XV. 
Renavup’s SEEDLING.—A winter apple of great promise, sent in by Mr. Robert 
Hamilton, of Grenville, P.Q. It is a chance seedling, found growing on the farm of 
Mrs. Renaud, Grenville, and is now about eighteen or twenty years old, a fact which 
points out its undeniable hardiness, for Grenville is about north latitude 45}, on a line 
with the Parry Sound district. We have for this latitude plenty of good fall apples, 
but a real first-class winter apple is the disideratum. Possibly in this seedling the want 
may be supplied. ‘ihe apple appeared to me to possess four important points of excel- 
lence, viz :—size, beauty, productiveness and hardiness. I have therefore made a draw- 
ing of a section of it to give some idea of its exact size and shape. 
Secrion oF RENAUD’S SEEDLING. 
Description.—Size, large ; form, roundish, with three or four more or less prominent 
ribs ; skin, green, almost completely striped and splashed with bright red ; stem, medium, 
inasmall snug cavity; calyx closed, in a smooth regular basin of moderate size; flesh 
creamy white, firm, of a pleasant vinous flavor ; quality, good; season, March to July. 
MoMitxan’s SErpLING.—This apple, sent me by Mr. J. P. Cockburn, Gravenhurst, 
originated in the county of Stormont, latitude nearly 46, and is the product of a seedling 
tree twenty years planted. It evidently has the merit of hardiness, and it is for a list of 
hardy apples that we can commend that we are at present looking, ~ It is a fine looking 
fall apple, and would be an ornament to any table for the dessert dish. One great point 
in its favor, for these days, is that it does not appear to have the least tendency to spot, 
a grievous fault with many of our otherwise excellent dessert apples. 
Description.—Size, medium ; form, oblong ; skin, yellowish white, almost completely 
blotched and dashed with bright red, much deeper on the sunny side ; stem, slender, three- 
quarters of an inch in length, set in a deep, narrow cavity ; calyx closed in a very small 
wrinkled basin ; core open and seeds free; flesh, white tinged with pink, prominently 
marked toward the apex, tender, mellow, fine grained, not very juicy, with a good flavor, 
somewhat of the Fameuse character ; season, October. Promising. 
THe GoLtpeEN Wurts.—lI have received from R. Brodie, Montreal, two fine samples 
of the Golden White, one of the most promising Russian apples. . It compares favorably 
in beauty with the Duchess of Oldenburgh, ripens later in the season, about the first of 
October, is rather large in size and would sell at top prices in our markets. ‘ Surely if our 
friends in the northern sections can grow such apples as Yellow Transparent, Duch ss 
of Oldenburgh, Golden White, La Rue, Wealthy and Renaud’s Seedling they have as 
good prospects for success in apple culture as we who live in more favored sections. 
