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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



low Egg or Magnum Bonum, Grand 

 Duke, Burbank, Bavay, Bradshaw, 

 Washington, German Prince, I'rince of 

 Wales, I-'ellenberg, Lombard, Monarch, 

 and Prince's Yellow Gage. I have 

 omitted from this list the Damsons 

 which really ought to be included, The 

 French and' Shropshire are probably the 

 most commonly grown, though even 

 these are not very plentiful, but coming 

 late in the season they are very profit- 

 able to those who grow them. 



Of the Japanese I have only included 

 the Burbank for the reason that as 

 yet it is the only one that merits a place 

 among our most generally successful 

 market plums. The Red June stands 

 next. The Abimdance bears poor crops 

 too often; while the Wickson has been 

 abandoned even in the Annapolis \^alky 



J. S. Scarf, of Woodstock, Ont. 



The president of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Associii- 

 tion, Mr. J. S. Scarf, has been prominent in horticultural 

 affairs for many years. He was secretary of the Wood- 

 stock Horticultural Society, and by energetic work on its 

 behalf made it one of the best in Ontario. He has also 

 taken an active part in the municipal affairs of the city 

 and was elected to the highest position in the gift of his 

 fellow citizens for 1905. 



popularity to some of those mentioned. 



This secondary list would be — approx- 

 imately in the order of their popularity — 

 as follows : Wagener, which is the most 

 popular sort for fillers or any method of 

 close planting; Rhode Island Greening, 

 which is coming more into favor again of 

 late years, and which but for its unat- 

 tractive color would be one of our best 

 and most profitable sorts; Hubbardston, 

 used on dry lands in place of Ribston 

 which needs moisture; Ben Davis, very 

 eagerly planted a few years ago but — 

 fortunately for the fruit industry of the 

 Province I believe — not nearly so gen- 

 erally set during the past few years, and 

 Ontario, also popular as a filler. 



There is also a third list including 

 several of those mentioned in the two 

 preceding lists that is planted largely in 

 outlying parts of Nova Scotia where 

 hardiness is a first requisite. This list 

 would run about as follows: Wealthy, 

 Wolfe River, Ribston, Mcintosh, Bax- 

 er, Hurlbut, and Stark. 



PLUMS 



In the other fruits the selection is not 

 nearly so well defined, because much 

 less attention has been paid to their 

 growth. Plums stand next to apples in 

 importance though very much below 

 them in that regard. The following list 

 of 12 varieties includes the most popular 

 and the most successful sorts, and I 

 have tried to arrange them in order of 

 -I'alue to the Province generally: Yel- 



tendency of the latter to rot at the core 

 being a heavy handicap. Following 

 these are a half dozen others quite gen- 

 erally grown but only in very limited 

 numbers: Beurre, Clarigeau, Anjou, 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey, Vermont Beauty 

 Sheldon and Flemish Beauty. Seckel 

 and Keiffer, the best and the poorest of 

 pears, are not successful with us. 



CHERRIES 



In cherries practically nothing is done 

 beyond supplying the home market and 

 even that is very poorly supplied. At 

 Bear River and Digby, sections that 

 seem naturally adapted to cherries and 

 where they spring up of themselves 

 along the roadsides, some little com- 

 mercial growing is attempted, but the 

 product would not nearly supply the 

 local markets if these were developed. 

 The most satisfactory varieties are, 

 among the sweet sorts. Black Tartarian, 

 Gov. Wood, Windsor and Schmidt and, 

 among the sour varieties Montmorency, 

 English Morello, and Wragg. In our 

 work with "model orchards," that is, 

 in sections outside of the Annapolis 

 Valley, we have practically given up 

 planting anything but the sour sorts, 

 finding the others too uncertain, though 

 no doubt there are favored spots in most 

 of our counties where the sweet varieties 

 can be grown. 



I shall leave out of consideration 

 i^eaches, quinces, and apricots, for while 

 i have known of cases where thev have 



R. W. Shepherd, Como, Que. 



The new' president of the Pomological and Fruit Grov^ 

 ers' Society of the Province of Quebec, first planted an 

 orchard in that province in 1874, and for some yeaiN 

 afterward planted out 200 to 300 trees annually. He 

 now has 50 acres in apple orchard and one in plums. 

 He has introduced many varieties of fruit in the prov 

 ince, and his experience has been of great value to many 

 growers. Fruit can be sent from his farm 30 miles west 

 of Montreal, and the same day be put on board steamship 

 at Montreal. 



as too tender. From our experience 

 with the Japanese plums in the model 

 orchards I should advise anyone outside 

 of the Valley and a few favored sections 

 elsewhere to plant very sparingly of 

 them and then only of the Burbank or 

 some other of the hardiest kinds. 



PEARS 



Pears follow plums in the order of 

 importance, Bartlett and Clapp's Favorite 

 being the two varieties most commonly 

 grown and very generally successful. 

 Of course, for market purposes the Bart- 

 lett stands far ahead of the f^lapp, the 



John Donaldson, Port Williams, N.S. 



In their new president, the members of the Nova 

 Scotia Fruit Growers' Association have selected a man 

 who is not only a practical grower, but who has been 

 connected with the Association for a number of years. 

 Mr Donaldson is one of those who have long had faith 

 in the possibiUties of the fruit industry in Nova ScoUa, 

 and his work as a grower and as a member of the Asso- 

 ciation has been of great value to the province. 



