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I would like to hear from any grower 

 or shipi)er who will agree to supply me 

 with strictly first-class fruit, so that I can 

 sell without opening the barrels to ex- 

 amine, at what price he will ship me in 

 October, say 15th to 25th, 20 bbls. or a 

 car load ; also what varieties, and cost of 

 freight through to St. John, N.B., by 

 20 bbls. and by car load. Payment to be 

 made through Bank draft at sight. 



In a 20-bbl. lot I would prefer one 

 barrel each — 



1 Amer'n Goldeu Russet. 



2 Baldwin. 



S Esopi.s Spitzenburg. 



4 Fall Pippin. 



5 Fameiise. 



6 Grime's Golden Pippin. 



7 Hubbardstou Nonsuch. 



8 Melon 



9 Northern Spy. 



10 Newtown Spitzenburg. 



11 Peck's Pleasant. 



12 Pomiue Grise, 



13 Ribston Pippin. 



14 R. I. Greening. 



15 Seek No Further. 



16 hwaar. 



17 Swayzie Pomme Grise. 



18 Talman Sweet. 



19 Wageuer. 



20 Yellow Bellefleur. 



For any of these varieties not to be had 

 substitute additional barrels of Nos. 1, 2, 

 3, 6, 9, 13, 15, or 17. 



For a car load say — 



Nos. 1 2 8 6 9 13 15 17 



Bbls. 20 20 20 15 30 15 20 10 = 150 bbls. 

 Charles E. Brown. 



MOORE'S ARCTIC PLUM. 



Having formed a favorable opinion 

 of this plum, I have made extensive 

 enquiry regarding it, and have thought 

 it advisable to place the facts gathered 

 prominently before this Association. 

 For much valuable information I am 

 indebted to the kindness of F. P. 

 Sharp, Esq., of Woodstock, N. B., a 

 Pomologist of mature experience, and 

 the originator of a system of fruit cul- 

 ture for cold climates that bids fair to 

 be highly successful and largely adopted 

 when more generally known. I hope 

 in another paper io be able to give full 

 details of this system to the Association. 



The origin of the tree is traced to 

 the grounds of Mr. A. J. Moore, of 

 Ashland, Maine, about sixty or seventy 

 miles north-west of Woodstock, N.B., 

 where tmprotected and exposed to 

 arctic cold, the mercury freezes, it has 

 for many years borne enormous crops. 



It is a chance seedling, but close obser- 

 vation of its characteristics, particularly 

 in the foliage and wood, lead to th& 

 belief that it is a cross between the 

 Imperial Gage and Damson. 



In growth it is one of the handsomest 

 of trees, being very erect when young, 

 afterwards forming stout trunks with 

 large heads, extremely vigorous, and 

 forming a wonderful number of fruit 

 spurs on the previous year's growth, 

 down to the very base of the most 

 vigorous shoots, even when not headed 

 back. Carries a large quantity of 

 foliage, healthy, of good color, and sub- 

 stance which never " sun scald," or, as 

 far as my experience goes, become in- 

 fested with aphis or other insects, when 

 other varieties growing beside them are 

 completely covered and., the growth 

 much interfered with. 



In productiveness this variety is all 

 that can be desired — in fact, the crops 

 produced are something enormous, and 

 it has the extremely valuable character- 

 istic of bearing eveiy year, some seasons, 

 of course, less, than others, but every 

 year a good crop of fruit Mr. Sharp 

 says : " Nothing I could say to you 

 would convey any idea of its real quali- 

 ties in this i-espect, but if you will do 

 me the pleasure of a visit to Woodstock, 

 I will show you a nursery of thousands 

 of trees blue with fruit" T have 30 

 ti-ees planted in a permanent row now 

 in the fourth year from bud, and where 

 they have not been cut hard back for 

 scions are loaded with fruit. 



I would not go so far as to say that 

 it is Curculio proof but it is so to a 

 limited extent, as I find that in many 

 of the specimens on the trees that have 

 been severely ** stung " by the Curculio, 

 the eggs have faihxl to produce the 

 young, and the fruit will come to per- 

 fection. Why this should be the case 

 I am at a loss now to say, but hope 

 to be able to define another season. 



