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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



apple has an excellent flavor, with an especially agreeable degree of acidity. The 

 flesh is very juicy and aromatic. It is little affected by the curculio, probably 

 because of its thick skin. 



As yet, this apple is not very widely disseminated in 

 Russia, but those fruit growers who have found out its 

 merits prize it above any other. I am of the opinion 

 that in Canada, also, it would soon become the chief 

 market variety ; therefore, unless you have it already, I 

 win be glad to send you some scions. 



THE HAMBURG PEAR. 



This pear is growing in the Chernigov Government, 

 having been brought there from St. Petersburg. It is 

 a pear of the Bergamot type, not 

 large, yellowish green in color, with 

 russety dots, juicy, of very pleasant 

 flavor, and ripens in September. It 

 may be kept in the cellar for about 

 three or four weeks. 



As there is such a small selection 

 of really good pears that can endure 

 severe cold, the Hamburg has con- 

 siderable value for horticulturists in 

 cold countries. It has been well 

 tested in the Chernigov Government 

 and has been found to be perfectly 

 hardy, while most other varieties 

 entirely succumb. This is explained 

 by the fact that its flower-buds are 



firmly closed and therefore not sensi- fig. 2.— the hamberg pear. 



tive to the action of the frost. I have sent you cuttings of this variety. 



Rovno Wolinia, Russia. JAROSLAV NIEMETZ. 



