164 THE CANADIAN HORTICULrUEISr. 



DUCHESS OF OLDENBUEGH APPLE. 



It is a good many years since this variety was l)rought to the 

 attention of Canadian fruit growers. There has been time enough to 

 allow of its being tried in a great variety of sails, exposures, and lati- 

 tudes, and in which to test the quality of tlie fruit, and to ascertain 

 the position it will take in the markets. The charm of novelty has; 

 had time to pass away, and the fruit to assume its true place, the place 

 that will be assigned to it by its intrinsic worth. 



Our climate is one that demands of our apple trees a hardy and 

 healthy constitution. It is essentially a cold climate — with quite a 

 range of variation in the degree of cold, it is true, but in no part of our 

 Province toned down to anything warmer than temperate, while in 

 much of it the cold may justly be termed severe. Hence it is of the 

 first importance in a very large part of the country that the apple trees 

 to be planted there should be able to endure a great degree of cold. 

 Owing to the neglect of this very important matter, many hundreds of 

 apple trees have been planted, only to struggle for a time with the 

 rigours of the climate, and sooner or later to- give over the unequal 

 contest. The result has been that planters have become discouraged, 

 and have given up attempting to grow apples, under the impression 

 that it is impossible. Those who reside in those unfavorable localities 

 may be compelled to forego somewhat in quality and richness of flavor,, 

 and to content themselves with varieties that do not come up to the 

 pomological standard of "best," but fortunately we have even now 

 several varieties that will endure a severe degree of cold, and bear fruit 

 if not "best" in quality, certainly a great deal better than to do without 

 apples. 



The Duchess of Oldenburgh has proved itself to be one of those 

 varieties which can bear without suffering a very intense degree of cold, 

 and .yield an abundant crop of good sized, handsome looking, and truly 

 valuable apples; and which can therefore be confidently recommended 

 for planting in any place where an apple tree can be expected to gTOw. 

 The tree is hardy, not only, but vigorous, forms a handsome rounded 

 head, and is truly an object of beauty when the broad glossy-green 

 foliage is set off in contrast with the bright showy fruit. It also comes 

 early into bearing, and every other year yields large crops. The apples- 

 a.re above medium size, very regularly and liandsomely formed, quite 



