SEEDLING FRUITS. 



a better shipper than Crawford. Sea- 

 son, September lo to 15, immediately 

 succeeding Early Crawford A seedling 

 worth testing. 



Ireland's Seedling Plum. —Samples 

 of this plum were shown by Mr. A. W. 

 Peart, of Burlington, in his experiment 

 station collection ; and previously, about 

 August 15th, we had received samples 

 of this plum from Mr. Peart, from which 

 we secured the accompanying photo- 



ly. The pear is medium in size, 2^ 

 X 2^4^, obtuse pyriform in shape, skin 

 of about color of Bartlett ; a peculiar 

 feature is the long stout stack measuring 

 two inches. Flesh a little coarse in 

 texture, but flavor rich and pleasant, 

 aromatic and moderately juicy. 



Seedling Peach, Mr. R. P. Smith, 

 Hamilton, shows us another fine seed- 

 ling peach, Sept. 27th, of about same 

 season as Steven's Rareripe, and just in 



Fig. 1444. — Mr. Ireland's Sekdling Plum. 



graph. It is very pretty in appearance, 

 medium in size, dark blue in color, with 

 a thin greyish bloom ; the stem is slen- 

 der, inserted in a deep cavity ; the su- 

 ture is very distinct to the apex. The 

 flesh is green, tender, juicy and of very 

 good quality. 



Coming so early in the season, this 

 plum is of value in the amateur's garden, 

 but it is too small to be recommended 

 for planting in the commercial orchard. 



Seedling Pear ; sample sent from 

 Mr. Samuel Nelles, Grimsby, Sept. 27th, 

 1898, in mature condition, season just 

 over. Mr. Nelles says it is the fruit of 

 an old tree growing on his grounds at 

 the lake, which bears full crops annual- 



advance of Smock. It is very large in 

 size, 3x3 inches, almost round in form, 

 with distinct suture ; skin yellowish 

 green, with dull red blush on the sunny 

 side. Flesh tender, juicy, fairly sweet, 

 freestone. A peach that would be first 

 class for the tea table served with cream 

 and sugar. Its large size would also 

 make it a valuable market peach. 



Seedling Apple from Dr. J. S. Mc- 

 Callum, Smith's Falls, received Sept. 

 22nd, 1898. A most attractive apple. 



Form, roundish oblate, 2^x3 inches; 

 skin almost covered with deep red, with 

 sparse grey dots, of large size. Stem 

 stout, 1^ to I inch in length, in narrow 

 deep cavity ; calyx closed, in broad shal- 



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