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A Seedling" Apple has been received from Mr. S. Greenfield, of Ottawa. 

 says the tree is one of the hardiest he has in his garden, and it grows on heavy 

 clay. The apple is very beautiful, about equal to the famous Gravenstein in 

 appearance, and is very good in quality ; size large, measuring three by three 

 and a quarter inches in diameter ; season, September and October. Possibly 

 this apple would be of great value where the Gravenstein is too tender. 



Fruit Samples Received. 



CuPPantS from F. W. Porter : Mount Forest, Victoria, White Grape, Red 

 Dutch, Porter's Seedling, and other seedlings, all fine samples, but much bruised, 

 in transit. Date of receipt, August i8th. 



Plums from A. M. Smith for name, medium size, dark blue. We do not 

 recognize them. Mr. Ciine thinks they are either Glass or Quackenbos, and 

 under size on account of the dry season. 



Two Seedling" Peaches from B. R. Nelles, Grimsby. One is a cling 

 stone, yellow fleshed, of very large size, resembling lemon cling, but very late, 

 ripening about middle of October ; the other, a medium sized yellow peach, 

 about the size of the Smocke, a free stone, of fair quality, ripening about the 

 same time. 



Canadian Grown Figs. — We have just received from the Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa, a package containing nine ripe figs, in excellent 

 condition. They are of fine quality, and show what is being done in fruit grow- 

 ing under glass in Canada. At Niagara-on-the-Lake, one of the members of 

 our Association ripens the fig out of doors. He cuts back the old wood every 

 year to the ground, and lays down the young growth, and covers it with soil. 

 In this way he grows a crop every season. 



A Big" Apple comes to hand from the Beaver Valley, grown by Mr. 

 Andrew Thompson, near Clarksburg. The grower says it keeps till the last of 

 March. It is about four inches in diameter, somewhat oblong in shape, ribbed, 

 and crimson in color. 



The Roehelle. — A hardy winter seedling apple, one sample of which 

 comes to hand from R. J. Shepherd, Montreal. He writes : " The original tree 

 is about eighteen years old, and grew from the root of root graft, set out in my 

 nursery at Come, in 1877. It still remains where it first sprouted, having never 

 been transplanted. The tree is to all appearances perfectly hardy, and bears 

 abundantly every second year. Growth vigorous, spreading, like St. Lawrence. 

 The terminal shoots large and well ripened every year. I am inclined to think 

 this apple is a fairly good keeper, and judging from its fine coloring and good 

 quality, it ought to be a good apple for export." The apple is very attractive, 

 almost equal to Duchess, and if a good keeper and hardy, it may prove valuable^ 

 When tested we will report on the variety more fully. 



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