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it for market. The \ ear previous we ex- 

 ported a large share of our Clapps and they 

 sold at the best prices. 



Doyenne Boussock bore a magnificent 

 crop ; one tree twenty years planted yielded 

 twelve baskets of fine pears. This pear 

 ripens throughout September, about the 

 same season as Hartlett, but we usually 

 harvest it in advance of that variety. 



The Bartlett came in about the ist of 

 September and continued ripening until its 

 season was over, about the 15th of Sep- 

 tember. It was subject to knots and scabs 

 on clay soil poorly cultivated, but, where 

 cultivated and manured, it gave a magnifi- 

 cent crop of very fine fruit. We put up sev- 

 eral hundred cases for the Glasgow market 

 and will report the resultlateron in the season. 



Among the newer pears, we were much 

 pleased with the Ansault (page 451) as a 

 dessert pear. Too soft for distant ship- 

 ment, it would find a place only in 

 gentlemen's gardens. It is not very at- 

 tractive in appearance, being a dull green, 

 nearly covered with russet, but when 

 cut it reveals the finest and most 

 delicate texture of flesh which can be des- 

 cribed only by the old term " buttery ", 

 while its rich, sweetly perfumed flavor is 

 is most agreeable to the taste. The sam- 

 ples were photographed about the 20th ot 

 September, and remained on our table un- 

 til about the 7th of October when one of 

 them was spoiled and the other in the last 

 stage of ripeness. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM NOTES-XVllI. 



NOTHER season has come and gone 

 ^ and with it another year's experi- 



^ ence has been gained with the many 

 y^^ species and varieties of fruits and 

 vegetables, and the trees, shrubs and her- 

 baceous plants being tested at the Central 

 Experimental Farm. This year has more 

 fully convinced us of the value of some 

 things and the inferiority of others. 



The apple crop was light at the Farm this 

 year, as it has been nearly everywhere, and 

 though there was no scarcity of summer 

 and autumn apples there is little winter 

 fruit. The Wealthy apple does not appear 

 to succeed as well in Western Ontario as it 

 does here and in some parts of the province 

 of Quebec. This variety is a wonderful 

 bearer and it is surprising that the trees live 

 after the great crop which they produce. 

 The fruit in this part of Canada becomes 

 highly colored, keeps in condition until 

 early winter, and is of good quality. There 

 is no apple of its season tested here that 

 can compare with it as a commercial fruit. 



The Mcintosh Red apple grows in favor 

 every year. It seems perfectly adapted to this 

 part of Canada, the tree being very hardy 

 and a vigorous grower, and the fruit highly 

 colored and of excellent quality. Where 

 the trees are properly sprayed there is little 

 trou-ble with the black spot fungus, and 

 though there is never a heavy crop the tree 

 bears annually. The Salome is one of the 

 fe\v winter apples that has fruited well this 

 year. This variety is a good keeper and if 

 the fruit were not so irregular in shape 

 would be one of the most desirable winter 

 apples for this part of Canada, as it keeps 

 well and is a very handsome fruit, but there 

 is always a lack of uniformity about it which 

 is very much against it. The Milwaukee is 

 one of the most promising of the newer 

 winter apples which have fruited here. This 

 variety is a seedling of Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, which it resembles somewhat, but is 

 flatter. The quality also is not unlike the 

 Duchess. Trees planted in 1895 began 

 fruiting in 1899, and there has been a crop 



