Gathering Knowledge in Fruit Growing — Pupils at Wuik in the Agricultural t>i;huol Kuiseiy, La Iiappe, uka, Ont. 



About 75 pupils yearly fallow the course in hortieulturc at this institution, the work being in charge of Prof. G. Reynaud. who may be seen standing to the left. The 

 trees at the left are Wealthy, and at the right Ben Davis. The young nursery trees are Yellow Transparent and Pewaukee. A feature of the course is regular practical 

 work in the orchard. 



been successfully grown in the valley 

 and in some other sections, and while 

 in some instances individual peach trees 

 have proved very profitable, they do not 

 give as good returns as the fruits men- 

 tioned, nor is the question of varieties 

 sufficiently well settled to warrant 

 one in making any general recom- 

 mendations. 



HARDY PLUMS FOR QUEBEC 



At the Quebec experiment station at 

 Village des Aulnaies, in the far northern 

 part of the Province, Mr. Auguste Du- 

 puis has been testing varieties of plums 

 since before 1860. The varieties that 

 have given good crops at the station have 

 been grouped according to time of matur- 

 ity. Those which ripen August 10 to 

 15are:— Jaunetr^shative, Jaune hative, 

 Mirabelle precoce and Favorite ha- 

 tive. Varieties maturing August 18 to 

 25 are: Precoce de Tours, Reine Claude 

 d'Oullins, Monsieur Jaune, and De 

 Montfort. From September 1 to 15 

 the following sorts reach maturity: 

 Early Red, Washington, Bradshaw, 

 Moor's Arctic, Green Gage, vSmith Or- 

 leans, Reine Claude d'Ecully, Reine 

 Claude Impdriale, Mirabelle petite, Ee- 



jonnieres, Jefferson, Reine Claude Brj'- 

 anton, Damson Blue, Reine Claude 

 Montmorency, Yellow Meldowka (Rus- 

 sian), Imperial Gage, Island of Orleans 

 Blue, Mirabelle parfumee Columbia, 

 Mirabelle Grosse. 



The following varieties mature Sep- 

 tember 15 to 30: Reine des Mirabelles, 

 Duanes Purple, Lombard, Gros Damas 

 de Septembrc, Yellow Egg, Amaryllis, 

 Shipper's Pride, Englebert, Reine Claude 

 d'Althan, Reine Claude Diaphane, Reine 

 Claude Razaimbault, Jones, Damas de 

 Tours, Reine Claude Sagot. 

 , During the last days of September to 

 October 10, several varieties mature. 

 These keep in good condition for market 

 until November 1, but on account of 

 hard frosts must be picked and packed 

 in boxes about October 10. These are: 

 Gueii (Glass Seedling), Ouackenboss, 

 Hudson River Purple, Grand Duke, 

 Pond Seedling, Reine Claude de Bavay, 

 St. Catherine, Datte verte, Prune d 'Agen, 

 Coe's Golden Drop, Tardive de Cham- 

 bourcy, De Norbert. 



In recommending for a small family 

 garden, in the north, Mr. Dupuis men- 

 tions Jaune tres hative (yellow), or 



Favorite hative, (blue) Bradshaw, 

 Reine Claude Montmorency (greenish 

 yellow), Washington (grafted on Green 

 Gage is better than on Mirobolan), Blue 

 Damson (on own roots), and Grand 

 Duke. In addition to these, Coe's 

 Golden Drop, a large fine and good 

 plum, keeping till December if picked 

 before frost, has given good returns. 



APPLES FOR MANITOBA 



Mr. A. P. Stevenson, of Nelson, Man- 

 itoba, who first planted fruit trees in 

 the Prairie Province in 1874, has in his 

 orchard individual hardy specimens 

 from 500 trees consisting of 80 varieties 

 of Russian apples planted in 1889. The 

 varieties that have endured the western 

 conditions are as follows: Summer — 

 Blushed Calville, Charlamoff, Volga 

 Anis, Repka Kislaga and Lowland 

 Raspberry; fall — Anisette, Simbrisk 

 No. 1, Kourisk Anis, Ukeraine, Anism 

 and Gipsv Girl ; late fall and winter — 

 Hibernal, Cross, Wealthy, Peerless, Qs- 

 trekoff Glass, Heren and Antonofka. 

 These varieties have given greatest 

 satisfaction for the past ten yt ars. The 

 best of them were obtained from Dr. 

 Saunders, of Ottawa. 



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New Varieties of Stra^vberries Tried in 1903 



OVER two years ago my attention 

 was directed to a new strawberry 

 for which very high claims were made. 

 I found it was growing in the trial 

 grounds of Mr. Geo. J. Strcater, of Ohio. 

 ! A dozen plants were kindly sent me by 

 the originator. I was told by an exten- 

 sive grower of strawberries in Ohio who 

 saw the new variety growing on the 

 i grounds of the originatf)r, that the long 

 \\ sought for "Perfect" strawberry had 



E. B. Stevenson, Ponsonby, Ont. 



arrived. This new berry was reported 

 as creating quite a stir among berry- 

 growers who had seen its fruit, as in 

 plant, berry and fruit-stem it was, they 

 said, perfect. I was anxious to see its 

 fruit after hearing so much about it. 



The Cardinal, the name of the new 

 variety, Mr. Streater says, is the result 

 of thirty years' experience in growing 

 strawberries. During this period all 

 the varieties, novelties, standard 



varieties, and thousands of seedlings 

 were grown. For this reason I was very 

 much pleased to receive plants of it 

 from the originator. I planted them 

 in a trial plot, beside the old standards, 

 and I am pleased to report that the 

 Cardinal has come up to what was claim- 

 ed for it. It is a great berry. It was 

 said by one grower to be the greatest all 

 purpose strawberry yet produced. It cer- 

 tainly made a very good showing with 



