A NOVA SCOTIA APPLE. 



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The Gravenstein Apple in Ontario 



LINUS WOOLVERTON, GRIMSBY, ONT. 



' I "^HIS famous German apple is a univer- 

 1 sal favorite. The excellence of its 

 flesh, its beautiful and attractive exterior, its 

 abundant productiveness, and its large size 

 all combine to miake it the very best apple 

 of its season. It is not a very old apple. 

 The first description of it was written about 

 TOO years ago by a German pomologist, and 

 about 1850 it is said the original tree was 

 still standing in the garden of the Duke of 

 Augustenberg, at the castle of Grafenstein. 

 in Schleswifr-Holstein. Germanv. 



Gravenstein Trees in Bloom. 



The apple is widely grown in western 

 Europe as an early fall market apple, and it 

 is this apple that has made the Annapolis 

 Valk}-. in Nova Scotia, famous ; so much 

 so, that many people suppose there is no 

 place equal to it for apple culture. As a 

 matter of fact this apple can be produced 



in Ontario quite as perfect, and possibly 

 larger in size than in the Annapoli's Valley, 

 and it is a mystery why our apple growers 

 have not planted themi. Very seldom do 

 we find an orchard of the Gravenstein in 

 Ontario, and indeed rarely do we find even 

 single trees of this excellent apple. 



The illustration shows a row of trees of 

 this variety, now about 50 years of age, 

 growing on the experimental grounds of 

 the writer. No trees on the place are as 

 beautiful in bloomdng season as these ; the 

 great, pure white blossoms throw all other 

 varieties into the shade, and attract the 

 ladies in search of floral decorations. The 

 fruit makes the most delicious sauce, and 

 the very best of apple pies, ; while for a com- 

 mercial variety it is unexcelled. The fruit 

 is clean and uniform in size, and it com- 

 mands the highest price in the British mar- 

 kets. 



Pears in an Apple Orchard 



D. JAMES, LANGSTAFF, ONT. 



I HAVE only about 20 or 22 pear trees 

 planted in and about my apple or- 

 chard. They were planted for home use 

 and not to make money, but having more 

 than required I always sell the surplus. 



The Flemish Beauty has been the most 

 profitable. The Improved Kieffer is good 

 for canning and will keep well for shipment 

 to the northwest. The Bartlett is not a 

 healthy tree, but of course the fruit is lus- 

 cious. The Ritson, Buerre Clairgeau and 

 Buerre d'Anjou are grown, besides som^ 

 with whose names I am not acquainted. A 

 late fall or winter pear is the most profit- 

 able, as the grower is not forced to market 

 them as soon as gathered. The Winter 

 Nellis is highly spoken of by others. 



There is no place in Ontario where co- 

 operation in the spraying and marketing -)f 

 fruit is more neglected and more needed 

 than in the Georgian Bay district. — (Wm. 

 Patello, Creemore, Ont. 



