252 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



It requires rich soil ; the fruit is subject to drop prematurly, the same as Falla- 

 water. 



Ontario is one of the most profitable apples we have. The tree is hardy, 

 but bears too heavily to make much growth. My Ontario apples sold equal to 

 Spys in Montreal. 



Primate is a very desirable early apple for a small orchard on account of its 

 uneveness in ripening, commencing to ripen with Red Astrachan and lasting 

 through October. It is an excellent cooker and dessert apple ; also Seacliff's 

 Ifawthornden, which can be grown in the same space as a currant bush. The 

 fruit is large, round, lemon-colored, of good flavor and a good cooker. 



PEARS. 



One of the most profitable pears grown here is Doyenne Boussock. It is not 

 so early a bearer as Bartlett, but a more healthy tree, and not so subject to 

 blight. I have only seen one tree blighted yet. It ripens after Bartlett. 



Mount Vernon is also healthy and productive. The fruit requires to be 

 handled with great care to get it into market in good condition ; a slight bruise 

 will cause it to spoil in a short time. 



Anjou is one of the finest winter pears. The tree is healthy, but a shy 

 bearer. I considtx Josephine and Lawrence the most profitable of winter pears 

 tested here, both heavy croppers and of fine flavor, but they are not so attractive 

 in the market as Anjou. 



Urbaniste is slow in coming into bearing, but is a very fine pear. 



W. H. Dempsey, Experi?uent(t^» 

 Trenton Experiment Station. 



The Salome Apple. — In 1884 the Salome apple was introduced to the 

 public by Arthur Bryant, Princeton, Illinois, with high claims for superiority ; 

 the tree excelled in hardiness, having a large, thick, leathery leaf, with wood 

 as tough as the wild crab ; it bore an annual crop, fruit extremely uniform, 

 always of good size, could not be blown from the tree ; keeping qualities unsur- 

 passed, and according to some of the testimonials crisp in flesh, and peculiarly 

 agreeable in flavor up to June and July. 



In April, 1884, I planted twenty Salome trees ; fourteen lived to mature, 

 having made a feeble growth only, leaf medium in size, and thin rather than 

 " thick and leathery." The first fruit was borne in 1892, three specimens only ; I 

 send you herewith the largest, it weighs exactly one ounce. Evidently the 

 Salome of the West undergoes a strange transformation when transported to the 

 East. 



Yarmouth, N.S. Chas. E. Brown. 



