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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Photo by F . T. Shutt. 



Fig. 2683. Vista in Botanic Garden, with Viburnum Hedge in Foreground. Grounds of 

 Aug, Dupuis, Village des Aulnais, Que. 



The photo shows an avenue in grounds of Mr. Dupuis, the veteran fruit grower and pioneer in 

 horticulture, being seated on the bench or garden seat in the foreground. Among the other figures are 

 Mr. A. Verreault (in front of the streamer "Horticulture"), superintendent of the grounds, and Mr. 

 W. T. Macoun (next to Mr. Verreault), the writer of this article. The streamers and flags were dis- 

 played by Mr. Dupuis in honor of the visit of the officers of the Experimental Farm. 



and Golden Drop, which had been kept in a 

 cool and dry building, were packed on No- 

 vember loth, and on December ist they 

 were still in good condition and sold well. 

 The plum season begins with Favorite and 

 Mirabelle in the first half of August and 

 ends with Golden Drop and Grand Duke 

 about December ist. 



Mr. Dupuis is now experimenting with a 

 large number of varieties of pears, forty-six 

 of which he imported from France, most of 

 them being on dwarf stocks. A large pro- 

 portion of these were fruiting this year, and 

 some of them give promise of being especial- 

 ly adapted to the district along the south 



shore. Among the most promising were 

 Claude Blanchet and Toukouba, which, al- 

 though not of the best quality, were of good 

 size and appearance, 



Morello cherries are also successfully 

 grown here, and good crops of these are pro- 

 duced nearly every year. 



There is a good sized apple orchard here 

 with trees twenty-five or thirty years old, 

 and perhaps more. The hardiest varieties 

 succeed best, but we were surprised to find 

 a Northern Spy tree in fairly vigorous con- 

 dition which was planted more than twenty 

 years ago. Among the varieties which are 

 most reliable here may be mentioned Tetof- 



