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the latter for its productiveness and lateness. The white-caps, such 

 as the Golden Thornless, are not worth growing. 



The paper closes with some excellent hints on cultivation and soil, 

 which our members will have an opportunity of studying when they 

 have the paper in full in the Report of this year's transactions. 



Some discussion followed, chiefly on the singular and interesting 

 variations in fruits and flowers known as " sports." 



]\Ir. P. C. Dempsey, Albury, presented an interesting paper on the 

 varieties of apple found to be most desirable for cultivation in Prince 

 Edward County. He stated that the Early Harvest when given good 

 garden culture on a loamy soil would produce good crops, and 

 considered it one of the best amateur varieties. The Eed Astracan 

 grew well on almost any soil. The fruit was large, pretty, and the 

 best of its season for market. The Duchess of Oldenburg succeeds in 

 almost every soil, and the fruit is one of the best of its season for 

 marketing, on account of its attractive appearance. The Gravenstein 

 is tender in that County, except when grown on a well drained gravel 

 or sandy soil, but tlie fruit was one of the best both for home use and 

 for market. The St. Lawrence is always healthy, and produces au 

 abundant crop each alternate year of large, conical, striped apples, 

 that attract the attention of every one The Fameuse or Snow Apple 

 tree he says is always good in every variety of soil in which he has 

 ever seen it growing, and the fruit is very attractive when fair, but 

 liable to spot in every variety of soil. The Beauty of Kent he thinks 

 has been overlooked ; the fruit is very large, yellow 'striped with red, 

 and one of the best for cooking and market ; while the tree makes a 

 rapid growth, thrives in every soil, and produces large crops. The 

 Baldwin is very tender, succeeding in only a few favored spots. 

 Pihode Island Greening not always hardy. Golden Eusset one of the 

 best and most hardy trees in that County, but productive only in 

 favored spots. Talman Sweet succeeds where an apple tree of any 

 variety can be grown at all. Ben Davis is a hardy apple, good grower; 

 commences to bear when three or four years from the graft or bud ; 

 succeeds best on a strong and deep loamy or gravelly soil. The fruit 

 keeps well until July with ordinary care, and commands a better price 

 than Golden Piusset. Mr. P. H. Potter, of Napanee, places this 

 variety at the head of his list, yet Mr. Dempsey advises that planters 

 experiment cautiously with this variety, because in some localities the 



