314 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



apple crop interferes very little with the consumption of American and Canadian 

 fruit. 



The prospects for the coming season are very good, for not only is our own 

 crop short, but the unprecedentedly hot weather has hurried all fruit forward, 

 and by the time American and Canadian apples arrive, there will be little, if 

 anything, to compete with them. The latest reports from the Continent point 

 to a similar state of things prevailing there. 



The total imports into Great Britian during the past season, from United 

 States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, were as under : 



Liverpool, 438,354 Barrels. 



Other Ports, 349,646 « 



Totals 788,000 11 



Against same period 1894-95 .. 1,438,200 Barrels, 



II M II 1893-94 . . 175,000 II 



II II II 1892-93 .. 1,204,000 II 



Reports of the British .Apple Crop : 



Over average. Average. Under average. 

 This year 75 152 165 Reports. 



Against last year 160 161 50 m 



II 1894 2 44 278 II 



BEST SIX VARIETIES OF PEACHES. 



Mr. W. W. Hillborn, our experimenter in peaches and strawberries at 

 Leamington, Ont, has been interviewed by the representative of the R. N. Y, 



In reply to questions about varieties, he said : — 



" Of course, we are experimenting with all the varieties we can get hold of, 

 to find out which is the most suitable for our climate and location. Our idea 

 is to get varieties that will give us a continuous crop during the whole season, 

 and there are a great many varieties that come in together. To get the best of 

 each, we must plant all of them and then select. In that way we can get a 

 continuous crop from the earliest to the latest. I like the Alexander for the 

 first ripening ; then Hale's Early, Early Michigan and Lemon. The yellow 

 peaches come in about that time, and, of course, when the yellow ones come, 

 we have no market for the white or clingstones. Early St. John is the first ; 

 then Early Comfort and Barnard's Early. An excellent one that we have had 

 a few years in Canada, is the Fitzgerald, an improvement on the Early Parker. 

 Then Elberta comes in soon after that, followed by Hill's Chili, Longhurst and 

 late Crawford. The Lemon, I believe to be the best late peach we have. We 

 also have the Smock and the Sal way." 



" What about the Crosby ? " 



