THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 117 



WINTEE APPLES AT BAERIE, FOE MAEKET. 



A member residing at Barrie asks, "What apple would you 

 recoimnend to plant in quantities for market as winter apples, in a 

 locality like this, where it appears to he uncertain whether tlie 

 Baldwin and Ehode Island Greening are sufficiently hardy?" 



We are still seeking for the varieties for which enquiry is made 

 by our esteemed correspondent. There are sorts which are sufficiently 

 hardy to endure that climate and to bear good crops of fruit, but — 

 there is a hut to most if not to all. The Eed Astrachan, Tetofsky, 

 Alexander, Duchess of Oldenburg, St. Lawrence, &c., are all sufficiently 

 hardy, but they are not winter fruits. Perhaps the most profitable 

 of all the hardy winter sorts may be the Snow Apple. We say 

 perhaps, because in this climate and soil the fruit is very apt to be 

 spotted with small black spots in such numbers as frequently to 

 destroy the value of the fruit, rendering it entirely unfit for market. 

 If it proves on enquiry about Barrie that the fruit is free from blemish, 

 and that the trees yield as large crops as they do usually wherever 

 planted, there is no doubt about the profitable character of the invest- 

 ment. The demand for well grown Snow Apples, free from blemish, 

 has never been met. But if the fruit is subject there to those black 

 spots that so often ruin it here, do not plant this variety for market, 

 it will not pay. 



Next to this we should expect to find the Golden Eusset, the one 

 with light colored speckled shoots, sufficiently hardy and productive to 

 be a profitable sort. Here it does weU, bears well, yields medium sized, 

 fair, handsome apples, which sell well in the English and Scotch 

 markets. The proprietor of the celebrated Beaver brand of Canadian 

 apples says that it is one of the most profitable varieties in his orchard. 

 Inquiry about Barrie ought to reveal how well it succeeds there, 

 whether there proves to be any thing in the soil or climate of that 

 section which lessens any of the good qualities of this variety as grown 

 elsewhere. The tree is quite hardy and productive about Trenton, 

 Belleville, and that section, and is there planted in considerable 

 quantities for market. 



The Ben Davis is a very hardy, vigorous, and productive tree ; the 

 fruit is of good size and handsome appearance, and keeps well. It is 

 quite possible that this would prove a profitable variety, but — and 



