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EosEAU. — This is not the Eoseau of any of the books. The fruit 

 is of even, medium size, oblate, basin wrinkled; color, a very dark red; 

 flesh white, stained with red, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, high flavored. 

 Season, September. Tree hardy and long lived, a moderate grower, 

 with an upright close head ; an early, yearly, moderate bearer. 



Mountain Beet. — This is, in some respects, the most singular apple 

 I ever saw. It is of medium size, roundish-conical, very dark-red 

 almost black, yet with the clear red shining through. But the curious 

 thing about it is its flesh, as deeply red to the core as a blood-beet 

 with a red juice, staining the fingers like that of a strawberry. The fruit 

 has the aroma, but not the sugared quality of the Fameuse Sucre — 

 a sort of " country cousin" of that variety. This tree is in the hands 

 of at least one nurseryman, is regarded as productive and hardy, and 

 is being set for profit in the well-known fruit growing town of Abbots- 

 ford, P. Q. It is the only variety in this list of which I have yet been 

 able to procure cions. Season of fruit, October and November. 



Canada Baldwin. — Fruit, size of Fameuse; roundish-oblate, over- 

 spread with streaks and splashes of dark, over light red, with many 

 distinct grey specks. Flesh white, often much stained with red, tender, 

 crisp, juicy, mildly sub-acid. Keeps till May or June. The tree is a 

 vigorous grower, with a somewhat upright though gradually spreading 

 head. It has fruit spurs distributed evenly along its branches, and 

 bears as young as the Fameuse, in alternately heavy and light crops. 

 This variety has got out of the hands of the French, and is propagated 

 and planted to some extent. It has the fault, on light soils, of sun- 

 scalding upon the bark, but is otherwise hardy. Would probably do 

 well top-grafted. 



PoMME DE Fer. — This is the late keeper of the Province of Quebec. 

 There is a tradition that it was brought from Philadelphia over a hund- 

 red years ago, by the Seigneur of Chambly ; but this is improbable, as 

 it is not recognized as much resembling any American apple, while its 

 seedling, the Canadian Baldwin described above, is of the distinct 

 Canadian type. Tree fairly hardy, a moderate bearer. Fruit, above 

 medium, roundish to a roundish-oblong, dull-red, with many very dis- 

 tinct grey dots, somewhat like the Flushing Spitzenburg. Flesh 

 yellow, very firm, moderately juicy, mildly sub-acid, somewhat aromatic. 

 This apple keeps till June or July, but is not highly recommended by 

 the MontrM Society. 



