THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



promises well for one of our fancy varie- 

 ties for export. It is said not to be an 

 early bearer, and to be productive each 

 alternate year. 



The apple is a seedling of the Alex- 

 ander, and originated in Wisconsin on 

 the bank of Wolf River. 



The tree is very hardy, vigorous and 

 fairly productive. 



The fruit is very large, 3 inches by 

 4^/2, inches, oblate, or roundish oblate, 



usually regular in size ; skin light yellow, 

 shaded with dark red or crimson in sun, 

 with a few yellowish dots ; stalk three 

 quarters of an inch long, set in a narrow 

 deep basin, of a green or russeted 

 color ; calyx open in a narrow, deep, , 

 green wrinkled basin. The flesh is 

 yellowish white, moderately firm in tex- 

 ture, not fine grained, juicy, with a 

 pleasant, sub-acid, spicy flavor. Season 

 October and November. 



THE TRANSPORTATION OF OUR FRUIT. 



Fig. 1561.— Loading Fruit at E. D. Smith's, Winona. 



Ls\ KSHERE is no question that it is 

 more vital to the interests of 

 ,_L the fruit growers of Canada 

 than the carrying of their fruits. 

 Numerous have been the complaints 

 in the past, both with regard to the 

 carriage and the rates. Ocean trans- 

 portation of fruit has been extremely 

 unsatisfactory ; for even winter apples, 

 which had been packed firm and hard 

 in our orchards and graded with the 

 utmost care; fruit which would keep 

 in our own cellars for six months in 

 good condition, after two weeks on 

 shipboard, closed in hot, unventilated 

 holds, have arrived in Great Britain as 

 " slacks and wet and wasty." As a result, 



Canadian fruit growers were being given 

 a bad name for packing, which they 

 do not deserve ; and the English com- 

 mission merchants are blamed for false 

 reports, because shippers cannot under- 

 stand why fruit, which leaves them in 

 first-class condition, should be ruined 

 in so short a time. 



As a remedy for this evil, cold stor- 

 age has been provided on many steam- 

 ers, which of course will carry apples 

 in perfect condition. To quote from 

 Prof. Robertson's address at our St. 

 Catharines meeting : 



" By means of cold storage even the very 

 earliest ripening sorts can be landed in Great 

 Britain in first-rate condition. If these are 

 put in barrels at even 60° Fahr. and headed 



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