THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



the line I would advise. The first is No. 1081 

 iciiat variety of apples to set ; your advice 

 would surely mislead a great many as 42 

 summer and fall apples are altogether too 

 (J great a percentage in 100 trees. The Wealthy 

 that you advise setting 20 trees of has not 

 proved to be a winter apple in this country 

 but early fall, contrary to what we bought 

 and sold trees for. It is a Minnesota produc- 

 tion and keeps fairly well there but all that 

 have them bearing here will bear me out in 

 this and in many cases with much regret 

 that it is a poor keeper. In place of these, 

 if you want a red apple, set Baldwins, if not 

 too far north as the trees are not as hardy as 

 some others and don't be afraid to set the R. 

 I. Greening as it is hardy, a fair annual bear- 

 er, and has good quality, and that always 

 tells when you get strong competition. 

 Then again unless E. J. P. is close to a good 

 market ten Duchess Oldenbnrg is far in 

 excess of what any family could use ; two 

 trees of these would keep E. J. P. and grand- 

 children agoing as long as they will last, as 

 they ripen before the fall apples, and right 

 here I might say don't miss setting two yel- 

 low Transparent in place of a Early Harvest 

 as it is one of the best bearers and beats 

 everything for pie and sauce. 



Question 1082 — Spy on Talman Sweet. 

 In answer to E. J. P., I have had sixteen 

 years experience and observation in grafting 

 Spy onTolman Sweet trees and can recommend 

 it. There is no hardier stock than the Tol- 

 man among our old varieties which is a very 

 important point, and the growth is similar to 

 the Spy and it certainly makes the Spy more 

 inclined to annual bearing and much younger. 

 It makes the fruit somewhat lighter in color 

 as it takes some of the sweetness and color 

 from the original tree. Greening and Bald- 

 win do well on Talman but I think Kings 

 are too fast a grower for top-grafting on 

 them. 



G. H. Caughill, Nurseryman, Alymer. 



We appreciate all that our friend Mr. 

 Caughell writes, and ten years ago we 

 would have replied in a similar strain ; 

 indeed, now, we would do so, for an in- 

 quirer who is not conveniently situated 

 for an export business. 



But for the up-to-date fruit grower, who 

 can ship to the seaport in a cold storage 

 car, our advice is all right. The sum- 

 mer and fall apples, such as Astracan, 

 Duchess, Gravenstein, Alexander, Blen- 

 heim and Wealthy, have proved for two 

 years past most profitable varieties for 

 export. Of course, they were in cold 

 storage almost from the time they were 

 harvested until the time they appeared 

 on the consumer's table in Great Bri- 



tain. From Mr. Pearson's letter we did 

 not take it that he wanted winter varie- 

 ties only for shipping, if earlier varieties 

 were desirable. 



Mr. Caughell recommends the Bald- 

 win and the Greening. These are the 

 varieties we always recommended, as the 

 best commercial varieties, until the ex- 

 perience of the last few years has shaken 

 our confidence in them. In the Niagara 

 district, at least, the Baldwin has been 

 unproductive for ten or twelve years 

 past, with the exception of 1896, when 

 we had a surplus, and a glut in the 

 apple market 



If the Baldwin would yield such crops 

 as it did of old, it would still be the 

 very best variety to plant for profit. 



The Greening is another fine apple 

 and probably should have a prominent 

 place in our list. It is usually a pro- 

 digious bearer each alternate year, but 

 it has a poor color, and has recently 

 become subject to apple scab. No 

 doubt Bordeaux will control this fungus 

 and we may wisely plant Greening again 

 for profit. 



For farmers who cannot take time to 

 harvest and pack fancy summer and fall 

 apples for shipping, we would give quite 

 a different list for market, perhaps the 

 following : Blenheim, Wealthy, Green- 

 ing, Baldwin, Cranberry and Ontario. 

 The two first are late fall varieties, but 

 can be shipped away about October 1st, 

 along with the winter varieties. 



A Fine Seedling- Dessert Apple. 



1096. Sir,— I send you to-day (May 4th) 

 by sample post, a seedling apple. I have 

 fruited it for years, and sold it in Owen Sound 

 the middle of June in as good condition as 

 they are to-day. They are bv all odds the 

 best keeper of any variety I have. 



J as. W. Grady, Anna, Ont. 



This is a very nice apple, of medium 



size, oblong, of a beautiful golden yellow 



color, and of excellent quality as a table 



apple. Probably a little on the small 



side for a profitable commercial apple. 



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