THE GEOTISEE FARMER. 



21 



CANADIAN FRUITS IN ENGLAND. 



Canada, won laurels at the Great International 

 Exiubition. Her wheat and other grains compared 

 "avorably with that of the most favored portions 

 jf the world, while the specimens of timber from 

 tier forests attracted marked attention and high 

 commendation. 



This is no more than any one acquainted with 

 the products of Canadian soil and culture would 

 'lave anticipated. With a climate and soil equal 

 :o that of our own justly celebrated "Genesee 

 Donntry'" for the production of wheat, and with 

 'armers as intelligent and skillful, and more 

 \horough^ there is no reason why Canadian agricul- 

 ;ural products should not be of the highest order. 



We trust our Canadian friends will not be un- 

 luly elated at receiving honors which they have 

 ong deserved. The English "at home" have 

 -itlierto underrated the agricultural capabilities of 

 rinnnda. Tlie r*"^ent exhibition has done much to 

 correct tlie erroneous impression entertained in 

 •ogard to the severity of the climate. A great 

 change has taken place in the tone of the agricul- 

 iural press of England in regard to it, and the re- 

 narks now made, though just in the main, indicate 

 low little has hitherto been known either of the 

 Jriited States or Canada. 



We fire led to these remarks bj'' a leading article 

 n the London Oardeners' Chronicle of November 

 L5th. The Royal Horticultural Society invited 

 wmologi^ts in all countries to send specimens of 

 Tuits to the late exhibition, and the Fruit Growers' 

 5j)ciety of Canada West sent a collection. This 

 ivas exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Gardens 

 it South Kensington November 11, 1862, and the 

 Gnrdeners' Chronicle alludes to it as follows : 



"The most remarkable feature of this meeting 

 ivas the wonderfully fine collection of apples, &c., 

 low on view in tlie Society's new Conservatory, 

 Tom Canada. These come from the neighborhood 

 ■»f Lake Ontario, and are shown by the Hamilton 

 society of Practical Gardeners at the solicitation 

 )f Dr. HcELBTJET, one of the Canadian Commis- 

 sioners at the International Exhibition. Well may 



our transatlantic friends be proud of their apples, 

 which equal, and in some instances surpass, even 

 the very best English produce of that description. 

 Magnificent as was the collection of apples shown 

 the other day from Nova Scotia, it is fully equaled 

 by that under notice. True, we want the external 

 beauty of the carnation-striped Chebucto, and one 

 or two others; but on the other hand, no such 

 Ribston Pippins have been shown in this or any 

 otner year, that we can remember, as those from 

 Canada. They measure individually a foot in cir- 

 cumference, and are of a rich golden yellow hue, 

 beautifully painted and streaked with red. Scarcely 

 less astonishing, as regards size and general appear- 

 ance, are the examples of Gloria Mundi and Fall 

 Pippen, which the collection contains; the latter 

 is not unlike the former in shape, but it is more 

 yellow in color, and has a tinge of red on the sunny 

 side; the Gloria Mundi, on the- contrary, is of a 

 pale green color, and covered all over with minute 

 white specks, an appearance which it seldom or 

 ever presents in this country. Of Catshead there 

 are some fine fruit, as well as of Pumpkin Sweet, 

 a large orange yellow kind mottled with red ; 

 Americaner, a conical yellow variety, red on one 

 side ; and Pound Pippin, a sort not unlike None- 

 such. Auchmar, a round small-eyed variety, 

 greenish yellow streaked and mottled with red, 

 measured a foot in circumference ; what is called 

 Hoary Morning appears to be Fearn's Pippin, but 

 there is a beauty and delicacy of coloring about it 

 Avhicli with us it never possesses; Bowrassa, which 

 was stated to be a native of Canada, looks not un- 

 like Royal Russet ; it is, however, beautifully cov- 

 ered with' red on the sunny side. Swaar' is a me- 

 dium sized green fruit [AVlien ripe it is a golden yel- 

 low color. Ifr was 'green' from being picked too 

 early.] Vandevere a nice looking medium sized 

 kind with a small eye and firmer, but otherwise 

 something like Fearn's Pippin ; concerning Golden 

 Russetiug, a small round apple, it is stated that it 

 will keep till July, and that it never rots; on the 

 contrary, it 'wilts' up, a character which its ap- 

 pearance fully bears out. Craigie's Graft is a con- 

 ical firm variety, and a reported gO(xl keeper. 

 Esopus Spitzenburg is a high colored conical mid- 

 dle-sized fruit, but in this instance scarcely up to 

 the mark as regards brilliancy ; Westfield Seek no 

 Further is a pale green round sort below the mid- 

 dle size, and dark red on one side; Fall Genetin, 

 an irivgular shaped apple, is the variety hitherto 

 known in this country as Fall Pippen ; but in reality 

 it is very dilferent, and not nearly so handsome as 

 the sort shown in the collection under that name. 

 What is called Snow Apple appears to be the same 

 as the sort named La Famense, a small glossy red 

 kind with snow white flesh. Northern Spy is a 

 conical (/reen kind, slightly streaked with red. 

 [This had been gathered too early.] Col vert, pale 

 green and round, specked and streaked with red ; 

 Tallman Sweet is a middle-sized, nearly white 

 kind ; Red Detroit is a dark i-ed glossy apple, of 

 attractive appearance; as is also Jonathan, another 

 glossy red conical variety; 2P-ounce Pi])piu and 

 20-ounce Branch are different sorts ; the one is 

 pale green and streaked with red, while the other 

 is smaller, more conical, and darker in ctilor. Of 

 the Baldwin there are large sized specimens, as 

 well as of a sort called Oarjuga, [Probably the 



