33° The Canadian Horticulturist. 



planters, and it is not safe to come to hasty conclusions in passing our judgment 

 upon new varieties. 



In apples, most of those possessing merit are fall kinds, whereas there is 

 more room in the long-keeping class for the introduction of new kinds. An 

 apple about the size and shape of a good sized Baldwin, brighter in color and 

 better in flavor, that would hold flavor as late as Swazie Pomme Grise, would 

 possess merit, and, if hardy, would be entitled to general cultivation. 



We would all welcome a winter pear as large as Duchess or Clairgeau with 

 flavor as good as Josephine. In a late-keeping pear we require size as 

 well as flavor to get commercial value. Indeed, size has a great deal to 

 do with market value in the fruits of all seasons, and even the delicious 

 Seckel, although holding the proud position of highest flavor in the pear, is 

 languishing for the want of an appreciative market, simply because it cannot 

 boast of size. 



I would like to follow a large russet apple shown at the Western Fair by a 

 Mr. Jarvis. Looking at a single specimen I considered it Roxbury, although 

 well covered with a finer russet, but after seeing several specimens together and 

 examining more closely, it is clearly not that variety. To me it is new, and if it is 

 as long a keeper as I would judge from what I saw of it, and is a good cropper 

 and hardy, it would be a decided acquisition. It would not be safe to judge by 

 specimens seen at a fair, however, as generally the finest are taken for that pur- 

 pose ; but I would like to follow the apple into a closer acquaintance, as it has 

 flavor, size and color as well as form to commend it as a russet. 



I hope to see specimens of many new seedlings at our next winter meeting 

 of the F.G.A. 



Goderich, Ont. A. Mel). Allan. 



Profitable Cherry GROWiNt;. — Mr. Powell is a large grower of cherries, 

 having about 300 trees, 100 of which are in full bearing. The varieties are 

 Black Tartarian, Black Eagle, Yellow Spanish, Napoleon, Bigarreau, Windsor, 

 Elkhorn, Early Richmond, English Morello, and Montmorency. The Elkhornj 

 which has been in the past one of the most profitable cherries, will have to be 

 abandoned as the trees are all dying. Why this is thus no one can tell. 



" Were your cherries a profitable crop ? " queried I. 



"They did very well indeed. The crop was large; the qrahty good and 

 prfces averaged high." 



" How did you manage to secure high prices, when others received very low 

 ones ? " 



" It is simply a question of good taste and care in packing and arranging for 

 market. All my cherries were shipped in the Armstrong & Atwater crate, which 

 is supplied with springs. They hold six boxes of nine pounds each. The fruit 

 was all faced in the same style as the California cherries, a labor which cost me 

 about $7 per day during the season, but it paid me very well. It was mainly 

 sold in Boston,"— (!?/-<?(?«V Fruit Grower. 



