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VARIETIES OF APPLE, 



Yet we cannot recommend the planting of this tree extensively 

 for market. Only the fortunate possessor of the peculiar soil 

 requisite to the full development of tree and fruit may venture 

 beyond what will supply the wants of his own family. There 

 are other sorts less fastidious in their choice of soils, which can 

 be better trusted to yield remunerative crops. In point of hardi- 

 hood, it is about equal to the Baldwin, capable of enduring a 

 very considerable degree of cold, when planted on deep, dry soiL 

 With the exception of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence districts, 

 it is grown generally throughout Ontario ; and we are informed 

 that it is much esteemed in the apple-growing region of Nova 

 Scotia. 



Fameuse, — Pomme de Neige. — Snow Apple. — The precise 

 origin of this favorite apple is unknown, and whether it was long 

 ago introduced from France, or had its birth-place in the Province 

 of Quebec, it has most emphatically made Canada its home. 

 Here it is grown in a perfection seldom elsewhere seen ; here its 

 fine qualities are fully brought out, and here its ruddy fruit is 

 admired and appreciated by those of every age and every rank. 



The tree is hardy, very hardy; standing in the next rank to 

 the Siberian crabs, and thriving in any properly drained soil, in 

 well nigh every part of the Dominion. It is a moderate grower, 

 with large, glossy green leaves and dark shoots, and bears 

 abundantly and early. The fruit is deep dark red in the sun, 

 growing lighter in the shade, where it is sometimes a pale green- 

 ish yellow ; the flesh is snow white, very tender, breaking, juicy, 

 almost melting, with a delicate aroma, and most agreeable mild 

 flavor ; quality, " very good." To be used only for the dessert. 

 Eipe in December and January. The fruit is sometimes kept 

 until April, but usually at the expense of more or less of its 

 flavor. 



In some parts of Western Ontario, the Snow Apple is subject 

 to the attacks, in some seasons, of a parasitic fungus, which grows 

 on the skin of the fruit, producing black spots, which are some- 

 times so numerous as very materially to disfigure and injure the 



