16 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
PEARS. 
'Bartlett' or 'Williams' Bon Chretien,' ' Clapps' Favourite,' 
' Flemish Beauty,' as standards. (In Ontario, ' Duchesse d'Angouleme ' 
is much grown as a dwarf.) 
PEACHES. 
* Early Crosby ' and ' Early Alexander.' 
PLUMS. 
' Moer's Arctic,' ' Lombard,' ' Greengage,' ' Magnum Bonum,' and 
' Bradshaw.' The wood of the European and American varieties is 
subject to a very destructive fungoid disease, ' Black Knot ' {Plowrightia 
morbosa), which I trust we may never get in England ; but from this 
disease the Japanese varieties are almost entirely free. 'Burbank,' 
' Wickson,' and ' Abundance ' are the most popular Japanese sorts. 
GOOSEBEEEIES AND CURRANTS 
Are but little grown. The American varieties of gooseberry are small, 
tbe best being the ' Downing.' English varieties of gooseberry mildew 
badly. Red currants fruit well, but black currants do not thrive. 
RASPBERRIES. 
' Cuthbert,' * Marlborough,' both of American origin. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
' Snyder,' of American origin. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Wilson's and Crescent Seedlings are most grown in alternate rows, 
' Parker Earle,' a new variety, is highly recommended. European 
varieties do not thrive on the American Continent. 
CHERRIES 
Are largely grown around Bear River and Digby ; it is a district in which 
wild cherry and oaks grow naturally in the woods. Black and white 
hearts and French are the varieties most grown. 
CRANBERRIES 
Are got wild from the North Mountain and near the lakes. 
THE ORIGIN OF THE VARIETIES OF FRUIT. 
Professor Bailey tells us that, speaking generally, fruits of American 
origin are the best adapted to American conditions, notwithstanding tbe 
fact that there are some foreign varieties which thrive over large areas 
of the country. The strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, and grapes 
are almost entirely from wild American plants, and succeed better not 
because they are superior to those of European origin, but because they 
M.re more perfectly adapted to their surroundings (climate, insects, 
fungi, &c.). 
