PEACHES. 



Fig. 1945. The Magnificent Peaches. 



Sir, — I take the liberty of sending- you a 

 photo of peaches grown in my garden (61 

 Glengarry avenue, this city), ir you think it 

 worthy of notice use it. 



A Californian peach stone was sown in the 

 fall of 1896, and the fruit shown in the photo 

 is the result. The Peach is almost perfect, 

 with red blush ; cut open the flesh is a rich, 



amber color ; stone small, surrounded by a 

 deep red color ; peach verj* juicy and exceed- 

 ingly fine flavored. You will see the weight 

 of the three peaches is 21 ounces, and mea- 

 sure almost nine inches. The peaches were 

 picked October ist. Yours very truly, 



Geo. Chevxe. 

 Windsor, October 3rd, 1900. 



Pedigreed Fruit Trees. — Prosessor G. 

 Harold Hall, of the Delaware Agricultural 

 College, gave an address on the importance 

 of the plant individual in horticultural opera- 

 tions at the semi-centennial of the American 

 Pomolog-ical Society. He said : Three Wine- 

 sap apple trees in the same orchard showed 

 a difference of from 30 to 60 per cent, in the 

 yield of apples. This seems to show that 

 there are strong inherent qualities in fruit 

 trees. I think these strains of light and 

 heavy bearing are generally found in orch- 



ards. Are the qualities hereditary, and can 

 they be transmitted through the buds and 

 scions from the most productive trees ? Can 

 we establish pedig-ree in fruit trees, and ob- 

 tain the results of a selection that extends 

 through several generations ? From ex- 

 periments made along these lines, I think 

 the individuality of fruit trees can be, to a 

 large extent, transmitted and preserved. I 

 advise all fruit growers to propag^ate fruit 

 from the most productive trees. 



