17§ THE CANADIAN IIOKTICULTUiaST: 



necessary that the fruit should be of the very largest size possible. 

 Overgrown specimens are not usually as well fiavorecl as those of more 

 moderate dimensions. Each variety has its own natural or normal 

 size when the tree has reached maturity, and no apple should be put 

 up of any variety that is materially below this normal size, and that 

 is not free from all defects and blemishes. 



It is a pleasure to be able to say that we know of other shippers, 

 of fruit in this vicinity who are equally careful and honest in their 

 packing of fruit, and we would name them here were it not that by so 

 doing we might seem to cast a doubt upon the integrity of others with 

 whose style of packing we do not happen to be acquainted. Those 

 who have, by strict attention to the perfect character of their fruit„ 

 established a reputation for sending out nothing but strictly hrst-class 

 apples, can always command a remunerative price. 



The varieties which Mr. Miller sent were the E. I. Greenin<'' 

 Swayzie Pomme Grise, Montreal Pomme Grise, Northern Spy, Esopus 

 Spitzeuburg, Westfield Seek-no-further, and Snow Apple. Of these,- 

 Mr. Brown says all the barrels contained sound, beautiful fruit, " and 

 my friends often write me in the highest praise of them." 



HOETICULTUEAL GOSSIP. (IX.) 



BY L. WOOLVERTON, M.A., GRIMSBY. 



Selecting .Apples for Exhibitions. — Xo doubt much of the dis- 

 satisfaction among exhibitors of fruits about the awards made at our 

 fairs arises from ignorance of those points which ought to guide a wise 

 judge. In nine cases out of ten the intending exhibitor thinks only of 

 size, and he selects from his orchard with the idea that whoever shows 

 the biggest will surely win. If he were competing for the best ten 

 varieties, and a pumpkin could by any means be grown on an apple 

 tree, he would surely include it in his list, regardless of its worthless- 

 ness in other respects. 



A very little consideration will show that this point of size is of 

 little or no value except among cooking apples. Eor instance, place 

 on the table for dessert on one plate the diminutive Lady Apple, or 

 the juicy, melting Fameuse, or the crisp Swayzie Pomme Grise, and 

 on another the Cabashea, the Cayuga Eed Streak, or the Gloria Mundi; 



