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chance then has Ontario, in the near 

 future, to compete with such a 

 country in grain growing ? But in 

 all that vast country very little fruit 

 can be grown, and to us in Ontario 

 will fall the opportunity of supplying 

 it with those fruits which grow in 

 such perfection with us. The import- 

 ance of our work, therefore, can 

 scarcely be over-estimated. 



The Ontario Government has made 

 arrangements for sending out our 

 best and most practical fruit-growers 

 to speak at Farmers' Institutes upon 

 such subjects connected with fruit 



culture or forestry, as ma\' seem to 

 be most desirable at each place of 

 meeting. 



In view of the Dominion Conven- 

 tion of Fruit Growers which is to be 

 held next January in either Ottawa 

 or Montreal, under the patronage of 

 the Dominion Government, it has 

 been decided to hold the next annual 

 and winter meeting of our Association 

 in the month of December next ; and, 

 in response to an invitation from the 

 North Essex Farmers' Institute, it 

 has been decided to hold it in the 

 city of Windsor. 



THE HEART AND BIGGARREAU CHERRIES. 



THE cherry crop at Maplehurst 

 . . Fruit Farm has been unusually 

 good, although requiring early har- 

 vesting to save it from loss by rot. 

 Out of some twenty varieties, now 

 about twenty-five years planted, onl}^ 

 a few have proved themselves really 

 valuable for market, and a limited 

 number will give a successive supply 

 of this most delicious fruit through- 

 out the months of June and July. 

 From the 



HEART CHERRIES 



we get as a rule less fruit than from the 

 Biggarreau class, and on account of 

 their tender skin they are more sub- 

 ject to being eaten up by birds ; yet 

 they are so delicious and so much 

 sought after, that they bring the very 

 top prices in the market and deserve 

 a place in ever}' garden in southern 

 Ontario. The following list will sup- 

 ply the table with a succession of 

 daily supplies until the Biggarreaus 



ripen, and with the Dukes and 

 Morellos continue the cherry season 

 for a period of about four* weeks. 

 The Early Purple, though of medium 

 size, has no competitor in the market, 

 ripening as it does about the first of 

 June. Governor Wood is a delicious 

 cherry for eating out of hand, and is 

 fairly productive ; the skin is a pale 

 yellow half covered with red. It is 

 closely succeeded by the Elton which 

 we class as the best of the white 

 heart cherries. The tree is a fine 

 grower, and very productive. No 

 cherry is more desirable for home 

 uses; but for shipping it is some- 

 what tender. Of the black hearts 

 we commend Knight's Earl}-, Black 

 Tartarian and Black Eagle. These 

 are three varieties of the most excel- 

 lent qualities, tender, rich, sweet and 

 juicy. The latter, however, is not 

 very productive, and would not pay 

 to ffrow for market. The Black Tar- 



