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Gravenstein, Nova Scotia can beat Germany in growing this 

 variety. Though England is the home of the Ribston Pip- 

 pin, Nova Scotia can beat England in growing Ribston 

 Pippins. 



Our Baldwin and Ben Davis are not as large and fine as 

 are grown in some States of this republic, but the Blenheim 

 and Nonpareil with us can hardly be excelled. 



In plums a fair proportion of the Japanese varieties have 

 been planted during recent years, perhaps too many. Their 

 general adaptability has yet to be proved. The Burbank was 

 first planted and is yet the most popular. The Abundance 

 cannot be depended upon for a crop. 



I have one thousand of the Red June and the older ones, 

 though six years of age, have not given me a crop. They 

 blossom well, set fruit, leaves become perforated in mid- 

 summer, turn brown and drop. The fruit soon follows. 

 Spraying with ordinary Bordeaux makes matters worse. The 

 Wickson will not stand our winters, and I fear if it did it 

 would not be popular on the market. We have very few of 

 the Chabot. I am trying one hundred of the October Purple. 

 Of the European varieties the Monarch, Grand Duke, Reine 

 Claude and German Prune are proving our best. The old 

 Magnum Bonum and Damsons are very popular still, though 

 not much grown. The Reine Claude promises to take a lead- 

 ing place for canning. 



Peaches. 

 We have made a start to grow an appreciable quantity 

 of this fruit. The trees got a bad set-back last winter by the 

 low temperature. This will cool the ardor of the peach 

 enthusiast in our country. Our summers are scarcely warm 

 enough to ripen a large succession of peaches, though we 

 grow a few varieties to a high degree of perfection. We 

 have no use for the cling-stones. 



Cherries. 



We have a beautiful climate for cherries. Of the sweet 

 varieties the Governor Wood, Windsor, and Black Tartarian 



