THE CANADIAN HORTlCULTUniST. 



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ing qualities are really wonderful. 

 Unlike other late winter pears, the 

 flesh retains its freshness, delicacy and 

 juiciness even under unfavorable cir- 

 cumstances, and in April it is just as 

 agreeable to the palate as a fine Winter 

 Nelis in December or January. Now 

 that the Beurre Easter can not be 

 ripened successfully, this variety will 

 supplant it. 



The Secretary suggests that cultiva- 

 tors should give Clapp's Favorite more 

 attention than they have hitherto done. 

 This splendid pear, one of the hand- 

 somest of American fruits, is rarely 

 seen, and from all we can learn has 

 never been tested as it ought to have 

 been. 



CHERRIES. 



The Windsor, a new cherry originated 

 with James Dougall, Windsor, Ont., is 

 very promising. It is black, or liver- 

 colored, flesh very firm and of fine 

 quality. It ripens a few days after 

 Tradescant's. On account of its late- 

 ness and firmness it will undoubtedly 

 be found valuable. We have fruited 

 it upon our grounds several seasons, 

 and esteem it highly. Mr. Dougall 

 says : '* The Windsor is enormously 

 productive, very hardy, being the only 

 Bigarreau or Heart clierry, the fniit 

 buds of which were not winter killed 

 last winter on my grounds : even Dukes 

 were killed." 



PLUMS. 



The Wild Goose is a pleasant flavored 

 early plum, and is justly entitled to a 

 place among worthy fruits. Miner, 

 similar in character, ripens late in Sep- 

 tember, when plums are scarce, but in 

 quality it is not equal to Wild Goose, 

 nevertheless it may have value. 



PEACHES. 



Tliis is a subject which still possesses 

 more than ordinary interest. The large 

 number of new sorts introduced within 

 the last ten yeara has drawn i)eculiar 



attention to this fruit. Special interest 

 is taken in the very early sorts, which 

 are now so numerous and so similar as 

 to render it diflicult to determine which 

 to keep and which to reject. We have 

 many of the early sorts growing side 

 by side, and though we watched them 

 closely from day to day we have often 

 been puzzled to determine the values 

 of each. It would be tedious to give 

 the results of these tests in detail, so 

 we will at once state the conclusions 

 we reached after careful examinations : 



Alexander or Anisden are not sur- 

 passed in size or earliness ; Alexander 

 averages larger, but Amsden is better 

 flavored. Waterloo is higher flavored 

 than either. It may not be any earlier, 

 but its fine quality will render it valu- 

 able. jEarlt/ Canada is a close com- 

 petitor in this class. It ripens with 

 Alexander, is not so large, but very 

 handsome, and may part from the stone 

 a little more freely. Brigg's Red May 

 is not so large as Alexander, and three 

 or four days later. Governor Garland, 

 we are informed, ripens several days 

 after Alexander and Amsden. 



The lengthy list of new sorts is be- 

 coming gradually reduced, and though 

 the results prove that much labor has 

 been in vain, we have the satisfaction 

 of knowing that the claimants have had 

 a fair trial. We earnestly hope that 

 future introductions may possess quali- 

 fications not yet realized. We want 

 early sorts that are free at the stone, 

 and that are less liable to decay than 

 those now known. The following are 

 the latest introductions : 



Galand June, May Beauty and Wil- 

 liams' Early Freestone, said to be two 

 weeks later than Anisden, and of better 

 quality. 



The following well-known varieties 

 ripen nearly at the same time, but when 

 compared and tested, they show a 

 marked difierence in quality. 



