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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 2545. A View in W. H. Dempsey's Bin Davis Orchard. 



Mr. Dempsey has had great satisfaction 

 with Ontario. It comes into bearing so 

 early, the fruit is so even in grade, and it 

 will sell for Spy on the markets, it resem- 

 bles that variety so closely in appearance, 

 but it is inferior to it in quality. 



" I have exported the Duchess," said Mr. 

 Dempsey, "in barrels this season in ordi- 

 nary storage, but did not meet with much 

 encouragement ; they only netted about 

 three cents a barrel more than 1 got for 

 those I sold in Montreal, and that was too 

 small a margin for the increased risk." 



THE BEN DAVIS. 

 " IVT OW, Mr. Dempsey, what do you 



1 \ think of Ben Davis ; you have 

 more of them in your commercial orchard 

 than any other kind ?" 



*' It always pays me well," said he, "but 

 it has its own season in the market, and that 

 is toward spring, after the Baldwin and Spy 

 have been well cleared out. Nobody wants 



to eat a Ben Davis in fall or early winter ; it 

 is not ready so early. My own family use 

 more Ben Davis than Baldwin, because in 

 Baldwin season they prefer to use Spy ; but 

 when these are over, say in April, then they 

 call for Ben Davis, and by that time it is 

 good for all purposes." 



Mr. L K. Shourds, of vVellington, Prince 

 Edward County also championed the Ben 

 Davis. " Why," he said, " in March, 1900, 

 Pritchard, of Liverpool, authorized me to 

 buy for him, and pay $2.75 for Ben Davis, 

 and only from $2.25 to it)2.5o for other vari- 

 eties. At that season the old Ben turned 

 out in better and more salable condition 

 than Baldwin or Spy." 



" In Ottawa, only last week (about the 

 middle of February)," said Alex. McNeill, 

 of Ottawa, one of our fruit inspectors, 

 "I saw Ben Davis sold at $2.50 a barrel, 

 when good Snow apples were only bringing 

 $2.00!" 



