182 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Seek el, D.. d'Aiigouleme, B. d'Anjou, Bartlett, Louise Bonne, White 

 Doyenne, Vicar of Winkfield, Sheldon, and Flemish Beauty, the Mt. 

 Vernon, medium size, light russet, quality " very good," ripe in Decem- 

 ber and January, tree very prolific. Beurre Diel, large, very variable 

 in quality on light soils, on clay soil usually "very good," ripe in 

 November. Easter Beurre, large, late keeper, ripening in March 

 quality "very good." Buffum, small to medium, ^'very good," ripe in 

 September, does well on sandy soil, though somewhat variable in 

 quality. Glout Morceau, large, greenish yellow, "good" to " very good," 

 ripe in December; tlie tree is one of the most subject to blight of all 

 the pears. 



The prize for the best six varieties was awarded to Geo. Leslie, 

 Toronto, who exhibited Beurre Clairgeau, Louise Bonne, Sheldou> 

 Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, ;and Duchesse d'Angouleme. 



In Plums there was a very good display of varieties, but not the 

 profusion of exhibits we have sometimes had. The collection of 

 twenty varieties exhibited by Gilchrist Bros., of Guelph, to which the 

 iirst prize M'as awarded, will give a very good idea of tlie sorts that 

 <can be successfully grown and that are held in estimation among us. 

 The collection embraced the Peach Plum, large, light red, juicy, "very 

 :good ;" McLaughlin, large, yellow marbled with red, " best ;" Duane's 

 Purple, large, redd isli purple, "good;" Yellow Egg, very large, yellow, a 

 cooking plum; Quackenboss, large, purple, "good.;" Bradshaw, large, 

 a'eddish purple, "very good;" Prince Englebert, large, deep purple, 

 "'very good;" Victoria, large, yellow sltaded with purple, "good;" Lom- 

 bard, medium size, violet red, "good;" Glass Seedling, large, deep, 

 purple, "good;" Columbia, very large, brownish purple, "good;" Prince 

 of Wales, large, reddish purple, "good;" Marten's, large, yellow dotted 

 with red in the sun, "very good;" Red Gage, small, brownish red, 

 "best;" Early Orleans, medium size, dark red, "good;" Green Gage, 

 ■small, yellowish green, "best;" Peine Claude de Bavay, large, greenish 

 yellow, "best;" Pond's Seedling, very large, bright red on a. yellow 

 ground, "good;" Saint Catharine, medium size, pale yellow, " very 

 good;" Coe's Golden Drop, large, light yellow, "very good." 



There was al«o a very good display of grapes, unexpectedly good, 

 remembering the unusual trials through which our grapes passed 

 during .the last season. The prize for the best twelve varieties, jani 

 the prize for the best six, grown in the open air, Avere awarded to S. 

 Woodley, of Hamilton. His collection of twelve varieties comprised 



