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other. Fruit weighing 17 oz. has been gathered from this variety, and 

 this last season (1901) the same trees have borne a fine crop of Apples, 

 with a good percentage weighing 14 oz. each. The varieties that do next 

 best are: 'Irish Peach,' 'Duchess of Oldenburg,' 'Pineapple Russet,' 

 ' Hawthornden,' and ' Court of Wick.' 



The Pears that do best are : ' Early Beurre,' ' Souvenir du Congres,' 

 ' Marie Louise,' ' Gansel's Bergamot,' and ' Alexander Bivort,' 



The best Plums are : ' Denniston's Superb,' ' Jefferson,' and ' Purple 

 Gage.' 



The best Cherries are : ' May Duke,' 'Kentish,' and ' Morello.' The 

 ' May Duke ' Cherry is the first fruit to ripen with us, and it is generally 

 ready in the beginning of June. 



Raspberries are always a good crop. The same can be said of Goose- 

 berries, and of Black, White, and Red Currants. 



The Strawberries that we find to do well are : ' Royal Sovereign,' 

 'A. F. Barron,' 'President,' 'Sir Joseph Paxton,' 'Elton Pine,' and 

 ' Latest of All.' Of ' Royal Sovereign ' we have gathered fruits weighing 

 21 oz. each, and this season they were ripe on the 8th of July. 



The Peach, Apricot, and Nectarine we do not consider hardy in this 

 part, but we have seen them do remarkably well as far north as the 

 county of Inverness. 



The following is a note of the temperature ^recorded here during the 

 first three months of this year (1901) : — 



January Min. Max. 



February 



Min. 



Max. 



March 



Min. 



Max. 





deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 





deg. 



deg. 



1 



32 



35 



1 



32 



45 



1 



35 



50 



2 



33 



38 



2 



30 



48 



2 



36 



49 



3 



30 



42 



3 



36 



49 



3 



35 



52 



4 



31 



37 



4 



31 



43 



4 



32 



50 



5 



29 



35 



5 



36 



47 



5 



30 



49 



6 



28 



38 



6 



32 



50 



6 



36 



53 



7 



26 



38 



7 



29 



48 



7 



35 



51 



8 



29 



41 



8 



29 



49 



8 



39 



50 



9 



29 



39 



9 



30 



50 



9 



30 



45 



• 10 



30 



40 



10 



33 



50 



10 



32 



47 



11 



31 



39 



11 



34 



48 



11 



30 



51 



12 



30 



36 



12 



35 



52 



12 



35 



53 



13 



28 



33 



13 



36 



49 



13 



34 



49 



14 



26 



35 



14 



31 



45 



14 



32 



47 



15 



25 



38 



15 



30 



47 



15 



31 



51- 



16 



28 



35 



16 



33 



49 



16 



30 



48 



17 



32 



40 



17. 



29 



47 



17 



28 



43 



18 



26 



35 



18 



28 



49 



18 



30 



50 



19 



29 



39 



19 



31 



50 



19 



29 



45 



20 



34 



38 



20 



28 



45 



20 



28 



46 



21 



35 



40 



21 



29 



47 



21 



30 



51 



22 



32 



40 



22 



30 



49 



22 



31 



43 



23 



30 



37 



23 



33 



50 



2,3 



28 



42 



24 



31 



35 



24 



34 



49 



24 



21 



47 



25 



30 



36 



25 



33 



51 



25 



22 



46 



26 



25 



38 



26 



32 



47 



26 



20 



45 



27 



32 



35 



27 



32 



49 



27 



17 



42 



28 



31 



37 



28 



30 



47 



28 



28 



48 



29 



33 



40 









29 



29 



50 



30 



32 



36 









30 



30 



45 



31 



28 



37 









31 



32 



49 



As will be seen from the above table, fifteen degrees of frost was the 

 hardest we experienced during these three months, and I think that this 



