How is This for Quebec — 16 Fameuse Apples, All of Good Size, and on One Branch a Foot in Length? 



Such'^fruit as this, the illustration of which was furnished by Mr. R. Brodie, of Westmoimt, Que., proves that Quebec is capable of holding her own in the production 

 ofjcertain varieties of apples. These are limited to the most hardy varieties. Mr. R. W. Shepherd, of Como, Que., president of the Quebec Fruit Growers' Association, 

 reports that the following well-known Ontario varieties are too tender for Quebec; Hubbardston, Wagcner, Baldwin, Fallawater, Northern Spy and Ribston Pippin. 

 Recommended varieties include Fameuse, Mcintosh, Winter St. Lawrence, Canada Baldwin, N. W, Greening and Windsor Chief. 



DESIRABLE BUSH FRUITS. 



The following varieties of currants 

 were recommended : Black — Victoria, 

 Champion, Lee, Naples, Saunders ; Red — 

 Cherry, Fay, Pomona, Red Cross, Vic- 

 toria, and Wilder; White — White Grape. 

 Blackberries — ^Agawam, Snyder, Eldo- 

 rado, and for southern sections, Kitta- 

 tinny. Raspberries : Black — Hilborn, 

 Older, Gregg, Smith's Giant; Purple — 



Columbia and Shaffer; Red — Marlboro, 

 Herbert, and Cuthbert; White— Golden 

 Queen. 



Experiments at the different stations 

 show that many varieties of strawberries 

 suitable for domestic use- are very un- 

 satisfactory for commercial purposes. 

 Varieties marked (P) have perfect flow- 

 ers, and those marked (I) are imperfect 

 in the flower, and will not produce a 

 crop unless some perfect variety is 



planted with them. Those recommended 

 for commercial purposes are as follows : 

 Splendid (P), Bederwood (F), Warfield 

 (I), not suited for light sandv soil ; Gren- 

 ville (I), Williams (P), Saunders (P), 

 Sample (I), Irene (I), and Buster (I). 

 Recommended domestic varieties are as 

 follows— VanDeman (P), Splendid (P), 

 Excelsior (P), Senator Dunlap (P), 

 Ruby (P), Bubach (I), Irene (I), Wm. 

 Belt (P), and Eovett (P). 



Fruits Suited to tKe Different Provinces 



THE multiplicity of varieties of fruits 

 recommended for planting in the 

 different sections of Canada led The 

 Canadian Horticulturist to gain the 

 following information from growers com- 

 petent to advise regarding the varieties 

 specially adapted to the various climates 

 and locations found in the different 

 Provinces of Canada. The evils of 

 having too many varieties is being felt 

 more keenly as the fruit industry de- 

 velops and it is now realized that it is 

 best for growers to plant only a few 

 tested varieties. 



nova SCOTIA 



The sorts best suited to the orchards 

 of Nova Scotia are thus described by 

 Prof. F. C. vSears, of Truro, N.S.: A 

 selection of the best varieties for any one 

 section is an extremely dilHcult question. 

 It is a personal question and one cannot 

 be sure that his selections will suit his 

 neighbor. One man with a particularly 

 well-developed conscience says that he 

 has no use for poor quality sorts. He 



believes they damage the market and 

 will eventually hurt the business, and 

 anyhow he would not feel right to sell a 

 man a barrel of Ben Davis if he knew 

 his customer was planning to eat them. 

 He, therefore, drops out of his list the 

 above-mentioned variety along with the 

 Gano and possibly the Baldwin and the 

 Fallawater. He goes in for the Graven- 

 stein, Ribston Pippin, Blenheim, King, 

 Hubbardston, Northern Spy, Golden 

 Russet and such varieties. His neigh- 

 bor, with a little more of an eye for busi- 

 ness, and a little less tender conscience, 

 says, "If Ben Davis is what people 

 want they ought to have it, and if I can 

 make more money out of that variety, I 

 am going to grow it." vSo he plants Ben 

 Davis, Gano, Baldwin, Fallawater, and 

 Stark. For these and other reasons it is 

 difficult to say what are the best sorts 

 for Nova Scotia or for any other section. 

 Unless a comparatively long list is given 

 one is going to leave out some sorts that 

 are very popular with many growers. 

 At the Amherst winter fair in Decem- 



ber last, the writer had the pleasure of 

 assisting Mr. R. W. Starr to judge the 

 fruit exhibit made by the three Mari- 

 time Provinces. A sweepstakes prize 

 was offered for the best exhibit in the 

 entire fruit show, and this was awarded 

 to Mr. D. S. Collins, Port Williams, Kings 

 Co., Nova Scotia. 



We considered his the best collection 

 of 10 sorts we ever saw staged. The 

 varieties were well grown, well selected, 

 well colored and probably the best 10 

 commercial varieties for the Province 

 generally. The varieties shown were 

 Gravenstein, Ribston, Blenheim, King, 

 Spy, Stark, Baldwin, Golden, Russet, 

 Nonpareil and Fallawater. 



This presents the matter in a nut-shell 

 so far as apples are concerned but there 

 is a great deal that might be said in ex- 

 planation, for while we think the above 

 are "the best 10 commercial sorts for the 

 Province generally" they nearly all have 

 quite serious faults, and there are many 

 other sorts (a half dozen at the very 

 least) that come very close in point of 



