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is on tlie parallel of Cape Finisterre, on the north-west of Spain, and 

 should St. Malo and neighhorhood prove to be tlie country of its birth, 

 it is not to be wondered at that it suits the climate of eastern Canada. 

 It takes kindly to the soil of Ontario, and luxuriates in the western 

 peninsula, succeeding more especially in the neighborhood of Niagara 

 and Grimsby. We have never seen them excelled as grown on the 

 Niagara river. The Messrs. Brown, perhaps, raise as good Pomme 

 Grise as are grown anywhere. Mr. George Leslie, Jr., Toronto, has 

 shown fine samples grown in his grounds, and tlie same may be said 

 of samples from various parts of Yonge street. 



We are led in the same connection to speak of the S^-ayzie Pomme 

 Grise, so named, we have been told, from Col. Swayzie, an inhabitant 

 of the Niagara District. Beadle's " Canadian Gardener'' expresses the 

 opinion that the apple originated on this farm. The original tree was 

 blown down, the author says, during the Summer of 1870, and was stand- 

 ing in an irregular clump of apple trees, having the appearance of being 

 the original seedling nursery, from which were raised the first apple trees 

 planted out in orchard form on the farm. However this may be, we 

 confidently affirm that this variety of apple is not as widely cultivated 

 as it ought to ba To some tastes it is superior to its congener, the 

 Pomme Grise. Certainly its flavor and delicacy go far to recommend 

 it. It, too, might appropriately enough be called leather-skin, only it 

 is of a lighter color than the Pomme Grise; sometimes with a blush on 

 the cheek, and sometimes not, oftener with none. Both varieties are 

 noble keepers, only fit for use about this season of the year. To those 

 who have cultivated the varieties, and have plenty of them, it need not 

 be said that they are as good for cooking as for dessert. Their dessert 

 and cooking qualities are unexceptionable. The^best mode, perliaps, to 

 keep them is to store them in barrels, and only open when about to be 

 used. Their long-keeping qualities commend them to dealers in fruit 

 We are not acquainted with any two other varieties more likely to give 

 satisfaction to fruit growers than these. The F. G. A. of Ontario did 

 well to disseminate the Swayzie Pomme Grise. It will find its way 

 wherever tried, and prove a lasting comfort to the planter. We strongly 

 advise fruit producers, especially the producers of apples, to largely 

 plant winter varieties, as being "profitable and satisfactory. Planting 

 many varieties is like reading many books, apt to dissipate the energies. 



