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APRIL, 1904 



Volume XXVII 



Number 4 



PRESIDENT MAS 



A NEW FRGNCH PEAR OF FINE APPEARANCE 



IT is contrary to our rules in editing this 

 journal to give prominence to novel- 

 ties that have not been at least fairly well 

 tested by our fruit stations ; but, for three 

 years past, a new French pear, in our dwarf 

 pear orchard at Maplehurst, has proved to 

 be of such fine size and quality, and ripens 

 <iuring such a favorable season, that we feel 

 warranted in using it as a frontispiece to 

 this number, even before distributing it 

 among our experimenters for further trial. 



We have it dwarfed on quince stock, and 

 the tree is doing fairly well; but, according 

 to AI. Baltet, Troyes, France, it is a weak 

 grower on this stock and succeeds much bet- 

 ter on pear stock. The tree appears to be 

 productive. The fruit is very large and 

 fine, yellowing in color as it ripens, some- 

 what like the Anjou. The flesh is melting, 

 juicy, vinous, and very good in quality. Its 

 season is December and January. 



PEARS FOR EXPORT 



IN planting pear trees, or indeed any kind 

 of fruit trees, one needs to consider 

 first of all the market in which they are to 

 be sold. If they are to go to a near mar- 

 ket, such perishable varieties as Giffard, 

 Bartlett, Clapp's Favorite, Boussock, etc., 

 are quite in place ; but if intended for Great 

 Britain or our own great Northwest, then 

 varieties of better shipping properties must 

 be chosen. It is only during the last few 

 years that we fruit growers dared dream of 

 exporting tender fruits at all ; and, when cold 

 storage accommodation was oflfered, many 



of us were over-confident and sent forward 

 large quantities of those tender pears and 

 peaches which we had originally planted 

 with a view of selling in our own mar- 

 kets. The results, on the whole, of our ex- 

 periments in exporting Crawford peaches, 

 Bartlett pears, tomatoes and grapes, have 

 been most discouraging, because these 

 fruits would not stand up long enough after 

 arrival to reach the consumers. 



We must therefore advise our Ontario 

 fruit growers against planting such kinds 

 for export ; and in favor of firmer fleshed 



