THE CANADIAN H0BTI0ULTURI8T. 



fruit, pointing 

 out that the im- 

 portation of ap- 

 ples from Canada 

 had increased 

 from 15,000 bar- 

 rels in 1874 to 

 242,144 barrels 

 last year. A 

 friend of his had, 

 he said, trans- 

 planted and 

 grown Canadian 

 apples at Great 

 Fulford in this 

 country with 

 great success. 

 The Canadian 

 fruit was, at the 

 closeof the show, 

 distributed 

 among the may- 

 or, sheriffs, town 

 clerk, local edi- 

 tors, and offi- 

 cers, all of whom 

 speak most 

 highly of its 

 qualities. A spe- 

 cial report is 

 shortly to be 

 made by the 

 judges of the 

 Tasting Commit- 

 tee as to tho flavor and general quality 

 of the fruit." 



CANADIAN vs. BRITISH APPLES. 



BY A. MCD. ALLAN, OODEBICH, OITT. 



A test was made in Glasgow by four 

 good apple experts to discover the dif- 

 ference in flavor between our apples 

 and the same kinds grown in Britain. 

 Kibston Pippin, Blenheim Pippin and 

 Cox's Orange Pippin were selected as 

 these are grown in both countries. It 

 was granted at first that Canada had 

 by far the best of it in color and form. 

 The specimens were peeled and sub- 



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mitted, and in every case all four de- 

 clared positively and readily in favor of 

 those grown in Canada. This only 

 bears out the opinions expressed by 

 thousands whom we met at the Colonial 

 Exhibition. Thei'e is no doubt what- 

 ever that the form of any of our natur- 

 ally grown apples is as nearly perfect 

 as it can be, whereas those grown in 

 Britain have to be forced by extra 

 manuring and high cultivation and 

 hence are very knobby and high ribbed. 

 Ours have a tenderness of flesh that we 

 do not find in any of the British apples, 

 and their color is superior to ours in 



