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The Williams Strawberry. — Mr. John Little thinks this berry no 

 improvement on Bubach, Eureka or Mrs. Cleveland, either in size or pro- 

 ductiveness. We would like it tested by growers in different localities 

 and on various soils. Growers about Brantford seem to prize it very 

 highly, indeed above any other variety, and the samples shown us would 

 lead us to do the same. 



Seedling Apple from W.W.Higginson, Hawkesbury, Ont. Description : 

 Large, round, conical, color bright red, splashed and dotted, calyx half open, 

 basin shallow, stem long thin, cavity deep smooth, core open, flesh yellow- 

 ish white, fine grained, flavor sub-acid, highly aromatic. An early autumn 

 dessert apple, worthy of trial. Note by Mr. Higginson : " Originated on 

 the farm of Henry Walker, Vankleek Hill, Ont. The tree is of iron-clad 

 hardiness, a good bearer, comes in after Duchess and will keep for a 

 month, a pleasant eating and cooking apple." — John Craig, Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa. 



Seedling Grapes. — Two samples of seedling grapes have been sent into 

 this office ; one from Chas. H. Biggar, Niagara Falls S., a dark red grape, 

 of medium size, and very close bunch ; the other from Frank Hunt, St. 

 Thomas, which was so crushed in the mail that it was impossible to judge 

 of its value. He writes : "I send you a seedling found growing in Judge 

 Hughes' garden — a heavy bearer, probably a seedling of Agawam." So far, 

 we see nothing in either of these grapes to make them more valuable than 

 other varieties already existing, of the same season, as Lindley, Brighton, 

 etc., and unless a variety has some peculiar excellence beyond those already 

 in cultivation, it would be better not to have them brought before the public. 



Ireton's Seedling Apple. — Mr. W. H. Wylie, of Carleton Place, sends us 

 a rather handsome fall apple, which might be desirable were it not for other 

 more beautiful apples of its season, as the Golden White, the Alexander, the 

 Larue and others. Mr. Wylie says : — 



Sir, — I send you by mail a sample seedling apple, grown by Mr. John Ireton, of Lanark 

 township. It is a medium sized apple out of about a dozen he gave me. I have had it about 

 a month. It looks like a good fall apple, and is handsome fruit. The tree is young, and was 

 grown from seed by Mr. Ireton. 



The apple may be thus described : — Size, above medium ; form, slightly 



conical, obscurely ribbed ; color, light green, striped and splashed with 



bright red ; stem, short and stout, set in a deep, regular cavity ; calyx closed, in 



an irregular basin ; flesh, white, tender, juicy ; quality, fair for cooking. Season, 



October. 



