The Canadian Horticulturist. 79 



THE CANADIAN APPLES. 



IN THE Horticulturist, for January, that you kindly sent me, I 

 find notes by Prof. J. L. Budd, on some Canadian apples, and by 



another correspondent on the Switzer apples. Living, as I do, near 

 the northern line of Iowa, I thought a few words from me might be of some 

 service to your Northwestern readers. 



The Switzer is far from being as hardy here as the Duchess, and on^our 

 black soils it is much given to blight, and the fruit drops easily before it is 

 fairly ripe. It is a good bearer and a good apple, but has too many faults 

 to make it valuable for the North-West. The Montreal peach is not nearly 

 so hardy as Duchess, and has so far proven a tardy bearer. Mcintosh 

 Red, Canada Baldwin, Fameuse Sucre, and Winter St. Lawrence, have all 

 proven failures on and north of the 43rd parallel."-'^ None of them are 

 as hardy as the Fameuse, and the bearing orchard-trees of this variety 

 were either killed or severely crippled by our recent severe winters. 



I am often tempted to try some tree of Canadian origin, but our experi- 

 ence thus far is not favorable to the experiment. However, I still feel like 

 trying seedlings of the Fameuse that are proving, when root-grafted, to be 

 hardy in northern Canada. The most promising of the new sorts that I 

 have tried is a seedling of the Duchess, now twenty years old; the fruit is of 

 good size, light to dark green in color, just the right acidity for cooking, 

 and when mature an agreeable eating apple. The tree is fully as hardy as 

 the Duchess, and an excellent bearer, from latitude forty-three to forty-five. 

 In your climate this would undoubtedly be a good winter apple. Several 

 of the Russian varieties are proving hardy here, and we are still hopeful of 

 valuable results from our experiments with them. 



Charles City, Iowa. C. G. PATTEN. 



VARIETIES OF GRAPES TO PLANT FOR MARKET 



PURPOSES. 



TO profitably grow grapes for market, only a few varieties are required 

 and to name those varieties suitable to all locations is a difficult ques- 

 tion, as a slight difference in location, soil, or culture, will produce 

 results so widely different. 



The culture of no fruit, perhaps, gives rise to a greater variety of 

 opinions than that of the vine. For this reason it is safer for those who 

 intend planting to find which varieties succeed best in their own locality. 



» Note by Editor. — In Canada these varieties succeed north of the 45th parallel. 



