SEEDLING FRUITS. 



Fig. 1443.— Mr. Walker's Seedling Plum. 



DN advance of the Report of the 

 Committee on New Fruits, we here 

 note a few seedlings which have 

 seemed worthy of notice during Septem- 

 ber, 1898. 



While we desire to avoid advertising 

 novelties, we aim to bring into notice 

 any new fruits or seedlings which we 

 think worthy of further testing, and on 

 the other hand to condemn any which 

 are inferior to established varieties. The 

 following are a few of the new fruits 

 which have come under our notice : — 



Seedling Plum, from A. W. Walker, 

 Clarksburg, a rather pretty dark moroon 

 colored plum of medium size, perhaps a 

 little larger than Lombard — flesh green- 

 ish, tender, moderately juicy, flavor 

 sweet, pleasant, free from stone. Prom- 

 ising as an early variety. The samples 



came to hand August 20th, from which 

 accompanying photograph was taken. 

 Mr. Walker states that the tree is an 

 upright grower ; and that on the 1 9th of 

 August he sold two bushels of fruit off 

 it, so it must be productive. 



Seedling Peach, grown by M. Fitch, 

 Grimsby, sample shown Sept. 13, 1898. 

 A beautiful peach, quite equal to the 

 Early Crawford in appearance, rounder 

 in form, size 2^ x 23^ inches; yellow 

 with deep red blush on sunny side, and 

 partially suffused with red in the shade. 

 Down very perceptible to the touch, 

 skin thick, and easy to separate from 

 the flesh. Flesh yellow, fine grained, 

 juicy, but not quite as much so as Early 

 Crawford, melting, flavor luscious. Qual- 

 ity first-class for dessert and cooking. 

 Value, first class for market, probably 



390 



