CA .XA I) J A \ IIOR TlCfJJ. TliRlST. 



This apple is abovr ineclium size, ;ind 

 roundish, oblate conical in form. Skin 

 smooth, yellow, with bright crimson 

 blush. Cavity rather large, funnel 

 shape. Calyx closed in a deep corru- 

 gated basin. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 sweet, tender. If hardy, a fairly good 

 fall eating apple,especiall y for the north. 



Reany's Seedling- Apple from 

 Chatham. 



105. 1 sKM) you hy tliis same mail a sample 

 «if a seedling apple grown by Mr. S. Reany, a 

 few miles from here. Thi.s gentleman exhibited 

 some fine s[)ecinieiis of this fruit at our late 

 fair, and after tasting it I was favorably im- 



It may Ix; thus described : — Fruit 

 aliovc medium size, almost round. Skin 

 smooth, slightly uneven. Color, rich 

 golden yellow, sprinkled moderately 

 with small grey and light dots. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, inserted 

 in a funnel shaped slightly russoted 

 cavity. Basin abrupt, even. Calyx 

 partially open. Flesh yellow, tine 

 grained, juicy, with sprightly, vinous 

 Havor. Core small. Quality very good 

 to best. 



We give our readers an outline of ^ 

 section of this apple, and from sample 



Fio 82.— Rkany'n Skkdmn 



pressed with its (piality. It is not (|uite rijie 

 yet (Oct. 4) and I faney that lateron the (Hiality 

 would he much improved.— J. H. Wis.mkk, 

 Port Eliiin, (hit. 



We also tire very favorably impressed 

 with this apple, both for appearance 

 and (juality. It is rather a larger 

 apple than Grimes' Golden and has 

 much the same golden yellow color of 

 skin, but is evidently a fall apple, in 

 season about from October to Decem- 

 ber. 



sent us judge it to bean excellent table 

 apple. We advise Mr. Reany to send 

 scions to the Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa, for further te.sting, and also, if 

 he choose, to the writer. 



Mushrooms, True and False. 



106. VVot'LK you please to answer through 

 your HoUTUl l.Tt'lU.sT how to tell the difference 

 i)etween mushrooms .uid to,\dst<io).i. AKTHtH 

 Hkwitt, Tonnitx. 



