THE 



Canadian Horticulturist. 



VOL. XIII. 



15QO. 



NO. 4, 



HUBBARDSTON'S NONSUCH. 



HOUGH by no means a new variety of apple, the 

 Hubbardston is as yet much less known and cultivated 

 in our orchards than its merits would warrant. It is 

 one of our very best early winter varieties, being in 

 season from October to January ; thus coming in com- 

 petition with the Ribston and the King, but excelling 

 the latter in beauty of color, and the former in evenness of size and 

 productiveness. 



As a commercial apple for Ontario, the Hubbardston should rank high 

 in those sections in which it has been found to succeed, but so few reports 

 concerning it have been sent in, and so little has been said about it at our 

 meetings, that we conclude it has been tried in very few places. Some 

 samples were sent us from Beamsville, in Lincoln County, about a year 

 ago, which were fine and beautifully colored, and the grower reported that 

 he considered them to be his most valuable market apples. In our report 

 for the year 1885, page 28, we find Mr. Wright, of Renfrew, speaking very 

 highly of this apple for his retail trade among consumers in his county. 

 He says : " We sell ten barrels of Hubbardston's Nonsuch to one of any 

 other variety. For retailing the Nonsuch takes the lead." 



Since Mr. Wright buys his supply of these apples from Prince Edward 

 County, we infer that this variety thrives well in that region. 



