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quise Paulucci's, we saw a large, roundish stripped apple, some- 

 thing like Duchess, not ripe ; the tree was said to be fairly hardy 

 in that extreme climate, and farther south noted for its immense 

 fruit. 



Good Peasant {Dobryi Krestianin). — This apple is highly 

 prized by the Russian people, and sells well in their market in 

 spite of its unattractive color and small size. Our Pomme Grise, 

 though long valued for its fine quality, does not sell at extra prices 

 in the Montreal market, and, I fear, this Good Peasant would fetch 

 but small prices when placed alongside better looking fruit. The 

 tree, both in leaf and bud, is crab-like ; its leaf is prunifolia in form, 

 yet slightly pubescent. Near Kazan we saw trees more than 30 

 years old of it. At Volsk, Khvalinsk, Tula, Voronesh, every- 

 where almost we went, either on the Volga or in Middle Russia 

 M^ found it a great favorite. People seemed to go into ecstacies 

 over its delicious flavor. Mr. Shroeder, at Petrovskoe, does not 

 find it quite hardy, though at Tula 120 miles further South, we 

 saw a few fine old trees of it. Let us look upon it as a crab, a 

 large sized green crab of fine quality, for it certainly is as hardy 

 as some of our hybrid Siberians, and I think we shall find it a 

 useful crab for home use for rather severe climates. 



Grand Mother {Baboushh'no) is described by Mr. Shroeder as 

 a beautiful bright red medium sized oblate apple of fine quality. 

 At Voronesh, Mr. Fischer says it is a good and productive tree, 

 and an excellent large sized apple that keeps till March. Mr. 

 Regel describes it as an apple of first quality that keeps till May. 

 What we saw under this name were above medium size, flat rather, 

 with a large thick stalk ; flesh white, firm, breaking, juicy, fine 

 grained, unripe, but showing every sign of fine quality, and of 

 being a long keeper. Its appearance is against it, yet these hardy 

 long keepers deserve thorough trial. 



Grushevka, or pear apple tree is probably so called from its 

 pear like pyramidal form of tree. It is spoken of by Mr. Shroeder, 

 as a hardy and productive tree, planted a good deal for market in 

 central Russia and bearing a small early white fruit. On the 

 Bogdanoff estates we see trees of it, with their pubescent leaves of 



