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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



fiarvested about two or three hundred bas- 

 kets in 1901 at Maplehurst, but found them 

 the most unsatisfactory of any peaches for 

 shipping, because they are so tender in flesli 

 and ripen so rapidly. Besides every mark 

 causes discoloration. 



Greensboro, a new white flesh peach from 

 North Carolina with red cheek, above me- 

 dium size and rather attractive, is also of 

 about the same season with the Triumph. 

 It is also too tender in flesh to be a profit- 

 able market peacl^ ; still it is much superior 

 to the Early Louise. 



Hynes, is another white flesh early peach 

 of the Alexander type, more agreeable for 

 dessert, but averaging smaller in size. It rip- 

 ens about the 30th of August, and we judge 

 is not likely to be much planted for market, 

 as it is much inclined to rot on the trees 

 and seems to be quite subject to yellows. 



The '^'ellow St. John was the first really 

 good yellow peach, and it colored up beau- 

 tifully about the last week in August, when 

 fine samples would almost pass for Early 



Crawford. It is a valuable market peach, 

 but when It was left to hang into September, 

 there was a great waste from rot. 



The Champion came in about the ist of 

 September, closely following the Yellow St. 

 John and the last were gathered about the 

 7th with the first Crawfords. It is a beau- 

 tiful white peach with red cheek, and of large 

 size frequently measuring 2^4 inches in dia- 

 meter. The stone is free, the flesh is white, 

 tender, juicy and the flavor is delicious. We 

 consider it the best dessert peach of its 

 season. 



The Early Crawi-ord began ripening on 

 the 6th of September, and, when it is going 

 forward, really no other variety can compare 

 with it either for size, beauty or general ex- 

 cellence. The crop was fairly good, and 

 the price from 75c. to $1.00 per basket. 

 Where the trees were highly fertilized the 

 increase in productiveness was very evident. 



Fitzgerald came in about the same sea- 

 son as Crawford, and seemed to be sim- 

 ilar in many respects. 



THE FRUIT MARKS ACT. 



Since our remarks on page 396, we have 

 received from the Department of Agriculture 

 some copies of the latest revision of 

 this Act by the Senate of Canada, and 

 find we have really got in this quite a 

 different thing from what we asked. 

 Indeed, instead of having too little, we 

 have too much. We asked to have 

 two fixed grades established with a definite 

 name for each, and any one using these 

 certain grades would be subject to in- 

 spection ; this Act makes every closed 

 package subject to inspection. We asked 

 that the name of the packer be placed on 

 such packages only ; but this Act requires 

 the name upon every package whether it be 

 ist or 2nd grade. We asked for certain fixed 



grades to be so defined that there would be 

 no confusion ; this leaves it open for con- 

 siderable dispute as to what grade is intend- 

 ed by the designation used. 



Now in our home markets it is the con- 

 stant custom to send No. 2 or second class 

 under a number which identifies the ship- 

 per to the consignee. Such fruit may as well 

 be sold in that way and we think many 

 growers will strongly object to the 

 change. 



The Act is now so sweeping and so 

 general that it will probably be difficult of 

 operation. 



The whole matter will be freely discussed 

 at our annual meeting in Cobourg next 

 December. 



