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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



have heard, has been either insig"nificant or 

 worthless. 1 think the placing of this peach 

 on the market one of the bigg^est frauds ever 

 perpetrated in the state of New York. A 

 firm of Ohio nurserymen worked this state 

 last year seHing what they labeled "Daniel 

 Boone" and "Deaconess" peaches, war- 

 ranted to be immune from yellows and to be 

 very long-lived. I have heard of the Dea- 

 coness being delivered on which the Elberta 

 tag had not been taken off. There are a 

 number of gentlemen present who have been 

 skinned to the bone. They have whistled 

 to the tune of several hundred dollars. I 

 think there were five thousand sold near 

 Geneva. 



Mr. Ira Pease — They worked Oswego. 



Mr. H. R. McNair — A friend of mine was 

 induced to buy some, and has them planted. 

 Would you advise pulling them up? 



Mr. Willard — I would not. There might 

 be some Elberta among them. 



TRIUMPH. 



Suggested by Mr. Pillow. 



Mr. Willard — I have understood from 

 those who have grown it that it is not 

 sufficiently large to warrant it as an orchard 

 fruit. 



WILLARD. 



Mr. Willard — Some of the best fruits are 

 oftentimes in your own locality. I have a 

 peach myself, and I induced the Maxwell's 

 to plant some. Don't you think the Willard 

 a good peach, Mr. Anderson. 



Mr. i\nderson — We had some doubt 

 about it for a year or two, but I would 

 gladly say that this last year it proved very 

 fine ; would be glad to recommend it to 

 anyone. Its season is after Early Crawford. 



NIAGARA. 



Mr. Woodward — We have a peach which 



is, I understand, an accidental seedling of 



the Crawford. I wouldn't set a Crawford. 



You could not give them to me if I could 



get the peach I refer to. It is about one 



picking later than Crawford ; averages a 

 good deal better, better color, better leaf, 

 and holds its size to the end of the season. 

 You can't sell any other tree in that section 

 if the variety I speak of can be obtained. It 

 is called the Niagara. 



Prof. Van Deman — I have heard the Nia- 

 gara spoken of in the highest terms. Those 

 who have fruited it prefer it to any other, 

 and I think it even better than Elberta or 

 Early Crawford. 



Mr. Dewane Bogue — I think the Niagara 

 is the Newark seedling. 



Mr. Woodward — There isn't any doubt 

 about it. I know the man on whose land 

 it originated. I happened to get "de- 

 frauded" by getting two or three hundred 

 trees of that variety instead of Crawford. I 

 never found any fault. A year ago last fall 

 I supplied Dansville Sanitorium with 

 peaches. They wrote me half a dozen 

 times this last summer to know if I could 

 not send them some more. They bore a 

 nice crop, and the fruit holds right up to 

 the end of the picking. The quality is 

 superb. 



MARKHAM. 



Mr. J. A. Anderson asked about this 

 peach. 



Mr. Willard — It originated at Hart, 

 Mich. In correspondence with the best 

 fruit grower I know, he said : " You 

 remember being with me on Mr. Markham's 

 place ? He has one of the best peaches I 

 ever saw grown. It is called the ' Mark- 

 ham.' " He finally secured some buds and 

 sent them to me, and I have a few trees. 

 From this man's statement, up in northern 

 Michigan, where they require a hardy peach, 

 and from his reputation as a peach grower, 

 I am inclined to think that it might be a 

 good peach. I will tell you next year. 



CHAMPION. 



Dr. Chas. A. Ring inquired if anyone 

 knew anything of this varietv. 



