The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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M Ke^ OP Little Ki)oLoQ f p^its. ^ 



GREENFIELD'S SEEDLING APPLE. 



Sir,— I send you to-day two ssedling apples, the tree of which is grown by Mr. Samuel 

 Greenfield, near Ottawa. The apple, it is said, will keep till June in a fairly cool cellar ; 

 the tree is as hardy or hardier than the Duchess, and it is a free and early bearer. You 

 will notice the apple somewhat resembles the Spy in color and general appearance, the 

 calyx, however, being more prominent. The apple at the present time is not ripe, being 

 quite hard ; the flesh is crisp and moderately juicy. I class it as fairly good fruit, about 

 second class ; but the hardiness of the tree, its early bearing, and excellent keeping quali- 

 ties, ought to commend it for this and colder localities, even I think for Manitoba. 



P. E. BtTCKE, Ottawa. 



This apple i.s certainly rather 

 attractive. It is a little small to 

 be commended for cooking, 

 and the quality is hardly good 

 enough to make it a high class 

 dessert apple; still its hardiness 

 gives it a claim upon our notice, 

 for the good winter apples, pos- 

 sessing this characteristic, are 

 very few. On this account we 

 have thought best to prepare an 

 engraving of the apple for our 

 pages, in order that a more ex- 

 act record of it may be kept, 

 Fig. 39.-Greknfield's Seedling Apple. ^han can be made in words. 



Description. — Size, below medium ; form, roundish, slightly conical, ribbed ; skin, 

 light green, washed and striped with carmine ; stem three-quarter inches long, in a deep 

 narrow cavity ; calyx closed in a very shallow wrinkled basin ; flesh white, crisp, tender, 

 mild sub-acid, juicy ; flavor poor, but scarcely mature enough to be fairly judged. 



GREENFIELD'S CURRANT. 



Mr. W. W. Hilborn, of Leamington, sends us two plants of a new red cur- 

 rant for testing. It was originated at Ottawa by Mr. Samuel Greenfield. Mr. 

 Lowe, Deputy iVIinister of Agriculture, of that place, says it is by far the best red 

 currant he has seen, either in Canada or England. Mr. Hilborn states that he 

 has counted as many as twenty large sized currants on a single stem, and that 

 the bush is a strong grower and very productive. 



