The Canadian Horticulturi^ 



rol XXXII 



MARCH, 1909 



No. 3 



The Best Varieties of Fruits for our Orchards 



ONCE more the season for planting 

 is near at hand. To know what 

 I varieties of fruits are best to plant 



|in our orchards often is a vexing- ques- 

 tion. Some varieties that have bean 

 ^profitable in the past are gradually drop- 

 fping out of favor. The market to be 

 filled and local conditions of climate and 

 soil are the chief factors in determining 

 the selection. Experienced orchardists 

 in all parts of Canada have kindly sent 

 to The Canadian Horticulturist lists 

 that they recommend for their provinces 

 and particularly for their own locali- 

 ties. In this issue, varieties suitable 

 for planting in Ontario and eastern Can- 

 ada will be mentioned ; in the March 

 issue, those suitable for the prairie pro 

 vinces and British Columbia. 



NOVA SOOTIA 



For Nova Scotia, the following varie- 

 ties are recommended for the Annapolis 

 Valley by Mr. R. J. Messenger, of 

 Bridgetown: Apples — Gravenstein, Rib- 

 ston, King, Fallawater, Blenheim, Bald- 

 win, Golden Russet, Spy, Nonpareil, 

 Stark, Ben Davis (?); pears — Seckle, 

 artlett, Clapp's Favorite, Anjou, Louise 

 Bonne, Bosc ; plums— Red June, Coe's 

 Golden Drop, Magnum Bonum, Lom- 

 bard, Green Gage; peaches — Early Can- 

 ada, Early Rivers, Elberta, (all very lit- 

 tle grown) ; raspberries — Cuthbert, Her- 

 bert ; gooseberries — Downing and other 

 leading American varieties ; currants- 

 leading varieties ; strawberries — standard 

 sorts. 



For the eastern part of the province, 

 the following varieties are mentioned in 



jthe order of their popularity by Mr. 



"'ercy J. Shaw of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Truro : Apples — Wolf River, 

 /ealthy. La Rue (Baxter), Stark, Duch- 

 ess, Scott's Winter, Transparent, Ben 

 ")avis. 



NEW BRUNSWICK 



For New Brunswick, the following 

 Ivarieties are mentioned by Mr. John Fer- 

 guson of Murches': Apples — -Transpar- 

 fent. Duchess, Wealthy, Fameuse, Woif 

 "liver, Mcintosh Red, Bishop Pippin, 

 Scott's Winter, Bethel, Talman Sweet, 

 "iolden Russet ; plums — Green Gage, 

 /heaton, Yellow Egg, Lombard ; straw- 

 iberries — Crescent, Sharplcss, Splendid, 

 |Senator Dunlop, Williams, Glen Mary ; 

 red raspberries — Cuthbert, King; black- 

 berries — Eldorado ; gooseberries — 



Downing ; currants — Cherry, White 

 Grape. 



Mr. J. C. Gilman, of Fredericton, of- 

 fers the following selection : Apples — 

 Red Astrachan, Duchess, Dudley Win- 

 ter or North Star, Wealthy, Alexander, 

 Wolf River, Fameuse, Mcintosh, Bishop 

 Pippin or Yellow Bellflower, G. Russet ; 

 plums — Moore's Arctic, Golden Prolific, 

 Lombard, Green Gage ; cherries — Early 

 Richmond ; currants — Red Dutch, Fay, 

 Versailles, Cherry, White Grape, Black 

 Naples; strawberries — Crescent, War- 

 field, Senator Dunlop, Splendid, Glen 

 Mary, Bubach, Sample ; red raspberries 

 — King, Herbert, Cuthbert, Golden Pro- 

 lific ; blackberries — Snyder, Taylor, Aga- 



A Grand Paper 



Editor, The C^iadian Horticul- 

 turist : — You are to be congratulat- 

 ed on the excellence of The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist. You are 

 developing a grand paper; in fact, 

 the best one of its kind that I know 

 of.— W. S. Blair, Professor of 

 Horticulture, Macdonald College. 



warn, Wachusett Thornless ; gooseber- 

 ries — Downing, Pearl Houghton. 



PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 



For Prince Edward Island, standard 

 sorts that do well in most parts of the 

 province are given by Mr. John John- 

 ston of Long River as follows : Apples, 

 — Crimson Beauty, Yellow Transparent, 

 Red Astrachan, Duchess, Wealthy, 

 Alexander, Wolf River, Stark; pears— 

 Clapp's Favorite, Bartlett ; plums— Saun- 

 ders, Moore's Arctic, Victoria, Lombard, 

 Damson; cherries — English Morello, 

 blackberries — Snyder, Agawam ; currant, 

 — Cherry; gooseberries — Downing, 

 Houghton ; strawberries — leading varie- 

 ties. 



QUBBEO 



For Quebec, the following varieties are 

 recommended by Mr. J. C. Chapais of 

 St. Denis for his county, Kamouraska, 

 which is one of the most northern points 

 where fruits are grown in that province 

 (north latitude 47 degrees 30 minutes) : 

 Apples — Early Strawberry, Yellow 

 Transparent, Lowland Raspberry, Red 

 Astrachan, Duchess, Alexander, Wolf 

 River, Fameuse, Wealthy, Longfield , 

 pears — Flemish Beauty, Vermont Beau- 



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ty ; plums — Early Yellow, Saunders, 

 Blue Damson, Reine Claude de Mont- 

 morency, Lombard, Geuii ; cherries- 

 Early Richmond, Montmorency, French 

 cherry ; gooseberries — Downing, Hough- 

 ton, Columbus ; currants — Fay's Prolific, 

 La Versailles, White Grape, Black 

 Champion, Black Naples; raspberries — 

 Marlboro, Golden Queen, White French ; 

 strawberries — White Alpine, Lovett, 

 Williams, Sharpless and other hardy 

 standard varieties. 



ONTARIO 



For Ontario, the most satisfactory 

 varieties for general planting, according 

 to Mr. J. W. Crow, Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College, Guelph, are as follows. 

 Apples — Duchess, Alexander, Wealthy, 

 Snow, R. I. Greening, Baldwin, Spy. 

 Ben Davis; pears— Clapp, Bartlett, 

 Duchess, Kieffer; cherries— Richmond, 

 Montmorency; peaches— St. John, Early 

 Crawford, Fitzgerald, Elberta, Smock, 

 plums — Burbank, Bradshaw, Shipper's 

 Pride, Grand Duke, Reine Claude; 

 grapes— Moore's Early, Delaware, Lind- 

 ley. Concord, Niagara. 



The standard varieties of small fruits 

 recommended by Mr. Crow are, in black- 

 berries — Agawam, Snyder; red raspber 

 ries — Marlboro, Herbert, Cuthbert ■ 

 .black raspberries — Hilborn, Gregg; pur- 

 ple raspberries — Columbian, Shaffer; 

 black currants— Lee's Prolific, Naples, 

 red currants— Cherry, Fay, Victoria, 

 gooseberries— Pearl, Red Jacket, White 

 smith; strawberries — Van Deman, Bed 

 erwood. Splendid, Senator Dunlop, Sam 

 pie, Williams. 



A list of varieties more or less similar 

 to the one recommended by Mr. Crow is 

 the choice also of Mr. P. W. Hodgetts, 

 secretary of the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 .Association. A few additional sorts are 

 mentioned by Mr. Hodgetts as follows: 

 .A.pples — Gravenstein, Mcintosh, Blen 

 heim. King, Hubbardston, Stark; pears, 

 — Boussock, Howell, Bosc, Clairgeau, 

 Anjou, Winter Nelis, Lawrence; cher- 

 ries — Wood, Knight, Napoleon, Tartar- 

 ian, English Morello; peaches — Brig- 

 don, Reeves; plums — Red June, Geuii, 

 Lombard, Monarch, Yellow E!gg ; grapes 

 — Campbell's Early, Worden, Wilder, 

 Agawam, Vergennes. 



Do not have too many varieties in the 

 commercial orchard. 



