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The Canadia7i Horticulturist. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Turner, Cnthbert, Golden Queen 

 jfoliuson's Sweet, Tyler, Hilborn, 

 Gregg and Shaffers are the best 

 varieties either for home use or market 

 that has been fully tested. Ada and 

 Palmer, two new sorts that are being 

 introduced this Spring, did not show 

 any superior merits over those named 

 above. Some of Prof. Saunders' 

 Seedlings and Hybrids gave evidence 

 of superior merit, but more time is 

 required to judge fully as to the value 



compared with the standard sorts 

 already in cultivation. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Snyder and Taylor's Prolifie were the 

 best among the older varieties. 

 Agawaui is quite hardy but does 

 not appear to be very productive. 

 Stone s Hardy is small in size and 

 not equal to Snyder. Minnewaski 

 appeared the most promising among 

 the new sorts. Erie is quite tender. 

 I think it will be valuable only in 

 favorable localities. 



RUSSIAN APRICOTS. 



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R. Secretary : — From the re- 

 IVi ports of the meeting of the On- 

 tario Fruit Growers' Association, pub- 

 lished in the newspapers,it appears that 

 the meeting * was of the opinion that 

 the Russian varieties of the apricot 

 were a failure, notwithstanding that 

 not one member present had any per- 

 sonal experience with the fruit. 



If the gentlemen who were so free 

 to condemn that of which they knew 

 nothing, had taken any pains to in- 

 form themselves, they might have 

 learned that the evidence was all the 

 other way. 



This fruit was first grown in Amer- 

 ica by emigrants from Russia, who 

 thought so highly of it that they 

 brought the seeds with them. They 

 settled in Nebraska, planted the pits, 

 and from them sprang trees which 

 proved to be hardy enough to endure 

 the low temperature of thirty degrees 

 below zero. From these there has 



*No opinion was expressed by the meeting 

 as such, only by two or three individuals. — 

 Editor. 



sprung a race of hardy apricots of 

 choice quality, known under the 

 general appellation of Russian apri- 

 cots, but bearing distinct names, 

 such as Alexis, Alexander, Budd, 

 Gibb, Nicholas, etc. 



We are indebted to Messrs. Car- 

 penter & Gage, of Fairbury, Neb- 

 raska, whose reputation as Nursery- 

 men is unsullied, for the dissemina- 

 tion of these choice varieties. Liv- 

 ing in the state where the emigrants 

 from Russia settled, and having 

 every opportunity of knowing the 

 hardiness of the trees, the quality of 

 the fruit, and time of ripening, they 

 do not hesitate to speak of them in 

 the following terms : — 



Gibb : — Fruit medium, yellow, sub- 

 acid, rich, juicy, season June 20th. 



Alexander : — Fruit large, yellow 

 flecked with red, sweet, delicious, 

 season July ist. 



Nicholas : — Fruit medium to large, 

 white, sweet, melting, season July 

 loth. 



Alexis : — Fruit arge to very large. 



