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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



our requirements from your country, noth- 

 ing but the first grade should be shipped, 

 apples quite clean, free of spots and scabs. 



THANKS. 



^HE editor desires to thank Prof. 

 H. L. Hutt, of the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College, for his kindness in reading 

 proof of manuscript left for the Journal dur- 

 ing the absence of the editor in Europe, and 

 in adding to the Notes and Comments and 

 to the other matter according to his good 

 judgment ; also to thank Mr. G. C. Creelman 

 and Mr. T. H. Race, members of the edi- 

 torial committee, for their kind assistance 

 during his vacation tour. 



A GOOD EXHIBIT. 



OUR fruit stations sent in a very large 

 and creditable exhibit to the In- 

 dustrial this year, and yet, among so 

 large and yearly increasing a list of varie- 

 ■ ties it is surprising how few are really de- 

 sirable for any one district. The decision 

 of the board that next year the experiment- 

 ers must divide their exhibits so as to show 

 the kinds that are valuable, separately from 

 those that should be discarded, will make 

 the exhibit of far greater value. 



In Mr, Hillborn's collection of peaches 

 we noticed some wonderfully fine samples 

 of the Fitzgerald. With us at Maplehurst 

 this peach has not equalled the Crawford in 

 size, and, being of nearly the same season, 

 we have not commended it very strongly. 

 These samples, however, were so large and 

 fine that they surpassed even the Early 

 Crawford. The Wickson plum in his col- 

 lection was larger than that shown by Mr. 

 Mitchell, our plum specialist, but this sim- 

 ply shows that in Essex this plum is a little 

 earlier and possibly succeeds a Httle better 

 than it does in the County of Grey. At 

 Maplehurst this plum is showing up grand- 

 ly this season, and if, as the tree increases 

 in size it also becomes more productive, it 

 will be one of the finest of the Japans. 



When fully ripe it is delicious eating, and in 

 size it certainly beats them all. 



In Mr. Dempsey's collection of apples 

 from Trenton, we find, as usual, the On- 

 tario, Stark, Ben Davis and Fallawater pro- 

 minent, although he acknowledges that the 

 Fallawater is rather disappointing in pro- 

 ductiveness. There are over 150 varieties 

 in Mr. Dempsey's collection, rather a bewil- 

 dering lot to the novice who wants to know 

 what he ought to plant. Next year, when 

 separated into classes, it will be exactly 

 what such a man will wish to see and study. 



Mr. Jones, of Maitland, shows a fine col- 

 lection of the hardier varieties of apples and 

 plums. Among the apples we notice good 

 samples of N. W. Greening, Milwaukee and 

 Mcmahon White. 



In Mr. Caston's collection, from Craig- 

 hurst, among many other kinds we observ- 

 ed the Shackleford and the Peerless, west- 

 ern varieties of some promise. His Alex- 

 anders and Baxters were especially fine, 

 showing them to be adapted to that section. 



Mr. Huggard's exhibit from Whitby, was 

 large, but needed such classification as will 

 be made next year in order to be of real ' 

 value. 



Mr, Mitchell's splendid collection of 

 plums from Clarkson, Mr. Pettit's extensive 

 collection of grapes from Winona, Mr. 

 Peart's samples of commercial pears from 

 Burlington, and Mr. Sherrington's commer- 

 cial apples from Walkerton, all alphabetical- 

 ly arranged, are also deserving of special 

 notice. 



The whole was under the able superin- 

 tendency of Mr. W. M. Orr, of Fruitland, 

 Ont. 



FRUITS THAT WILL PAY. 



1" HE market conditions in Ontario are 

 changing so rapidly that it is only 

 by the most intelligent planting and the top 

 grafting of orchards already planted that 

 the fruit grower can keep up with the de- 



