LATE FRUITING OF BERRIES. 



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grjwn — as probably will be the case — and 

 the fruit arrives here in g^ood condition, as 

 it is beginning to do, there is room for un- 

 limited expansion. Something has been 

 done in peaches, but that is still in an ex- 

 perimental stage, and in regard to grapes, 

 I will only say that the matter is receiving 

 the attention of the Government." 



Mr. McKinnon proceeded to show in 

 detail the exceeding care which was be- 

 stowed on fruit by the Government inspec. 

 tors from the time it left the tree to the 



time it arrived at its destination, and, in 

 concluding what was a most interesting in- 

 terview, he suggested that dealers on this 

 side might facilitate the work of the Cana- 

 dian Government by communication with 

 Mr. Grindley, at the Canadian office in 

 Liverpool, in the event of their being de- 

 frauded either in connection with the mark- 

 ing or the packing of Canadian fruit. — 

 The Journal of Fruit and Greengrocery, 

 London, Eng. 



LATE FEUITING OF BEEEIES 



SO many reports have been published this , 

 season of berries ripening in October 

 and November that curiosity is aroused as 

 to the cause of such phenomena. The 

 peculiarity has shown itself in some varie- 

 ties more than in others, and has led people 

 to think that "everbearing" sorts are being 

 developed. Mr. Van Deman, writing in 

 the Rural New Yorker, explains that with 

 raspberries and blackberries the fruit buds 

 are found quite early in the summer, and 

 when the conditions are reversable for their 

 development into growth they will some- 

 times do so at once instead of remaining 

 dormant until the next spring, as they would 

 normally do. These fall berries are some- 

 times of the largest sizeTand the best quality, 

 owing to the favorable weather that often 

 occurs then. There are some cases of 

 strawberries developing their fruit buds in 



the fall, instead of the following spring. A 

 new variety that was shown at the Pan- 

 American Exposition last year is the most 

 peculiar in this respect of any. It is a case 

 of bud-variation of the Bismarck, which is 

 a well-known variety. The new kind makes 

 very few runners, but seems to develop ex- 

 cessively its old plants, and especially its 

 fruit buds. After the hot weather of the 

 summer is over, if the season is at all 

 favorable for growth, the fruit buds come 

 out and bloom and bear a heavy crop of 

 excellent fruit. Sometimes the apple, pear, 

 cherry and other trees develop a few of 

 their fruit buds in the fall, but they are 

 usually too late to produce anything more 

 than partially formed truit. The bush fruits, 

 being of a nature to perfect their fruit in a 

 short time, are far more likely to produce 

 crops that will ripen. — The Mail. 



