. 



Seedling Plum No. 2, grown by R. J. Doyle, of Owen Sound, medium size, round, 

 both size and shape resembling Reine Claude De Bavay, light yellow or straw colour with 

 white bloom, juicy and sweet. The earliest plum in this section, ripening fully two days 

 before No. 1. It is a good annual bearer, tree a dwarfish grower, round thick head, 

 fine Avood resembling willow, leaf long and rough. It seems to thrive well on a light 

 soil. 



Among seedlings grown in the vicinity of Owen Sound we find some very promising 

 specimens ; nearly all are prolific, and a majority would bring top prices in market. 

 Among some of the finest we observed a blue as large as Smith's Orleans, somewhat 

 resembling Quackenboss in form, pleasant, slightly tart flavour; stone splits when fully 

 ripe. 



Another seedUng about the size and form of Bingham, coloured like peach, a shy 



