THE CANADIA.N HORTICULTUKIST. 



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ice cream. The tree is as hardy as 

 Fauieuse, an early and excellent bearer, 



and the fruit is even and fair, 

 in our cities it wovild easily 

 dollars per barrel. — J. H. 

 M. D., in the Borne Farm. 



If known 

 bring ten 



HOSKINS, 



SAPIEGANKA PEAR. 



BY PRO. J. L. BUDD, IOWA AGR. COLLEGE. 



The impression prevails that the 

 pears of Russia are coarse and unfit for 

 dessert use. With a view to removing 

 this impi'ession I send another note 

 from Mr. H. Goggener, of Riga, Russia, 

 on the pear bearing the above name. 

 In many places in Iowa it has shown its 

 ability to carry healthy foilage during 

 our changeable summers and to endure 

 our recent test winters : 



" This is a pear from Lithuania, and 

 probably comes from the gardens 

 of the family of the Prince after whom 

 it seems to have been named. It is 

 found generally in Lithuania and Pol- 

 and. It is also found in the countries 

 belonging previously to Poland ; and 

 attains its highest point in the Govern- 

 ment of Vilna. 



It has not, as yet, been described in 

 the works on German Pomology, and is 

 not known in other countries. In the 

 Baltic Provinces it is known as the 

 Courland Bergamot, or Round Berga- 

 mot. In form it is like a Bergamot, de- 

 creasing towards the stem ; towards the 

 calyx it is more flattened, and may be 

 mistaken for the Summer Bergamot. The 

 color is green when on the tree ; later, 

 light yellow, with red cheeks if exposed 

 to sun. It has many marked dots, and 

 is russety only at the calyx and stem. 

 The flesh is yellowish- white, juicy and 

 of fine Bergamot flavor. It should be 

 gathered early in September. It is a 

 good fruit for shipment, and in the 

 markets always meets with a ready sale. 

 The tree grows to a large size, usually 

 healthy. As it seldom suffers from 

 frost when blossoming, it usually bears 



every year. It does not seem to suffer 

 from underground water, but does 

 poorly in sandy soil. The leaves ai"e 

 round, shiny and leathery, on long, red 

 stems. This is one of our best fruits. 

 It can be used for all purposes, and 

 therefore should be generally culti- 

 vated — Prairie Farmer. 



ONTARIO'S CHOICE FRUIT. 



MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF APPLES FOE THE 

 world's FAIR AT NEW ORLEANS. 



Prof. William Saunders, the well- 

 known entomologist of this city, is at 

 present engaged in preparing for ship- 

 ment a collection of apples designed to 

 i-epresent at the great world's fair in 

 New Orleans some conception of the 

 i-esources of Western Ontario as a fruit- 

 growing district. It will be remem- 

 bered that in consequence of the apathy 

 displayed by the two Governments in 

 regard to having a good representation 

 at this exhibition, the directors of the 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Association de- 

 termined to send a collection of fruit 

 that might in some degree do credit to 

 the Pi'ovince. Mr. Saunders entered 

 into the project with his characteristic 

 energy, and with the ass!.istance of Mr. 

 J. M. Denton, a grand success has been 

 achieved. Through the medium of the 

 press voluntary contributions of choice 

 fruit was solicited from the western 

 district, and the response has been a 

 liberal one ; in fact Mr. Saunders ex- 

 presses his conviction that the assort- 

 ment of apples is one of the finest and 

 most complete that he has ever seen. 

 The best fruit is being arranged into 

 fifty distinct varieties — four of each 

 kind being included therein — besides 

 which there are samples comprising 

 twenty-five, ten, five, and single varie- 

 ties respectively. In addition, two or 

 three bushels of good fruit will be sent 

 for the purpose of assisting in decorat- 

 ing the tables and enlarging the display. 

 Extra apples of each kind, of the 



