A VISIT TO GREY C0UN2Y. 



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Twenty Ounce Pippin, Mann, Canada Red, 

 Colvert, Rox. ' Russet, Snow, Maiden's 

 Blush, St. Lawrence, Ontario, Swazie, Rib- 

 ston and Tallman, 



APPLES TO PLANT IN GREY COUNTY. 



Now, in planting apples in Simcoe, Huron, 

 Grey or Bruce, we would be inclined to omit 

 several of these, as for example the Golden 

 Russet,because not sufficiently productive. At 

 our Huron station this apple has proved re- 

 gularly unproductive, even in alternate years. 

 This year only one side of the trees, and in 

 some cases only certain limbs are fruiting; 

 besides, the small size of the fruit counts 

 against it for a first-class export apple. 

 Then the Twenty-Ounce Pippin, or Caba- 

 shea, is most unproductive everywhere. It 

 is a good seller, but it is too poor in quality 

 for home use, and yields too little fruit to 

 make it profitable for market. Snow, too, 

 is unprofitable in the county of Grey, be- 



cause of the scab ; while the Maiden's Blush 

 is only worth growing for ornament. In 

 place of these we would suggest Graven- 

 stein, Wealthy, Blenheim and Crimson Pip- 

 pin. 



THE BLENHEIM ORANGE. 



" I think," said Mr. Whitehead, " that the 

 Blenheim is one of my most profitable varie- 

 ties. I have three trees in my orchard 

 twelve years planted, and this year I esti- 

 mate the crop as at least twenty barrels." 



" I have a different story to tell," said Mr. 

 Elford, of Huron County. " I have five or 

 six trees twenty years planted, and I have 

 never yet had two barrels off a tree in any 

 one season." 



" Well," said the writer, " I have great 

 faith in the Blenheim; it is one of the best 

 export apples and much wanted in Great 

 Britain; has a good reputation, which is 

 worth considerable even to an apple. It Is 



Fig. 2660. Meeting of Farmers and Fruit Growers at Sherrington's. 



