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little flavor. Haralson has fruited for several years. It is a large round 

 conic apple, lacking in quality. We have elsewhere stated it to be of 

 Iowa origin, whereas it originated in Minnesota. 



Four new varieties from Canada have recently begun to bear. Macross 

 is a Mcintosh seedHng and the tree bears considerable resemblance to 

 that variety. It is a roundish, dark red apple with obscure stripes and 

 splashes. The flesh shows some reddish streaks. It is a little earlier in 

 season than Mcintosh, juicy, and of good quality. Hume is another 

 Mcintosh seedling of about the same season as Macross. It is dark red, 

 splashed and striped, with a melting flesh of very good quality and a 

 peculiar, rather agreeable flavor. Both of these are promising varieties 

 and worth trying. Edgar is still another seedling of Mcintosh crossed 

 with Forest. It is later in season than Mcintosh, which it resembles, 

 though somewhat inferior to it in color. The flesh is juicy and good but 

 not equal to Mcintosh. Linda is a late winter apple, roundish, of an 

 attractive red color and crisp, juicy flesh. 



Cox Orange is a variety well known in England and is grown in Nova 

 Scotia for export to English markets, where it is highly esteemed and 

 brings a high price. The tree is somewhat lacking in vigor but bears 

 fairly well. The apple is rather small, oblate conic, yellow partly covered 

 with a bronze red, and not attractive in appearance. The flesh is subacid, 

 crisp and melting, with a very good, spicy flavor. Perhaps it is not at 

 its best here, but it is easy to see why it is valued by lovers of choice 

 apples. It does not look promising for commercial use but might be 

 desirable for the home garden. 



Anoka is from South Dakota, is very hardy, and resembles Duchess. 

 It is remarkable only for its dwarf growth and for coming into bearmg 

 very early. 



Yates has been grown to see how a variety from the extreme southern 

 apple region would behave here. It proves to be a small, smooth, oblate 

 apple, with conspicuous dots and very poor flavor — an extreme case 

 showing what happens when a variety is grown far from home. 



Peach. New varieties of peaches are added to our variety orchards each 

 year. Most of them prove unsuited to our conditions or not superior 

 to established varieties of the same season of ripening. Yet such trials 

 must be made if we are to find the occasional variety that is really an 

 improvement. The following comments on a few varieties are based on 

 one or more years observation in our orchards supplemented with what 

 we have learned of their behavior elsewhere. 



Ambergem is a good tough-fleshed clingstone canning peach two to 

 three weeks earlier than Elberta. It is meeting with favor in eastern 

 canning districts; but as we have no canning industry, it will not be 

 planted here. 



Candoka is a medium large, round, yellow-fleshed freestone peach of 

 Elberta season or a little later. It is characterized by a red streak down 

 the suture. The flesh is firm melting and of poor quality. It seems to 

 have little or no value for us. 



Hardee is a large, compressed, yellow-fleshed freestone peach, a little 

 later than Elberta, unattractive, of poor quality, and of little or no value 

 for us. 



Polly resembles Champion closely, ripening a little ahead of it; white- 

 fleshed, soft, freestone of not too good quality— not promising. 



