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CAN A DIA X HORTICULrUBIS'I . 



which is larger, and very tine, but also why not plant more Quince Trees ? 



rather late. The writer has about 200 trees 



Our soil is adapted to this exotic which pay well, selling readily, and 



tree ; it is valuable for market, it is would if he had double that 



wholesome, and it is ornamental. Then number. 



BLUSHED CALVILLE (22 m.:) 



Bv J. L. BiDD, Ames. Iowa. 



I HAVE just read Dr. Hoskins' note 

 on the Yellow Transparent in the 

 September number. We cannot grow 

 it at Ames, Iowa, on the College 

 grounds on account of its extreme 

 tendency to blight. But on the same 

 ground Blushed Calville is perfect in 

 tree, and an early and regular bearer 

 of perfect, even-sized fruit that is 

 handsomer and better in quality than 

 Yellow Transparent, Thaler, or Gru- 

 cheoka. 



When it first came into bearing we 

 supposed it to be a week or so later 

 than Yellow Transparent, but we now 

 find it is ready for home use or market 

 quite as early, and that it will remain 



juicy and hold its flavor for two weeks 

 or more after it is picked. In this re- 

 spect it equals the Dyer. 



Taken all in all we think it the best 

 early Apple yet tried for cultivation 

 over a large part of the United States 

 and Canada. It endures at the north 

 quite as well as the Duchess, and its 

 excellent foliage allows it to live and 

 thrive at the south. 



Breskovka (1.52m) is as good in tree, 

 and the fruit is fully as good for dessert 

 use or market ; but its season is brief, 

 as it becomes water cored when over- 

 ripe. It is astonishingly like Grime's 

 Golden in size, shape, color, and 

 flavor. 



EXPERIENCE 

 STRAWBERRIES, 



AT PENETANGUISHENE. 

 CURRANTS, GRAPES, ETC. 



SIR, — It is a good while since I 

 have sent any of my experience 

 with fruits, so I will give a little of the 

 past summer. In strawberries. Cres- 

 cent, Wilson, and Sharpless did well 

 in spite of the extremely dry weatlier. 

 I fruited a few plants of Jessie. The 

 berry is large and of good quality, but 

 I cannot see where the productiveness 



comes ill. It also felt the drought 

 more than any other variety. May 

 King seems to be a promising berry — 

 good flavor and very bright, attractive 

 color, and not at all aflected by drought- 

 In currants, Fay's Prolitic is my 

 favorite for size of berry and bunch ; 

 Raby Castle for productiveness. Fay's 

 is also a little the sweeter of the two. 



