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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



tance, with the exception of the orchards of 

 Mr. Chapais, Mr. Dupuis, and a few others, 

 such as that of Mr. Verreault at St. Jean, 

 Port Joli, which we did not visit, there was 

 nothing that could be called an orchard, al- 

 though many farmers had a few trees. Plum 

 and cherry trees are dying or dead from 



black knot, and apple trees are none too 

 thrifty, whereas in the two- orchards men- 

 tioned, and no doubt in others which we did 

 not see, black knot is practically a stranger 

 and the trees making thrifty growth, show- 

 ing what can be done in this district if there 

 is a will to do it. 



A PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FRUIT SHOW. 



THE exhibition of fruit this year at 

 the Provincial show, Charlotte- 

 town, Prince Edward Island, was 

 by no means the grand feature of previous 

 years. The reason for this is found in the 

 fact that last year was a full year here, his 

 even more than an off year, for besides be- 

 ing off as to the bearing qualities of the 

 trees, the season has been so backward as tj 

 leave the small proportion of fruit on them 

 strikingly ungrown and immature. In the 

 early apple class Yellow Transparent 

 showed up splendidly, because other years 

 it had gone out of season in late September. 

 But Duchess of Oldenburg was not nearly 

 so large nor well represented as one would 

 have thought, only 34 entries being made. 

 Alexander and its offspring, Wolf River, 

 were a good exhibit as to number, but even 

 this fruit was not fully grown and but poor- 

 ly colored. The lists comprehended Alex- 

 ander (Emperor), Baldwin, Banks, Baxter, 

 Belle Fleur, Ben Davis, Bethel, Blenheim 

 Pippin, Sutton's Beauty, Chenango Straw- 

 berry, Rom-e Beauty, Duchess. Hubbard- 

 ston Fameuse, Inkerman, Golden Rus- 

 set, Gravenstein, King, Mcintosh Red, 

 Mann, Nonpareil, R. I. Greening, Red Beig- 

 heimer. Rid Russet, Ribston Pippin, Stark, 

 St. Lawrence, Wagener, Wealthy, Winter 

 Bough, Wolf River, Yellow Transparent, 

 with all the crabs and a number of plums, 

 pears and grapes. Ontario, Nonsuch and 



Rome Beauty failed to fill. Inkerman, one 

 of my own origin, was only represented by 

 one plate, and in several other sections there 

 was but a small exhibit. It is peculiar to 

 me how you secure a half decent show of 

 fruit at your exhibitions in Ontario, held so 

 early in the season. For our part, we be- 

 lieve that we shall have to come to the win- 

 ter show of fruit for anything Hike practical 

 results. 



From present appearances it doesn't look 

 as if we could grow good Nonpareils here. 

 We can get good Spys, fair Baldwins, Rus- 

 sets, Manns, good Kings, Gravensteins, Rib- 

 stons, Starks, Ben Davis, We^lthys, etc. 

 The autumn apples do well — our Alexanders 

 and Wolf Rivers beat the world. Those we 



Fig. 2685. Prize Clapp's Favorite. 



