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Prince’s Yellow Gage. 
An American plum which originated on Long Island, New York. 
Tree hardy and productive. ruit o dium size, a deep yellow 
colour, with a whitish bloom. Flesh yellow, rich, and sweet. Season 
early in August. 
Yellow Egg. 
A European plum. Tree a fine grower and good bearer. Fruit very 
large, oval, yellow with numerous white dots and a thin white bloom. 
Flesh yellow, rather acid until fully ripe. Highly esteemed as a cooking 
and preserving plum. Season late in August. z 
Coe’s Golden Drop. 
An English variety. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit large, 
oval, with a well-marked suture, pale yellow, with dark red spots on 
the sunny side. Flesh yellow, rather firm, adheres to the stone, rich, 
sweet, and of good flavour. Season, late in August. 
‘THE QUINCE, 
Quinces are grown in the Niagara Peninsula, but not in any large 
quantity and only for home market. The varieties chiefly cultivated 
are the Orange Quince and Rea’s Mammoth. 
Tur CHERRY. 
The cherry succeeds well in most of the milder sections in Ontario 
and Quebec, yields large and regular crops in some parts of Nova Scotia, 
and all the varieties succeed well in British Columbia. 
Of the Bigarrean or Heart cherries the following are cultivated in 
Black Eagle, Black 'Tartarian, Downers Late Red, Governor Wuod, 
Knight’s- Early Black, Napoleon Bigarrean, and Tradescant’s Black 
Heart. 
Of the Duke’s and Morello’s those mostly cultivated are Early Rich- 
mond, May Duke, English Morello, and the common red or Kentish 
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Several varieties are grown in great abundance in the Annapolis 
alley in Nova Scotia, particularly about the Bear river district. They 
are said to ormly } : 
seedling fruits, the relative qualities of which have not yet been fully 
determined. ; 
In British Columbia all varieties of the cherry grow most luxuriantly 
and produce heavy crops. 
THE APRICOT. 
The Apricot is cultivated to a very limited extent in Ontario, chiefly 
along the Niagara peninsula. This fruit could be grown in large 
