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Notes and Comments. 



Nova Scotia Apples. — The probabilities of the fruit crop of Annapolis 

 and Round Hilt 'are as follows : — Nonpareil, 75 per cent, of a full crop ; Baldwin, 

 50; Gravensteins, 100; Kings, 100; Greening, 100; Ribston Pippin, 80. 

 Paradise. — Nonpareil, 50 per cent. ; Ribston, 60 ; Baldwin, 90 ; Bishop Pippin, 

 115. Lower Norton. — Cherries 100 per cent. ; plums, 65 ; apples, 75. Corn- 

 wallis. — Gravensteins, 90 per cent. 



The Lubsk Queen. — Mr. Hoxie, Secretary of the 'Wisconsin Horticul- 

 tural Society, has returned to his post as Supt. of the exhibit for that State. He 

 shows a large number of fine Russian varieties, prominent among which thus far 

 is the Lubsk Queen — a perfectly beautiful apple — even prettier than Red 

 Astracan, and of better quality, though not quite so large. He believes this 

 apple will be very profitable. 



That Each Variety of Apple has its Home seems well proved by this 

 World's Fair ; and in its proper habitat it is the apple to grow. Thus the Baldwin 

 of Maine and the Northern Spy of Canada, are famous apples, while in Illinois 

 these apples are poor, and little grown. Here and in Idaho and Missouri the Ben 

 Davis is at home, and grows to a large size, and takes on a fine color. The 

 Ben Davis is the great market variety for export from these States. 



The Variations in the same varieties grown under different conditions of 

 soil and climate, are wonderful. The Newton Pippin of New York State, for 

 example, is scarcely recognizable as grown in the State of Iowa, where the slight 



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