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pale yellow with a bright red or crimson cheek. Flesh white, tender, 
subacid. Tree a rapid grower and bears large crops. Season, Septem- 
ber and October. a excellent apple for cooking or drying. 
Keswick Codiin. 
A well-known English cooking se which is successfully grown in 
many parts of the Do omani on. Tree a moderate grower and an early and 
abundant bearer. Fruit above 1 seat size, yay Flesh yellowish 
white, juicy, subacid. aoe Secale and October 
Duchess of Oldenburgh. 
A handsome apple of Russian origin, and one of the most profitable 
sorts in cultivation, The tree is vigorous, an early, regular, and abun- 
dant bearer. Fruit of medium size, ofa golden yellow colour streaked 
with red, n with a age erage on the oo Flesh sprightly, 
juicy, subac Seaso + agu d September. Extensively culti- 
quanti ities. 
Red Astrachan. 
Another mue apple of Russian origin. Tree a free grower and 
an abundant bearer, Fruit medium size, almost entirely covered with a 
rich red colour, and coated with a whitish bloom. esh white, crisp, 
juicy, with a rich acid flavour. Season, late in July and August. Ex- 
tensively grown for market. 
Chenango Strawberry. 
An American apple which or iginatod | in New York. Tree a vigorous 
grower and productive. Fruit of medium size, colour whitish mottled 
and splashed with light and dark crimson. Flesh white, tender, juicy, 
and mildly subacid. mig September and October. Cultivated 
chiefly for the home market 
Montreal Peach. 
Tree a fair grower and good bearer. Fruit of medium a very 
beautiful ; colour pale yellow and waxy looking; sometim with a 
pretty pale reddish cheek. Flesh white, tender, juicy, eit of go 
quality. Season, September. Is much grown in the Province of 
Quebec for local markets. Being tender e easily bruised, this apple 
is not adapted for eee to distant poin 
THe PEAR, 
exported to Great Britain without careful selection and cold storage, 
but the late ripening varieties might be easily exported, and would no 
