THE 



Canadian Horticulturist 



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THE CRANBERRY PIPPIN. 



►HE CRANBERRY PIPPIN when 

 grown to perfection is an excellent 

 market apple. Larger and higher 

 colored than Ben Davis, an equally 

 good shipper, and of slightly better quality, 

 it is worthy of planting in place of that 

 variety, in localities to which it is adapted. 



Its finest appearance is about Christmas 

 time, when its beautiful stripes and splashes 

 of carmine show up brilliantly upon the 

 yellow background, while the flesh is still 

 firm and crisp. 



It succeeds well in the southern portions 

 of the province, especially along the shores 

 of lakes Ontario and Erie, but so far has 

 not been planted by very many apple grow- 

 ers. The writer has about twenty-five trees 

 of this variety in full bearing, which some- 

 times give an average of four barrels per 

 tree of very fine high grade apples, when 

 other varieties are almost worthless. 



In the autumn of 1895 the writer ship- 

 ped to Edinburgh a carload of this variety ; 

 the boxes having his full address upon the 

 outside. They were sold by Messrs. Wood 



Omerod & Co. at top prices, and later on 

 we received the following letter from Geo. 

 Pegler&Co. , Aberdeen, Fruiterers to Her 

 Majesty and H. R. H. The Prince of Wales : 



' ' We do not have the pleasure of personally 

 knowing you but we have had the pleasure 

 of handling some of your produce in the form 

 of " Cranberry Pippins." The fruit (grade 

 No. i) has turned out in perfect condition 

 and we have had the greatest pleasure in 

 sending it out. 



"We have, for long, hoped someone would 

 adopt your method of packing and we are 

 glad to see it now done. Hitherto the 

 slaughter of fine fruit, tumbled into barrels, 

 has been disappointing all round, and rend- 

 ered dealing a most unpleasant and often 

 unprofitable matter. 



"We hope the extra care and trouble in- 

 volved in your pack has proved remunerative 

 and feel assured it has only to be persevered 

 in to bring about the best results." 



A few years ago we put up one hun- 

 dred bushel boxes of this same apple for 

 the Australian market, securing from 

 the C. P. R. a special through rate from 

 Toronto to Sidney of $1.00 per box. 



