IN THE ORCHARD. 



The Cranberry Pipin 



Can you give me some information about the 

 bearing habits, color of fruit, etc., of the Cran- 

 berry Pippin ? I set two trees of this variety 

 in the spring of '01, and they are now among 

 the most promising in my orchard. The Bald- 

 win, Stark and Gano varieties are about dead 

 from winter killing. The Spy, Ontario and 

 Golden Russet are also damaged. If the Cran- 

 berry Pippin is hardy and up to the mark in 

 other respects it will be a great addition. — (J. 

 C. Gilman, Fredericton, N. B. 



As the Cranberry Pippin is an apple that 



has been attracting considerable attention, 



The Horticulturist, on receipt of the above 



request for information, wrote to a number 



of the experiment stations to ascertain how 



the experimental trees are succeeding. The 



following replies have been received : 



AT THE TRENTON STATION. 



The Cranberry Pippin has been perfectly 

 hardy in my orchard, as well as in others 

 I know. With me it has fruited very spar- 

 ingly, although the trees have been planted 

 24 years. Some that I have top worked, 

 where scions were taken from productive 

 trees, have been very slow in bearing. In 

 other orchards it has been very productive, 

 almost as good as the Ben Davis. It has 

 a good bright red color, with broken stripes 

 and splashes of darker red and large gray 

 dots. The quality is poor to medium. It 

 has always sold at good prices in England. 

 It requires to be picked early, as it will fall to 

 the ground much earlier than the other 

 varieties mentioned. — (W. H. Dempsey, 

 Fruit Exp't Station, Trenton, Ont. 



HARDY IN THE GEORGIAN BAY SECTION. 



The Cranberry Pippin began to bear with 

 me when eight years old, and so far has 

 proved hardy. Its origin was accidental 

 on a farm near Hudson river, N. Y. The 

 tree is vigorous, healthy, spreading, and 

 fairly productive, and the fruit medium to 

 large, roundish oblate ; skin, smooth, yellow 

 shaded and striped with two shades of red ; 

 stem, slender, one and one-eighth inches 

 long, in a deep cavity, calyx closed in a wide 

 wrinkled basin. The flesh is white, firm. 



crisp, moderately juicy arid sub-acid, but 

 the quality Is only fair. The season is from 

 November to February. — (A. £v. Sherring- 

 ton, Bruce County Exp't Station. 



IT IS A PRODUCTIVE VARIETY. 

 The Cranberry Pippin is an apple of Am- 

 erican origin, being a chance seedling which 

 grew on a farm along the Hudson river in 

 New York State. Mr. Linus Woolver- 

 ton, of Grimsby, has grown it and speaks 

 of it highly as a commercial variety for 

 that section. It has not been considered 

 hardy enough for general cultivation 

 throughout Ontario, being recommended 

 for southern sections of the province or 

 counties bordering along the lakes. The 

 account of its hardiness in New Brunswick 

 is interesting. The tree is a vigorous, 

 healthy grower, of spreading habit, and 

 quite productive; the fruit is medium to 

 large, roundis.i in shape, tending to be 

 conic; the skin is usually smooth, although 

 sometimes showing warty knots, which dis- 

 tinguish it from most other varieties; the 

 ground coior is a lemon-yellow, shaded and 

 striped with light and dark shades of red ; 

 the stem is much longer and more slender 

 than in most varieties, the cavity being deep 

 and calyx closed; the flesh is white, firm, 

 crisp, moderately juicy, and sub-acid; the 

 quality being only fair. It is in season 

 from December, to March, and in storage 

 will keep even later. — (Prof. H. L. Hutt, 

 Ont. Agri. College, Guelph. 



At the Central Experimental Farm, Otta- 

 wa, Mr. W. T. Macoun, the horticulturist, 

 has found the Cranberry Pippin as hardy 

 as the Stark, Spy, Gano and Golden Russet, 

 which leads him to beHeve it is possible that 

 Mr. Gilman may not have the true Cran- 

 berry Pippin. The tree has proved a very 

 strong, spreading grower at Ottawa, and 

 productive. 



The Canadian Horticulturist is a source of 

 delight to us.— (J. J. Ireland, Dufferln Co., Ont. 



