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THE CANADIAN HORTTCDLTUKISI'. 



How is it, I see in your Magazine, 

 where sonie nanje over the trees they 

 call " hardy," few there are that bring 

 in the list, the Mcintosh Red ; are they 

 not known in western Ontario. If they 

 are not they should. I am the owner 

 of the original Mcintosh Red tree, and 

 farm, given me by my father 48 years 

 ago. The tree is now over 8" years 

 old. I have lived 70 years by it with- 

 in 40 feet of it. It is still doing well. 

 I have grafted from it more than 50 

 years ago into other i'ruit trees, they 

 show themselves vigorous growers yet, 

 and bear equally as good fruit as the 

 old mother ti-ee. I have an orchard of 

 1 300 trees, budded fi'om the old tree. 

 I here state fearless of successful con- 

 tradiction, that the Mcintosh Red, 

 in eastern Ontaiio, eclipse all other 

 fruit trees for hardiness and longevity, 

 they are a winter apjile, and none to 

 equal them in the market. Thereby 

 they cannot be known in western 

 Ontario. They should be known for 

 the benefit of fruit grow* rs. Kvery 

 fruit grower should go largely into 

 them. 



Yours fraternally, 

 Dundela. ALLAN McINTUSH. 



Note by the Editor. — Mcintosh 

 Red is known in western Ontario, but 

 the fruit is so very subject to the black 

 scab, that it can not be j)rotital)ly grown 

 at present. Perhaps our committee of 

 investigation will find a remedy. 



VALUABLE SKEDLING APPLES. 



Mr. Editor, — I am pleased to see 

 that the Canadian Horticulturist bids 

 fair to become a success and a Vjoon to 

 the f I'll it growers of British North 

 America. The fact of the introduction 

 of the Russian fruits into Manitoba and 

 other northern .sections will surely add 

 a stimulus to tho.se who locate in such j 

 places, to become subscrib-rs to the j 

 Canadian I/ortiruUu/ist at once, for in 



its pages will be found the best possible 

 information for all new comers and for 

 those particularly who are enthusiasts 

 in growing fruits and flowers. The 

 emigrant should be posted in what 

 variety of the different fruits, both large 

 and small, will be best adapted to his 

 immediate locality, with the name of 

 each variety ; this the IJortuvlfurist 

 will give him from time to time. Many 

 correspondents who contribute to its 

 pages are practical men, who have spent 

 nearly a life time in fruit growing and 

 now ])osess a capacity to give valualjle 

 facts on th(!se subjects. The look out 

 is now very favorable, the art of Hybrid- 

 ization is being taken up in good earn- 

 est, and is so nicely manipulated as to 

 insure hardiness, productiveness, and 

 improved quality in the ofi^spring — the 

 benefits will be very great indeed — and 

 such a thing is now- quite feasible. 



There is another source from which 

 we may obtain valuable apples for the 

 north — I mean the old orchards of 

 Ontario, many of which were i)lanted 

 nearly a century ago. raised from seed 

 planted in the garden and after grow- 

 ing two or three years, taken up to form 

 orchards. There were no nurseries here 

 then, where grafted trees could be ])ro- 

 cured, consequently, the old orchards 

 are all seedlings, and in their numbers 

 some first class apples may be found, 

 unlike any now grown in our nurseries, 

 and should any worthy of cultivation 

 be discovered, their cultivation could 

 be commenced at once, as their adai)ta- 

 bility to climate cannot be questioned. 

 In conclusioji, I will give my oj)inion on 

 the apj)les of the Pioneer orchards of 

 Ontario, many trees of which are now 

 to be found of robust size, healthy, 

 strong and exceedingly productive and 

 on an average three or four trees in an 

 orchard may be of great value to some 

 part of our wide spread country. My 

 reason for thinking so is this - apple 

 trees which have pas.sed through so 



