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yellow with red cheeks, slightly acid, 

 rich and luscious, season July 15th. 



Cdtliiiriiw : — I-'ruit medium, yellow, 

 mild, sub-acid, season July 20th. 



y. L. Bitdd :— Fruit large, white 

 with red cheeks, sweet, extra fine, 

 with a sweet kernel as fine flavored 

 as the almond, seaspn August ist. 



Furthermore these gentlemen state 

 that the trees are very hardy, stand- 

 ing uninjured when the Moorpurk, 

 Golden, Breda, etc., are frozen to the 

 ground, enduring 38" below zero 

 without a twig being injured : 



That thus far they have been free 

 from the ravages of insects and dis- 

 eases ; the borer does not molest them, 

 nor the black-rot, nor the blight : 



That the trees come into bearing 

 as early as the Peach, and, the fruit 

 being as valuable, these apricots will 

 make a very desirable substitute for tiie 

 peach in latitudes where that tree 

 cannot be successfully raised : 



That the fruit stands shipping 

 better than the peach, and will keep 

 longer after being picked. 



The testimony of these gentlemen 

 is fully confirmed by the editor of the 

 Emporia Republican, Kansas; by Mr. 

 K. L. Meyer and Mr. A. Tawny, of 

 Iowa. 



Now to come a little nearer home. 

 Learning that Mr. Hayden, of Ridge- 

 town, County of Kent, had lived in 

 Nebraska, I wrote to him for his 

 opinion of the Russian Apricots, and 

 received the following reply : — 



Ridgetown, Ont., Jan. 29th, i88g. 

 Mr I) W. Beadle, Si. Catharines, 



Dear Sir, — In regard to the Russian 

 Apricots, from my e.xperience and observa- 



tion in Ncl)raska, I l)clie\e them to be a 

 valuable fruit to cultivate in this latitude, as 

 it proves to be perfectly harily there where 

 the Peach was a failure. The trees I planted 

 there fruited the second season, ripened 

 about the last of August and were fine fla- 

 vored, nearly if not ([uite equal to the I'each. 

 F'rom its hardiness, and its being a great 

 bearer, I believe it will prove valuable here. 

 — O. M. Havden. 



Besides all this it happens that 

 one of my St. Catharines neighbors 

 had planted some of the Russian 

 Apricots four years ago. These were 

 not the improved varieties that are 

 now being disseminated, but seed- 

 lings raised from the pits of those 

 growing in Nebraska. I made in- 

 quiry of him as to his experience 

 with this fruit and he replied as fol- 

 lows : — 



St. Catharines, Ont., Jan. 12th, 1889. 



Mr. D. W. Beadle, 



Dear Sir, — The Russian Apricots which 

 I purchased some four years ago, have borne 

 two good crops. The trees yield heavy loads 

 of fruit, which is larger and of much finer 

 (]uality than any other I ever saw. You can 

 safely recommend them to everyone as a 

 truly valuable fruit that thrives well in our 

 climate. — Chas. Smith, (^jueenston street. 



With all this testimony before me I 

 do not hesitate to say thattheRussian 

 Apricots have not proven a failure, 

 that they are well worth}' of further 

 trial in Canada, wherever the Baldwin 

 apple tree will flourish ; that they 

 promise to be more certain to yield 

 fruit than the peach and therefore 

 likely to be more profitable ; that they 

 will be exempt from the "yellows," 

 that terrible disease of the peach ; 

 and possibly are exempt from the 

 borer, that so often kills the peach 

 trees. — H. W. IIkadlk. 



