fruits best adapted to the colder and more elevated parts of Silesia 

 and Transylvania. , ,, . , , . ,, . , 



At the Pomological School at Troya, near Prague, in feohemia, 

 we found a very large collection of fruits adapted to mild climates. 



At Proskau, near Oppeln, in Silesia, is the Pomological school 

 of Eastern Prussia. The climate here is more severe, its elevation 

 is 720 feet, its soil is cold, its south winds passing over the Car- 

 pathians are cold, and, I believe, dry. Most of the tender plants we 

 had found further south are wanting. Director Stoll finds it neces- 

 sary to study the question of hardiness, and hence we find his 

 opinion very valuable for North Germany. , 



At Warsaw, the Pomological School, under Prof. Jankouski, is 

 doing a grand, good work ; in fact the best promological work we 

 saw in Russia. The climate, however, of the city gardens is but 

 very slightly more severe than at Proskau. 



After leaving Warsaw, we scarcely found any tree or shrub 

 which would be likely to prove tender in Montreal or even at 

 Abbottsford, until, on our return westwards, we reached Kiev. 



For the present, I will merely describe a few of the best late- 

 keeping apples of Germany. . . 



Batullenapfel Rother. — This belongs to a family almost 

 new to us. We saw it, for the first time, at the Pomological 

 School of Dr. Lucas at Reutlingen, and were at once struck with 

 its small, thick, plicated leaf. A singular fact, too ,in regard to it, is 

 that it grows readily from cuttings. We saw cuttings of it treated 

 just as currant cuttings usually are, growing well at Reutlingen. 



At the Kosteneuberg Pomological School, near Vienna, Prof. 

 Stoll draws our special attention to it, and says it has been grown 

 for at least one hundred years in Transylvania. It is of medium 

 size, often largish, whitish or yellowish, with red side, pretty good 

 quality, a very healthy, hardy tree in those climates, and a very 

 abundant bearer. At Proskau we hear further good opinions of it. 

 Its keeping qualities are variously stated. At Proskau they say 

 till February. At Kostenenberg till April. At Troja they say till 

 June. 



The Weisser Batullen is said to be just like this exciept that it 

 has less color, and some think they are the same. 



