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cheered by the discovery of apple trees which will endure such cold without 

 harm, and yield good fruit abundantly. With such sorts as the Russian Yellow 

 Transparent, Tetofsky, Duchess of Oldenburg, Switzer, Longfield, Antonovka, 

 Titovka, Bogdanoff, Arabskoe, and the Anises, and the American seedlings, 

 Bethel, Foundling, Wealthy and Scott's Winter, with various others now being 

 brought into notice, there is no part of North America yet inhabited by white 

 men that cannot grow good apples in profusion. The demonstration of this 

 fact has been accomplished in the last fifteen years. It is the work of men 

 unknown to fame, whose names will never be celebrated in the historical annals 

 of any country, yet who have conferred a great and enduring boon upon many 

 millions. — Vick's Monthly. 



LORD ABERDEEN'S REFERENCE TO OUR ASSOCIATION. 



T is with some satisfaction we notice that the first gentleman in 

 Canada, our Governor General, is a regular reader of this Journal and 

 of our reports. In his recent address at Markham, he made reference 

 ' to our work in the following terms : — " What did we read in one of 

 the Toronto daily newspapers last Monday ? We read, or might have 

 read, the following: 'Canadian apples, London, Sept. 27. Messrs. 

 Woodall & Co., of Liverpool, report that Canadian fruit arrived freely 

 during the past week, and has shown more quality. The quotations per barrel 

 are as follows: Fancy reds, 14s. to 17s. gd. ; good reds, 12s. to 15s. ; 20 oz., 

 9s. to IIS. ; White & Co., of London, report the arrival of 700 barrels from 

 Canada, chiefly fall fruit, fetching los. to 14s. per barrel ; also 800 Nova 

 Scotlans, chiefly Gravensteins, fetching 8s. to 12s. A large quantity came here 

 via Liverpool, of which Baldwins fetched us to 13s. per barrel ; Kings, 14s. to 

 17s. ; Greenings, los. to us. A lot of these were slack-packed fall fruit, and 

 ought never to have been shipped here, as it spoils the business. There is 

 every prospect of good business for good apples, properly packed, arriving here 

 in good condition.' 



" It is not the first time that we have heard something of this sort. If any 

 one were to stand up in this -crowd and say something hostile to Canada or her 

 trade, I don't think he would get a favorable reception. I would not envy him. 

 But what about sending inferior and badly packed articles to a distant maiket ? 

 However unintentional there is the liability to a harmful result. (Hear, hear.) 

 I believe Sir Charles Tupper, when High Commissioner, did good service when 

 he objected to all the apples from this continent being described as American. 

 He encouraged a system by which Canadian apples should be classified as a 

 distinctive article in the British market. This is, of course, desirable, but it 

 involves responsibilities, as well as advantages. If Canadian apples are to be 



