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Apples for Export, 



1044. Sir, — From present understand- 

 ing of the varieties, can you say which would 

 be a good paying variety of undoubted ability 

 to hold its position to meet the market — 

 shipping requirements, etc., etc. You named 

 " Wealthy " once to me. Do you know I 

 think it soft, easily mashed and so on. I 

 can grow them to a fine size, shape and color. 

 I would top graft Tallman Sweet for these, 

 as they are weak in trunk and too low grow- 

 ing. How are Gideon, Longfield, Canada 

 Baldwin? Can I grow the latter? Name 

 any others. 



Can you recommend me to plant 25 pear 

 trees or more with the same view. Beurre 

 Bosc seems to give us hope in that direction. 

 I wish to recommend to my neighbors graft- 

 ing and planting such varieties and numbers, 

 so that we may be able to ship directly to 

 England or sell orchard to exporters, etc. 



Wm. Bacon Manor field, Orillia. 



The varieties suggested by our friend, 

 Mr. Bacon, are scarcely to be recom- 

 mended for export. Gideon is a pretty 

 apple, which originated with Peter 

 Gideon, of Minnesota. It is of the 

 same parentage as the Wealthy, but 

 softer apple and not so good a shipper. 

 It is a fall apple, ripening September 

 and October, of poor quality for dessert 

 purposes, and only fair for dessert. It 

 is of great value in the Algoma section 

 on account of its hardiness and produc- 

 tiveness. Canada Baldwin is a nice 

 apple, but too unproductive and too 

 small to be a profitable variety for ex- 

 port]; though very desirable for one's own 

 " table. Longneld may or may not prove 

 desirable. We have not yet fruited it; 

 but in Algoma it yields heavy crops, and 

 the apple is quite attractive in appear- 

 ance and of excellent quality. 



Peaches for Norfolk County. 



1045. Sir, — Will you kindly give me a 

 list of varieties of peaches you think profit- 

 able for an orchard, those adapted especially 

 for canning and shipping. The locality is 

 the extreme end of Turkey Point, Norfolk 

 Co. , Lake Erie ; latitude 42° 38" north ; land 



15 feet above high water line and adjacent to 

 bay shore, which surrounds it on east and 

 south, and on west is open marsh 1 to 1^ 

 miles, to high bank of main land ; on north, 

 thick growth of cedar, pine and red cedar, 

 with maple, elm and walnuts and butternuts. 

 In this the question of tender fruit buds 

 not important, for obvious reasons. 



W. .1. McInnes, Vittoria. 



There has a considerable change 

 come over the views of our peach 

 growers regarding varieties, during late 

 years. For a long time the rage was 

 for early varieties, which were for a 

 time very profitable ; but now that 

 Southern and California peaches come 

 into our Province in such abundance 

 in the early part of the season, our 

 own early clingstones — such as Alex- 

 ander, Hale's Early and others, have 

 been less and less in demand. Fine 

 late varieties, which come in when the 

 imported varieties are about over, are 

 therefore much more desirable for us 

 to grow in Canada. Certainly we have 

 little use for Alexander, Amsden's June, 

 Louise, Hale, and such varieties which 

 hardly ripen before they rot ; and when 

 they ripen, have so little quality. For 

 home markets, the following are good : 

 — Rivers, Barnard, Early Michigan, 

 Elberta, Gold Drop, Kalamazoo, Old 

 Mixon Smock P>ee, Stump the World, 

 Stevens' Rareripe. 



Sppaying". 



I046. Sir, — Are there any new develop- 

 ments in the spraying world that I may take 

 advantage of on your advice ? Which is 

 the best spraying machine ? I would like to 

 spray potatoes as well. 



Wm. Bacon, Orillia. 



The excellent article by Mr. W. M. 

 Orr, in our January number, will in 

 part reply to our correspondent's in- 



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