THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUKIST, 37 



Mr. Beadle said there was no beauty in the apple, and it was 

 neither a tart or sweet fruit, but it was a good keeper. 



Mr. Woodward replied that he found it tart, and a good cooking 

 apple. It was valuable as a late keeper. 



Mr. Holton, of Hamilton, mentioned the Perry Russet, a western 

 fruit, which was a spicy, nice flavored apple, and about the same size 

 as a Greening, although he had found it a shy bearer. 



The President said that in 1872 he had procured Russian, German, 

 French and English Apples, and found none to equal a Prussian fruit 

 called the Grand Sultan, which matures with our Early Harvest, and 

 produces two bushels to one of that variety. It is as good as the 

 Astrachan, conic in form, medium size ; whitish yellow splashed with 

 red, making it very pretty, looking like wax. It produces an over- 

 crop every year. Grand Duke Constantine is a very pretty fruit, but 

 very difficult to grow here. The English apple Cellini is pretty, conic 

 in form ; an October fruit ; one of the best of kitchen apples, and very 

 prolific. Cox's Orange Pippin was with him an alternate and very 

 even bearer. A good variety was the English Pippin, which it was 

 said would keep two years. 



Mr. Morris, Eonthill, said the American Pippin, or two year apple^ 

 was an apple which had first been grown in his section. It was a good 

 bearer, brought a high price in the market, and was a good shipper. 



^■J'W VARIETIES OF PEARS. 



What new or little known varieties of pears have been introduced, 

 and do any give promise of being valuable in our Province ? 



Mr. Arnold, of Paris, said that in his opinion the Goodale was one 

 of the best, being very hardy, producing an excellent crop, besides 

 being a better fruit than the Bartlett. The next variety was the 

 Negley, a beautiful pear, and in his opinion the best grown. It was 

 new, and little known; had not been shown in Canada ow-r two yciirs. 



A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, had grown and fruited the Goodale 

 this year and it was an excellent variety. 



Mr. Biggar had been greatly disappointed in the size of the Brock- 

 worth Park variety, though it was very sweet, juicy and nice. 



Mr. Bucke, of Ottawa, said that he believed it to be a good pear, 

 but his tree had never borne, and owing to the severity of the climate 

 at Ottawa he thought never would. 



