THE CANADIAN HORnCCLTURIST. 



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The Alpha is a very early variety, 

 yielding fruit of medium size, quite 

 smooth, but often inclining to rough- 

 ness. 



The Trophy bears fruit which vai-ies 

 much in size ; sometimes so small as to 

 be almost worthless, at others very 

 large. In shape also it is quite var- 

 iable, sometimes being very rough ; in 

 season intermediate. 



The Yeliovj Visitor and Golden 

 Trophy are of good size, fairly smooth, 

 and are useful varieties to those who 

 desire a yellow tomato. 



Besides these standard, varieties, 

 there are several sorts which, though 

 possessing little value for the table, 

 have a certain value to the amateur as 

 curiosities. Among these are the Ap- 

 ple, Pear, Cherry, Plum and Currant 

 tomatoes. 



The list that we offer of varieties 

 that possess so few good qualities as to 

 make them unworthy of cultivation 

 where better varieties are to lie luul, is 

 as follows : 



President Garfield, which appears 

 to be identical with the long since 

 abandoned Great Chihuahua, is utterly 

 worthless with us, for although the 

 fruits are very large they are so late as to 

 ripen only in favorable seasons, and 

 so rough as to be of no value, even 

 when ripe. 



The Arlington, Feejee Islo.nd, N^ew 

 Japanese, Oraaffefield, Read's Islarul 

 BpMut.y, Red, Valencia, Cluster, and 

 Howard, have little to commend them 

 as grown in the Station garden. 



The La/rge Yelhw, Improved Large 

 Yellow, Nev) York Market, Precurser, 

 Queen, Conqueror, Early York, Gen. 

 Grant, Ilahhard's Curled Leaf, Hundred 

 Day, Lyniaris Mammoth Clijister, Pow- 

 ell's Triv.mph, Large Red, Large Red 

 Smooth Round, Hathways Excelsior, 

 Little Gem, Canada Victor, Blount's 

 Cltanipion Cluster, and Cook's Favorite 

 all possess soine merit, but since we 



have so many better varieties, we do 



not regard them as worthy of culture. 



The public will understand that 



these notes represent the experiences, 



as gained in the Station garden, of seeds 



purchased under the names given, from 



various seedsmen, but we have reason 



to believe that the seed was true to 



name, and represented the variety 



offered. 



E. Lewis Storteva>'t, Director. 



PEACHES— WHEN RIPE. 



Mr. T. V. Munson, of Denison, 

 Texas, gives the following as the order 

 of ripening of the various kinds <jf 

 peaches now most sought after : — 

 Brice's Early, large, crimson. 

 Ashby's Early, medium, crimson. 

 Bakers Early May, large, crimson. 

 HjTies' Surprise, medium, crimson. 

 Waterloo, large crimson. 

 Gov. Garland, large, blush white. 

 Bowers' Early, large, blush white. 

 Alexander, medium, blush crimson. 

 Arasden, medium, crimson. 

 WUder, medium, crimson. 

 Hivers' Early, large, blush white. 

 Hale's Early, large, crimson 

 Yellow St. John, large, yellow. 

 Mountain Rose, large, crimson. 

 Amelia, very large, blush. 

 Cooledge's Favorite, large, blush. 

 Large Early York, large, blush. 

 Foster, very large, blush yellow. 

 Early Crasvford, large, blush yellow. 

 Thurber, very large, blush white. 

 Reeves' Favorite, very large, blush yellow 

 Prince of Wales, very large, crimson. 

 Lord Palmerston, very large, blush white. 

 Great Eastern, immense, blush white. 

 Old Mixon, large, blush white. 

 Stump-the-worid, very large, crimson 



white. 

 Late Crawford, very large, yellow. 

 Susquehanna, very large, yellow. 

 Cooper's Mammoth, immense, yellow. 

 Infant Wonder, very large, mottled yellow. 

 Silver Medal, very large, blush. 

 Druid Hill, very large, yellow. 

 Brandywine, very large, yellow. 

 Picquett's Late, very large, yellow. 

 Salway, very large, yellow. 



