THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Starr, of good size, yellow with red 

 cheek. 



Winter Red, a kind much in favor in 

 Illinois, but which does not show suffi- 

 cient color, nor possess such quality as 

 to hold its friends. 



The Trenton is an entirely new var- 

 iety, which originated some years ago 

 with Mr. P. C. Dempsey, near Trenton, 

 having some of the Fameuse blood in it. 

 It is a fine dessert apple, both on ac. 

 count of its deep red color, and its good 

 quality for eating. 



Fig. 1656. — The Walter Apple. 



The Walter (Fig. 1656) is also a fine 

 apple, striped red, large and productive. 

 It was named after Mr. Walter H. Demp- 

 sey, our fruit experimenter for the Bay 

 of Quinte District. 



Mr. Murray Pettit, of Winona, con- 

 tributed a fine exhibit of 102 varieties 

 of grapes, prominent among which were 

 fine samples of Moore's Early, Worden, 

 Delaware, Moyer and Clinton. The 

 bunches were well grown, under average 

 conditions. 



Mr. A. W. Peart, of Burlington, con- 

 tributed a fine collection of bottled black 

 and red currants, preserved in acids by 

 the Secretary. He also showed twelve 

 pyramids of commercial varieties of 

 pears, intended to give to the public reli- 

 able information as early as possible. 

 The twelve varieties thus exhibited as 

 worthy of planting are Goodale, Louise, 

 Vicar, Bartlett, Sheldon, Howell,' Duch- 

 ess, Boussock, Kieffer, Anjou and Clair- 

 geau. 



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Mr. Mr. Burrell, of St. Catharines, 

 showed a mixed collection of 62 varie- 

 ties of fruits, and among them the fol- 

 lowing desirable kinds of peaches, viz : 

 Early Crawford, Garfield, Foster, Reeves, 

 Mountain Rose, Barnard, Champion, 

 Old Mixon, Carlisle, Yellow St. John, 

 Elberta and Crosby. He also showed 

 the Augusta grape, a seedling of Con- 

 cord and Rogers 4, raised by Mr. J. 

 Broderick. The Champion peach is 

 very showy, large and fine cheeked. It 

 also fruited this season first at Maple- 

 hurst, and we were much captivated by 

 its beautiful appearance. 



Mr. Caston, of the Simcoe Station, 

 showed 54 varieties of apples, including 

 nine of Crabs, all the latter small, but 

 one or two very showy, especially the 

 Florence, so regularly striped with bands 

 of red about the whole surface. His 

 Duchess were fine, a favorite market 

 variety with him ; his Gideon, Baxter, 

 Alexander and Wealthy were also all 

 fine samples. One would think the 

 County of Simcoe especially suited to 

 apple growing. 



Mr. John Mitchell, of Georgian Bay 

 Station, showed a very valuable exhibit 

 of 40 varieties of plums, including Cha- 

 bot, Satsuma, Tage, Abundance and 

 Burbank — Japan varieties, also Shippers' 

 Pride, French Damson, Brunswick, Wea- 

 ver, Hammer, etc. 



Mr. Huggard, of Whitby Station, 

 showed 83 varieties of mixed fruits, 

 including some very fine Clapps, Bart- 

 letts, Louise and Clairgeau. 



The first prize for Horticultural So- 

 ciety exhibit was taken by Burlington, 

 which showed 225 varieties of fruit, and 

 the second by Louth fruit growers, who 

 showed 125 varieties. 



On the whole, the fruit exhibited in 

 classes for prizes was well up to the 

 mark. There were some wonderfully 



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