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one year old trees, set out in spring of 1878, I have picked five bushels to the 

 tree of the finest specimens. I know of no other variety to compare with it for 

 a mid-winter market apple." 



That the Pewaukee is adapted to the more favored apple growing regions of 

 the Province of Quebec is proved by the testimony of Mr. Jack, of Chateauguay 

 Basin, Que., who says: {Vide Rep. Mon. Hort. Soc, 1889, p. 105), "The 

 Pewaukee is a favorite of mine for a winter apple. I have been growing it for ten 

 years and find that the apples are of good size and highly colored. What we 

 want is a good winter apple that will be profitable and of the best quality, and 

 these characteristics I find in the Pewaukee." 



Mr. Honey, of the same province, says : " I think the Pewaukee is about the 

 finest winter variety we have. It bears pretty much every year, and the apples, 

 so far, have been very fine. As a winter variety, I do not know of any better 

 than the Pewaukee. 



The question of hardiness is a very important one to some of our readers, 

 and, in this particular, while the Pewaukee has considerable merit, it is yet not 

 hardy enough for what is termed the " cold north." In the county reports, 

 published in our report for 1884, it received full marks for hardiness in the 

 county of Huron. According to Mr. Glendinning, of Manilla, no apple shows 

 greater promise of hardiness in the south riding of Ontario county : but in the 

 northern riding of that county our report classes it as tender, and according to 

 Mr. A. A. Wright, it is not hardy enough for the county of Renfrew, except in 

 the more favored localities. The late Chas. Gibb had it under test at Abbots- 

 ford, Que., and he said (Mon. Hort. Soc. rep., '89, p. 103) : "I planted, twelve 

 years ago, eighteen trees of the Pewaukee. It has not proved perfectly satis- 

 factory with me ; some trees I am going to lose and one or two I have lost. 

 Their bearing has not been as satisfactory as I would have liked — but must say 

 I got some very fine fruit and sent three barrels to England tljis year, which 

 were very fine and arrived in good condition, and were thought highly of." 



The following is a description of the Pewaukee apple : Fruit, medium to 

 large, roundish, oblate ; skin, bright yellow, striped and splashed with dark red ; 

 flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid. Tree vigorous ; January to May. 



How TO Tell a Ripe Water Melon. — It is quite an art to select a 

 choice melon without cutting a small hole through its fat green sides, but it can 

 be done, by the feeling and general appearance. The dark green of the melon 

 should be the color of English ivy leaves ; the yellowish spot underneath, caused 

 by its contact with mother earth, should be tested with the pressure of the finger. 

 The spot should have a springy resistance, and the indentation thus made should 

 not be noticeable when the finger is removed. If it remains the melon is too 

 ripe and likely to be watery. If no depression can be made, the melon is not 

 ripe enough. — N. Y. Herald. 



