THE FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



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sweet varieties in Mr. Woolverton's collec- 

 tion, and the crop as a consequence last sea- 

 son was light. The sour varieties came 

 through the winter uninjured and bore 

 iieavily. 



THE SIMCOE STATION. 



In this section of Ontario hardiness is 

 necessarily a first consideration in the selec- 

 tion of varieties of fruits for planting. Mr. 

 G. C. Caston, of Craighurst, the experi- 

 menter, has an excellent general collection 

 of apples, pears, plums, cherries, and the 

 small fruits, which he has had under care- 

 ful test for a number of years. He is thus 

 in a position to give valuable information 

 on any of the fruits suitable for that dis- 

 trict. He strongly advocates the plan of 

 top working the best varieties of apples, 

 such as Spy and King, upon hardier stock, 

 such as the 1 ajman Sweet. The advantage 

 gained by this practice was quite evident this 

 year after the severe test to which the trees 

 were put last winter. The varieties of 

 apples which he recommends for that sec- 

 tion are : Duchess, Alexander, Peerless, 

 Snow, Blenheim, Greening, Fallawater, On- 

 tario, Spy, Gano,. and Stark. The Bald- 

 win, Greening, King, Spy and Ontario, he 

 says, should always be top grafted on hardy 

 stock in that district. 



Out of the 25 varieties of cherries tested 

 for a number of years he recommends Ost- 

 heim, Orel No. 24, Russian No. 207, Bes- 

 sarabian, Montmorency and Dyehouse, Mr. 

 Caston has been very successful in the culti- 

 vation of raspberries and blackberries, which 

 not only bear well but bring profitable prices 

 in the local markets. The Cuthbert has 

 been his best red raspberry, while Agawam 

 and Eldorado have been his most profitable 

 varieties of the blackberry. 



THE BAY OF QUINTS SECTION. 



This section is in the centre of one of the 

 best apple growing sections of Ontario, and 

 nowhere else in the country do I know of a 

 more successful apple grower than our ex- 



perimenter, Mr. W. H. Dempsey, of Tren- 

 ton. His annual crop averages about 

 2,000 barrels. Last year it was somewhat 

 over that amount. 



Mr. Dempsey has in his orchard 300 

 varieties of apples, 40 of pears, 30 of plums, 

 6 of cherries, 3 of peaches, and 2 of quinces. 



The following are the varieties he recom- 

 mends for planting in his section : 



Affiles : Thirteen of the leading com- 

 mercial varieties in order of their ripening : 

 Duchess, Gravenstein, Alexander, Trenton, 

 Wealthy, Fameuse, Mcintosh, Blenheim, 

 King, Greening, Ontario, Baldwin, Seek, 

 Spy, Stark, and Ben Davis. Thirteen of 

 the choicest varieties for domestic purposes 

 in their order of ripening: Primate, Duch- 

 ess, Gravenstein, Trenton, Wealthy, Fa- 

 meuse, Mcintosh, Pomme Grise, King, 

 Greening, Ontario, Seek, Spy, Swayzie, 

 Pomme Grise, Jonathan, and Talman. A 

 few of the most promising new varieties : 

 Star, Fanny, Garden Gem, Parlines Beauty, 

 Coe's River Beauty, Winter Banana, Boi- 

 ken, Windsor Chief, and Rome Beauty. 



Pears: Gifford, Tyson, Clapp's Favor- 

 ite, Bartlett, Boussock, B. Hardy, White 

 Doyenne, Dempsey, Bosc, Clairgeau, Good- 

 ale, Lawrence, Josephine de Malines. 



Plums : Saunders, Burbank, Abund- 

 ance, Imperial Gage, Lombard, Shipper's 

 Pride, Chabot, Niagara, Damson, Reine 

 Claude. 



Cherries : Early Richmond, Montmo- 

 rency. 



Peaches : Fitzgerald stood last winter 

 uninjured. 



Quince : Orange. 



IN NORTHERN ONTARIO. 



Last year was a severe test for the hardi- 

 ness of trees in Northern Ontario, and 

 some valuable lessons have been learned at 

 the Algoma Station, conducted by Charles 

 Young, of Richard's Landing, who is an 

 enthusiastic fruit grower and a careful ob- 

 server. 



