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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



One Year's Product of an Apple Tree in Eastern Ontario. 



Oyer 12 barrels of apples taken this fall from a Mcintosh tree growing in the orchard of Dr. J. Harkness & Srns, ot 

 Trena, in Dundas county, as shown by this illustration, sh uld have an influence in removing the impression that apples can- 

 not be grown to advantage in Eastern Ontario. The tree from which these apples were gathered is 30 years old. By thorough 

 spraying Ur. Harkness finds little difficulty securing a large proportion 01 JSo. i fruit. Can any Canadian fruit grower send 

 The Horticulturist a photograph ihat can beat this one? 



tested and proved unprofitable. His com- 

 plete list for profit was as follows, named 'n 

 order of ripening: Duchess, Gravenstem, 

 Alexander, Trenton, Wealthy, Fameuse, 

 Mcintosh, Blenheim, Greening, King, On- 

 tario, Hubbardston, Spy, Ben Davis and 

 Stark, of which he could not show the first 

 four, as they were past season. Some of 

 these were useful for both dessert and cook- 

 ing, but for dessert he would add Garden 

 Gem, Cox's Orange, Banana, Boiken and 

 Swazie. 



" The St. Lawrence station, conducted by 

 Mr. Harold Jones, showed three hardy 

 varieties as the most profitable in that dis- 

 trict, viz.. Snow, Scarlet Pippin and Mcin- 

 tosh. Three pyramids of these varieties 

 formed an attractive feature of the exhibit. 

 Four other varieties not on exhibition have 

 proved profitable also, viz., Duchess, Alex- 

 ander, St. Lawrence and Wealthy, but the 

 latter is not equal to the same variety grown 

 along the Ottawa valley. 



" The Algoma exhibit," continued Mr. 

 Woolverton, " was a surprise to many, 



Continued 



showing fair samples of Alexander, Weal- 

 thy, Wolf River and Longfield, varieties 

 which will do well in that climate, with the 

 Duchess to precede them. The Japan 

 •plums, Mr. Young reports, have done well 

 in St. Joseph's Island, especially Burbank 

 and Ogon. In Simcoe county and the Lake 

 Huron district nearly all the varieties do 

 well which succeed in the Bay of Quinte dis- 

 trict, and splendid samples are exhibited by 

 Mr. Sherrington, of Walkerton, and Mr. 

 Laston, of Craighurst." 



FRUIT PACKING DEMONSTRATIONS. 



A large space at one end of the rink was 

 occupied by representatives of the Dominion 

 Fruit Division, of Ottawa, who gave demon- 

 strations in packing fruit for export and ex- 

 hibited boxes and barrels suitable for he 

 trade. The exhibit included packing house 

 utensils, a packing table, presses, etc. Talks 

 were given at frequent intervals explaining 



- the special features of the work and import- 

 ant points relating to fruit packing. About 

 50 barrels of fruit were handled in the de- 



' monstrations and valuable information was 



on page 534.) 



