QUESTION DRA WER. 



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A Curiosity. 



131 7. Sir, — I send by post, herewith, a speci- 

 men of the product of a curious peach (curious at 

 least to me), tree, for you to submit to an expert 

 or some authority on fruit, to examine and say if 

 it is worth cultivating; the tree is an accidental 

 self sown one, origin unknown ; the fruit inside 

 the skin if of a deep red color, unlike any that I 

 have ever seen, and seems to indicate a new var- 

 iety, but possibly it may be common to others 

 although new to me. 



i'ardon my troubling you with it, perhaps I 

 should have sent it to O. A. C, Guelph, for ex- 

 amination and report. 



A. ViDAL, Sarnia. 



This is certainly a singular freak of nature, 

 but, in our opinion, of no commercial value. 



To Destroy Poplar and Locust Trees. 



13 18. Sir, — We have some silver-leaf poplars 

 and locust trees we wish very much to get rid of, 

 root and branch (roots particularly). Could you 

 advise us of some means of killing them before 

 cutting down. 



H. J. G. 



We would advise girdling the trees to- 

 ward the end of June, and then digging 

 them out by the roots in the fall. This is 

 easier done if the top is not cut off, for a 

 rope can be attached to it, and, as the roots 

 are cut, the whole tree is the easier pulled 

 over. 



A Winter Dessert Apple. 



13 19. Sir,— Which is the best late winter des- 

 sert apple for this section ? I want one of good 

 quality for home use. The Ben Davis has been 

 recommended to me, but I understand the quality 

 is not the best. I prefer a large apple. 



Carleton Place, Ont. Thos. McQuaig. 



We would think that Mcintosh Red would 

 please you as well as any for dessert pur- 

 poses ; it is larger than Ben Davis, and of 

 special value for eating. Another very fine 

 apple for northern sections is the Wealthy, 

 which unites beauty and size with very good 

 quality, though in southern sections it ripens 

 rather early. 



no trace of it in either the Experimental Farm 

 Reports or in the Nursery Catalogue. 

 Berwick, N. S. A. J. Turner. 



This apple is not grown to any great ex- 

 tent, unless in a very few sections ; perhaps 

 it is as well known in some parts of Illinois 

 as any where, and in some parts of Ontario. 

 The buyers seem to like it, because it makes 

 very few seconds in packing. Downing thus 

 describes it : Fruit medium, roundish, slight- 

 ly oblate, skin light yellow, faintly shaded, 

 splashed and striped with rich red, and with 

 a few light and brown dots. Flesh yellow- 

 ish, coarse, moderately juicy, sub-acid, good. 

 December to March. 



A Disputed Variety. 



1321. Sir, — I enclose to your address in a box 

 three apples for identification. They were entered 

 at the Clarksburg exhibition for Ribston, but the 

 judges say they are not. They are under protest, 

 and were given to me for identification. Will you 

 please name them ? 



The apples are probably the Red Russet. 

 They are quite distinct from Ribston, a var- 

 iety which we have grown at Maplehurst for 

 many years. 



The Phoenix Apple. 



1320. Sir,— I notice in the July number, Mr. 

 Carey recommends the Phoenix apple. Would 

 you please describe this apple for me. I can find 



Allenby's Seedling Apple. 



133a. Sir, — I am expressing you a basket of 

 seedling apples grown on a tree amongst shrub 

 bushes in a field adjoining my garden and orchard 

 in Gait. In the opinion of several the apple is of 

 superior quality for dessert and for cooking as 

 well. The tree is wonderfully productive, loaded 

 down with fruit just now ripe. It was gnawed by 

 rabbits some years ago when it was quite small, 

 and is dwarfed in height, with branches spreading 

 and bending down amongst the grass. No spray- 

 ing has been done, and the fruit is clean and prac- 

 tically free of worms. As it is a seedling I would 

 like you and your friends to examine it and tell me 

 whether you think it would be valuable to apple 

 growers. If you do I propose calling it the Lin- 

 dum, the Latin name for my native city, Lincoln, 

 in England. 



Gait. F. G. Allenby. 



The apple is a very handsome one, some- 

 what resembling the Maiden's Blush in ap- 

 pearance, though less oblate. The skin is 

 white, with bright red blush in sun and dul- 

 ler red in parts. The stem is about an inch 

 long, set in a remarkably deep regular cav- 



