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Specimens from Orange : 



CLAYUATE PEARMAIN.- All attacked by inch of the core chambers, where it became 

 codlin moth through the eye, so as to be entirely closed. 



- of * CROWN P--Y 10 T cime ns 



which had been rendered unfit for this Th ree attacked by codlm moth through 



examination bv attacks of codlin moth. ^eeye One had only a narrow passage 



The other six "had each a narrow passage l f dm % to the . C r *' . AU . th j otl f r f h * d a 



leading from the eye to the core. f a el on e-eighth of an inch wide leading 



<;RA!SXY SMiTH.-Except those that to the core chambers and of these, two had 



were attacked by codlin moth, all the already become mouldy. 



specimens had a narrow channel (one- CRESS'S SEEDLING. All that were free 



thirty-second to one-sixteenth of an inch) from codlin moth had a very narrow 



leading to within about one-eighth of an channel that was closed at the bottom. 



Miscellaneous : 



ROME BEAUTY, several specimens. Had RIMER, several specimens. A very 



a conical channel, the outer diameter being narrow channel led to the core cavities. 

 three-sixteenths of an inch across. For 



three-sixteenths of an inch above the core WINTER PEARMAIN. Channel nearly 



cavities this channel was closed. closed. The specimens, however, were 



FIVE CROWN PIPPIN, few specimens. green. 

 Channel, one-fourth of an inch wide, lead- 



ing to the already mouldy core cavities. MAJETING. Channel nearly closed. 



The foregoing observations are hardly sufficient as a basis for much 

 reasoning, but they serve to make plain the fact that there are 

 considerable variations in apples of a given variety in respect to the 

 channel at the blossom end. It is also clear that the channel varies 

 in the same apple in the process of ripening, becoming wider as the 

 apple ripens. 



The number of samples examined is insufficient to throw much light 

 on the question of how to proceed to select in order to combat the 

 occurrence of this channel. It is hoped that the observations may 

 be continued another year on a larger series of specimens. The subject 

 is certainly one of importance in connection with the keeping qualities 

 of apples, and it is, therefore, one that touches a fundamental problem 

 of the apple industry. 



QUINCE ROTS. 



IT is not often that the quince comes under the consideration of the 

 experts of this department for the reason that it cuts a comparatively 

 small figure in the fruit industry of the State, and also, no doubt, 

 because the quince is eminently able to look after itself, being an 

 exceedingly hardy shrub. 



Now and then a fruit-grower is found making something of a 

 specialty of this fruit, owing to the market demand for a fruit to mix 

 with others of less piquancy. For the same reason nearly every private 

 fruit garden contains its " quince bush." 



From such sources I have from time to time collected or received 

 specimens that give me some idea of the diseases that are most 



