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NOTES AND COMIVIENTS. 



Errata. The word "successful" on pag-e 

 526, December number, should read "suc- 

 cession," and "Fuchsia" in second column, 

 page 527, should read " Freesias." 



Breckox's Seedling. — Mr. R. Breckon. 

 956 Dundas St., Toronto, sends us two 

 beautiful apples, with the following" note : — 



Sir: — "I send you two apples that I cannot name, 

 and I have had them beforetwoof the best judges in 

 Toronto and they cannot name them. I would be 

 very thankful if you would name them for me. 



The two were grown by an old man who is now 

 dead. He was very fond af gro^^-ing trees from 

 the seed of all the best apples that he could get, and 

 also fond of grafting. This tree is about 10 or 12 

 years old by the appearance of it, and it grows 

 upright like the Spy tree. The tree is in an orchard, 

 or at least on one side of the orchard, where there 

 are only Spy and Blenheim orange trees growing. 



The tree bears a good heavy crop e^^ery year, and 

 the miin told me that he keeps them until the middle 

 of May and they retain the flavour better than the 

 Spy. The simple that I sent you has been in a 

 ^ arm room in mv ho.ise f !r over three weeks, so it 



does not give you a chance to judge its keeping 

 qualities." 



This apple is surely a seedling, but one 



well deserving farther attention from our 



Committee. Form oblate, 25 8 x 314 inches 



in diameter; color, light yellow, beautifully 



shaded and striped with bright red, with 



numerous obscure yellowish dots; stem, ^, 



very short and stout, in a deep cavity, and 



calvx nearly closed in a moderately deep 



wrinkled cavity ; flesh fine grained, moder- 



atelv juicy, of excellent quality. Season 



probably January or March. 



Apples have been advancing in price 

 almost constantly, proving the correctness 

 of our views of the crop and the markets as 

 expressed in previous numbers. Many pre- 

 dicted a glut like that of 1896, but instead 

 prices for No. i fruit have been better than 



