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of first quality. As a dessert fruit 

 they are first rate, and have the pecu- 

 liarity of having red streaks running 

 through the white flesh. The tree 

 is prolific, and can be got from R. 

 W. Shepherd, The Nurseries, Como, 

 Quebec. Perhaps nearer at hand 

 from our Western Nurseries, but 

 this is beyond my knowledge. It 

 carries well, and without injury 

 can be transported long distances. 

 It is a good keeper ; I kept some 

 samples well into May. Then they 

 were neither flabby nor wrinkled. 

 When better known it will become a 

 favorite market apple, as its color 

 is altogether in its favor — showy 

 and attractive. I have been calling 

 the attention of some fruit growers 

 in the neighborhood of Hamilton 

 and Burlington to its excellence, but 

 as yet have no report to give of its 

 successful cultivation. I procured 

 for an enthusiastic fruit grower, in 

 the neighborhood of Lake Simcoe, 

 some trees of this variety last sum- 

 mer, and they have done well in that 

 locality. The soil, on which they 

 were carefully planted, was a fine 

 clayey loam. We heartily commend 

 this variety to western cultivators, 

 and though I have no permission to 

 say so, yet from his known ur- 

 banity, we are satisfied that any one 

 desirous of further information about 

 this valuable apple, by applying to 

 Charles Gibb, Esq., Abbotsford, 

 Quebec, would receive a courteous 

 reply, and much available experi- 

 mental knowledge of the value of 

 this variety. It is just a pity it 

 bears a well known, but not half so 

 valuable a surname ; and one of the 

 rules of the American Pomological 



Society on nomenclature, might, 

 with great propriety, be applied to 

 the confusing name of the Canada 

 Baldwin, and give it a distinctive 

 alias to distinguish it from its popu- 

 lar confrere in the west. 



FAMEUSE SUCREE. 



A number of years ago I had the 

 privilege, in company with Mr. Gibb, 

 of Abbotsford, to visit the orchards 

 of the Hon. Mon. Prudhomme, situ- 

 ated in one of the Coteaux of Mon- 

 treal City. The main object was to 

 inspect the " Famause Sucr^e," 

 which originated on the hon. gen- 

 tleman's grounds. On trial we found 

 this apple in point of quality Ai. 

 I give it as my individual belief that 

 it is an apple superior to the Fam- 

 euse or Snow Apple. I am aware 

 that this IS a risky assertion, and 

 some apple growers will be apt to 

 shrug the shoulder, still we would 

 like them to give a trial to the apple 

 before coming to a too hasty conclu- 

 sion. It is hardy, and well stands 

 the winter at Montreal. W^e might 

 expect that it would do well in our 

 latitude at Hamilton. The beauty 

 of the apple gives it a great advan- 

 tage as a dessert fruit. Its color is 

 of the deepest purple, and well sets 

 off other fruit in the dessert dish. 

 We found it so productive that the 

 weight of fruit had prostrated more 

 trees than one, and yet they bore, 

 wrecked as they were, lying on the 

 ground. 



THE DECARIE. 



On a neighboring estate to that 

 of the Hon. Mon. Prudhomme, we 

 found the Decarie, the property of a 

 courteous gentleman of the same 



