378 'riiK ("anadian Horticulturist. 



THE Ri:i) RAM BO. 



SiK, — I send you by the same mail some samples of apple which is saiil to have origi 

 Dated in this neigliborhood in an orchard of seedings. It has ))een called Red Jiiunbo. It 

 is only cultivated to a limited extent, and mostly by the descendants of the originator, })y 

 wiiom it is highly prized as a dessert apple. From my experience with it, I find that top 

 working is best way to deal with it. being somewhat tender when worked at the bottom. 

 Some think that it is identical with the Pennsylvania N'andevere, but, according to 

 Warder's description, the two are different. It is an abundant bearer, and will keep until 

 March. I find it sells on a par with Russets, Spys, (Jreenings, Baldwins, etc. Please give 

 me your opinion of it. S. Roy, Berlin, Out. 



Thi-s is a pretty table apple, but if it keeps till March it is (juestionable 

 whether it is the Red Rambo. The latter is a sub-variety of Rambo, almost 

 identical with it, only the fruit is more red, and its season is October to 

 December. It is certainly not Vandevere ; it much more nearly resembles the 

 Rambo. 



Description of the sample : I'Yuit, medium size, roundish, smooth, yellowish 

 in shade, bright red on sunny side, streaked and blotched with deeper red. 

 plainly marked with brown dots. Stalk slender, straight, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, deeply planted in a smooth, funnel-shaped cavity. Calyx closed, set 

 in a broad, slightly plaited basin. Flesh cream-colored, tender, rich, mild, 

 agreeable flavor. Oood. Sample sent ripe Nov. 14th. 



A PRETTY RUSSIAN APPLE. 



SIR, — I send you two Russian apples for inspection. The tree on which they were 

 borne was sent us about five years ago for testing. 



W. H. RoBSON, Lindsay y Out. 



About the time mentioned by our correspondent, some Russian apple trees 

 without name were distributed among the members of our Association, in order 

 to test their hardiness. This probably is one. The apple is strikingly pretty in 

 appearance, and, had it excellency of quality in proportion, it would be the first 

 of its season for a dessert apple. It is medium in size, No. 5 in our scale ; oblate 

 conical in shape; skin creamy color, waxen lustre, with a beautiful carmine cheek ; 

 stem slender, short, in a deep, even cavity ; calyx closed, in a plaited basin ; 

 flesh creamy white, tender, but with a somewhat peculiar flavor not quite agree- 

 able at first : season ])r()bably October and November. 



JUNEBERRV AND OREGON GRAPES. 



Sir, The .luly numlier of tiie Hoktk'Itlturi.st contains a colored plate of a berry 

 indigenous to this district of British Columbia. It is very common, and the work ahead of 

 me would be very much lessened if my land were cleared of them, 'i'hey thriAe best on 

 warm, fandy loam, and those which come under partial cultivation are double the size of 

 those shown in the colored plate, and, besiiles, the flavor ia improved. They are very little 

 appreciated by the white population, but the Indians have gatiiercd them for ages. They 

 dry them for winter use. 



W'l- have another kind of fruit in<ligenou8 to this portion. It grows on small evergreen 

 shrubs and resendjies bunches of small blue grapes. They are of a sprightly acid flavor, 

 rather astringent, and excellent for making into jelly. Aithongii they have no relation to 

 the grapes |)roper, tliey are locally called Oregon grapes. 



Akthik (". (Ikant, Armxt>o7iii, B.C. 



