I04 .The Canadian Horticulturist. 



eastern Siberia. These gardeners are in fault for inducing buyers to pur- 

 chase by such ridiculous mis-statements. We should be very glad if not 

 only the apricot, but the orange also would grow in Siberia ; but to our 

 sorrow it is doubtful whether any fruit trees will grow there except Siberian 

 crabs and small inedible wild pears. 



I find that the name " Russian " Apricot is not proper, because it would 

 lead one to suppose that it will grow at Moscow or at St. Petersburg, which 

 is not the case. A better name would be the Crimean Apricot, from the 

 place where it originates. 



BOHEMIAN QUEEN CHERRY. 



The cherry pits which I sent you are taken from the fruit of the cele- 

 brated " Bohemian Queen," which I propagate on account of its excellent 

 qualities and its hardiness. As a market variety it is unequalled. It is an 

 abundant cropper and the fruit is of excellent flavor, larger and mpre fleshy 

 than that of the Ostheim, which some years is dry and therefore poor. 



It is more delicious than " Frauendorfer," or " Double Natt," and even 

 the " Large Spanish " can only be compared with the Bohemian Queen in 

 point of size, and not in productiveness or flavor. 



In quality there are only two new kinds that can be compared with it,, 

 viz.: (i) Cerise D'Olivet, large, sweet and delicious, and (2) the well-known 

 Empress Eugenie. The introduction of this cherry is the most important 

 matter, because it can be propagated, like the Ostheim, from seeds or root 

 suckers. Sixty per cent, of the seedlings are constant. It succeeds well 

 in places where the ground remains moist until the month of May. 



