The Canadian Horticulturist 



An Improved Baldwin. 



.572. Sib.— I send you an apple which we call Baldwin, but it is very superior 11 

 flavor to the ordinary Baldwin. I also send you a seedling apple, the longest keeper I 

 have, but of poor exterior. W. Hick, Goderich. 



The seedling is not worth propagating ; the other is probably the well- 

 known Baldwin grown under favorable conditions, but if its better flavor is 

 constant it should be noted. 



Greenfields' Seedling- Apple. 



•>T3. Sir.— At the last meeting of the Ottawa Horticultural Society, Mr. S. 

 Greenfield exhibited two seedling apples, one of which I enclose for your opinion. It is 



not only iron but steel clad. (J. H. FaWCETT, Ottaiva. 



Note on the apple by Mr. John Craig, Central Experimental Farm. 



Description.— Large, roundish, conic; color, deep yellow splashed with 

 light and dark carmine : stalk, long, slender; cavity, slightly russetted, round, 

 of medium depth ; basin, broad, moderately deep, corrugated ; calyx, partially 

 open ; flesh, white, rather coarse, sharply sub-acid, moderately juicy ; fair quality. 

 Mr. Greenfield cannot give the parentage of this seedling, as in the process of 

 selecting from a large number, the record became confused. Being a decided 

 winter variety, and raised on heavy clay soil in a very exposed position, it would 

 seem to warrant propagation for the purpose of testing it on other soils and under 

 varying conditions. The efforts of Mr Greenfield towards the production of 

 desirable and hardy varieties of fruits have been unremitting, and are deserving 

 of the highest commendation. 



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The Gideon Apple 



This is a variety originated by the veteran Peter Gideon of Minnesota, and is not as 

 well known as it ought to be. It is a beautiful apple, from medium to large in size. Color, 

 a pale yellow, with a beautiful pale pink blush on each side. It is not, strictly speaking, a 

 dessert apple, but is a splendid cooker, cannot be excelled for sauce, pies, etc., and has a 

 rich flavor particularly its own. Season, late fall. The tree is an upright grower, of good 

 shape, and needs very little pruning. Foliage, dark green, and healthy looking, perfectly 

 hardy and prolific. The writer sent a basket of this fruit along with other varieties to Mr. 

 A. H. Pettit, Superintendent of the Ontario Exhibit for the World's Fair, and in acknow- 

 ledging the receipt of the collection, Mr. Pettit said : the Wealthy was beautiful, but it 

 had to take a second place looking at the blushes of the Gideon. For a late fall cooking 

 apple, it cannot be excelled, and should be more extensively planted. 



W. S. T., Cornwall. 



