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tendency to drop its fruit, though not before it begins to be merchantable. 

 Trees in sod do not seem to show this fault. In quality it is almost equal 

 to Fameuse, while the size is larger, the fruit free from spot, and the tree a 

 first-class iron-clad, and a wonderfully free and elegant grower. It 

 accompanies McMahon's White in season, but is of finest dessert quality 

 while McAIahon's is only fair. It is, however, a large apple and equally 

 fair, though with only a slight blush. There is more money in Switzer 

 than in McMahon, I think, though both are " bonanzas." 



Regarding 43° as the limit of the Baldwin northward, as a commercial 

 apple. I should (if I did not) have limited the remark to New England, as 

 I am well aware that it is grown as far north as this, or farther, in Michigan. 

 It is grown, but with difficulty and on unhealthy trees, on our Vermont 

 islands in Lake Champlain. But in this north-eastern part of Vermont I 

 have never seen a Baldwin tree live to be old enough to bear an apple. 

 In Maine its profitable production is limited to the extreme south-western 

 towns. None are grown in New Hampshire or Vermont, north of White 

 River Junction, in the Connecticut Valley, one hundred and four miles south 

 of here. 



As you are aware, I have never attempted to give a list for Ontario, and 

 it would seem to me that for practical usefulness there should be a division 

 into districts in some of which any apple would succeed, while in others 

 only extra hardy and iron-clad kinds could be profitably planted. 



Red Astrachan, Haas, Colvert, Yellow Bellflower, Northern Spy, Canada 

 Red, Tolman Sweet, Golden Russet all fail here ; while St. Lawrence, though 

 the tree stands, bears very lightly. Alexander and Cellini are hardy and 

 productive, but are nearly destroyed by the Codlin worm, which seems to 

 have a special fondness for these varieties. Fameuse Sucree and Mcintosh 

 Red are nearly as hardy as Wealthy, but unprofitable from spotting and 

 cracking by fungi. Nearly all the true Russians are hardy, thrifty and 

 productive, but time is needed to select the best from among them. Long- 

 field is good and productive but not better than Switzer while it is an 

 inferior tree, with smaller and much less handsomefruit. Antonovka will make a 

 good early winter commercial apple, of fair but not high quality. Titovka 

 (as I have it) is a large coarse-fleshed, mellow, pleasant flavored, red striped 

 apple, that will only a little exceed Oldenburgh.in season. Zolotoreff is of 

 same season, handsome and good, but too strongly ribbed, 



Newport, Vermont. T. H. HOSKINS. 



A PROMINENT horticulturist states that by placing tomato leaves around 

 the trunks of trees and also by sprinkling roses and cabbages with a decoc- 

 tion prepared by steeping tomato leaves in water, insects did not disturb 

 them. This is worthy a trial. 



