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Mr. Sydney Fisher writes Irom Knowlton, P. Q, :— 

 •' The domaiul I'or applos in Knj^land is very i^roat and has 

 been increasing I'or the last.livti years. Over 30,000 barrels 

 were exported from Montreal in rte[)tember and October, 

 1880. A farmer sold $6,000 worth ol' apples from his 

 orchards near Montreal." 



"Twenty-one thousand barrels of apples were shipped 

 from this port to England during the week, against thir- 

 teen thousand barrels in the corresjmnding week last yi^ar.- 

 The total amount shipped this season is onn hundr<'d and 

 twenty-six thousand barrels, an'ainst seventy six thousand 

 barriils last season." — Quehtc Mornin<^ Chronic/e, loth Nov., 

 1880. 



Fruit List. — A vast deal of care has been bestowt'd by 

 the Frai^. Ci-rovvers' Asso(.'iati(^ii, and particularly by its 

 corresponding secretary, Mr. Charh's (jibb, ol' Abbottslbrd, 

 iji the preparation of its I'ruit list, to which we dcvolo four 

 columns to-day. It is the vNorkcf many months and tho 

 result of a laViorious collation oi' varied experiences, and 

 will be valued by all who have enough ol' land to plant a 

 tree or a vine or a raspberry bush upon. It is possible that 

 new experience may alter some of the conclusions, but this 

 may be regarded as a fair synopsis of the knowledge of the 

 fruit culturists of this section of country, as far as it has at 

 present advanced. — Montreal Witness, Oct. 14, 1875. 



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(1*3x1 met of Ropoit, 1S75.) 

 FRUIT LIST FOR PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



{rnblin/tcil by Fruit Growers^ Asuoeiatlaii, o/' Ali'ioltsford.) 



This association, feeling that a published fiuit list was 

 absolutely necessary for the advancement ol' fruit cultu ^e 

 in this Province, issued a circular letter ol enquiry to 

 gather the varied experience in its different parts. Two 

 hundred and ninety circulars were issued about 6th .Tan- 

 nary last. 



Replies were received from, or correspondence entered 

 into with, or (which is better) discussions held with over 

 a hundred persons exclusive of residents of Abbottsford. 



The following list is recommended : — 



