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Newtown Pippin. 
Tree upright and vigorous, poor crop, 
medium size in cluster, roundish, slightly 
conic and obscurely angular: skin yellow 
with numerous grey dots, very russet round 
the base, flesh greenish white, firm and 
crisp aud of a highly aromatic favor ; sub- 
ject to bitter pit, free from codlin moth 
wnd a good keeper. 
Blooms about the 10th of October and 
ripens early in May, 
Nickajack. 
Tree spreading, vigorous, poor crop of 
large size, roundish oblate and slightly 
conic, skin yellow and thickly striped with 
red, flesh yellowish white and crisp with a 
brisk and pleasing flavor, a good keeper 
-and free from codlin moth, 
Blooms early in October and ripens about 
the middle of April. 
Perfection. 
Tree upright vigorous, medium crop of 
large size oblate, pointed somewhat; skin 
rough yellow and striped and splashed with 
red and markings of russet; tlesh yellow- 
ish white and with strong aromatic per- 
fume, drys moderately well and a good 
keeper, subject to codlin moth. 
Blooms about the middle of October and 
ripens very early in March 
Red Astrachan. 
Tree spreading, vigorous, poor crop of 
large size, roundish and angular, mostly 
shaded with bright red, having a faint 
bloom, flesh white, crisp, brisk and juicy 
with little flavor; free from codlin moth ; 
poor keeper. 
Blooms near the middle of October and 
ripens very early in January. 
Ribston Pippin. 
Tree spreading and vigorous, poor crop 
of large size, roundish, conical and oblate, 
skin greenish yellow, faintly striped and 
shaded with duil red on the sunny sido, 
numerous grey dots; flesh yellow, brisk, 
subacid, highly flavored; moderate keeper ; 
free from codlin moth, 
Blooms early in October and ripens 
about the middie of March. 
Rome Beauty. 
T'ree upright and vigorous. heavy crop 
of large size, roundish oblate and slightly 
conic; skin yellow, striped and mottled 
with red; flesh yellowish, white. firm, 
juicy, sweet, with rich aromatic flavor; 
good keeper and drys well; hangs well on 
tree and ripens evenly; apparently the 
most profitable apple in the orchard as it 
is both good for dessert and cooking. 
Blooms near the end of October and 
ripens early in May. 
Rokewood. 
Tree spreading and vigorous, with heavy 
crop of medium size, roundish conical; 
skin yellow, shaded with red and mottled 
with russet; flesh yellowish, solid, brittle, 
juicy, acid with moderate flavor; a good 
keeper and free from codlin moth. 
Blooms about the middle of October 
and ripens in the middle of May. 
Scarlet Nonpareil. 
Tree stunted and spreading, poor crop of 
small size in cluster, roundish, conic; skin 
yellowish, streaked with red, numerous 
russet dots and patches; flesh yellowish 
and white, juicy and firm, with a strong 
flavor; moderate keeper, 
Blooms about the middle of October and 
ripens towards the end of April, 
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Scarlet Permain, 
Trea upright and vigorous, medium 
crop of large size, conical, pointed; skin 
striped and splashed with lively red; flesh 
yellow, juicy, acid; good keeper and free 
from codlin moth. 
Blooms middle of October and ripens 
about the end of January. 
Stone Pippin, 
Tree upright and spreading, vigorous, 
heavy, knotty and hard growth: heavy 
crop of large size, roundish, slightly coni- 
cal; skin greenish yellow with an occa- 
sional blush in the sun, numerous russet 
dots; flesh greenish white, firm and brittle, 
juicy, subacid: one of the best cooking 
apples: subject to codlin moth. 
Blooms about the middle of October and 
ripens late in April. 
List of Peaches. 
High’s Early Canada. 
Fruit large, skin yellowish white, with 
broken stripes and markings of crimson: 
flesh greenish, tender and melting; free- 
stone. 
Ripens about the end of November. 
Briggs’ Red May. 
Fruit not of the largest, roundish; skin 
whitish green in the shade, bright red in 
the sun; flesh tender, very juicy and rich; 
this peach does not ripen evenly, being soft 
on one side and hard on the other; free- 
stone. - - 
Ripens early in December. 
Early Rivers. 
Fruit medium, color pale straw; flesh 
melting with a rich racy flavor, easily 
bruised ; heavy cropper; freestone. 
Ripens about the middle of December. 
Early Crawford. 
fruit large. oblong, with a swollen point, 
skin rich yellow with fine red cheek; flesh 
yellow, very rich and sugary; a heavy 
cropper; a very desirable dessert peach 
also for jam, drying and csnning; free- 
stone. 
Ripens early in January. 
Royal George. 
Fruit large and quite round and even: 
skin pale yellowish white and almost 
covered with fine rich red; flesh whitish 
and very tender and juicy; heavy cropper 
and excellent for table; freestone. 
Ripens about the middle of January, 
Elberta. 
Fruit very large and oblong; skin fine 
yellow with rich red cheek in the sun 
flesh yellow, fine grained and firm; a heavy 
cropper and first class for drying, canning 
and market, etc, one of the best peaches 
ofits season: freestone. 
Ripens near the end of January. 
Royal George Cling. 
Fruit large and quite round; skin light 
yellow in shade and covered with fine 
yed in sun; flesh whitish and firm, but 
melting, with rich vinous flavor. 
Ripens about the middle of January. 
Lord Palmerston. 
Fruit very larg@and quite round; flesh 
white and tender, very rich and juicy; skin 
creamy white; a very gcod cropper, cling- 
stone. 
Ripens about the end of January, 
Lady Palmerston. 
fruit medium to large and quite round; 
skin greenish yellow, with red in sun; 
flesh pale yellow and tender, very melting 
and rich; good all round peach and carries 
well: freestone. 
Ripens early in March. 
Late Crawford. 
Fruit large and roundish; skin deep 
yellow, mottied with dark red; flesh a pale 
yellow; good peach for canning, drying or 
marketting : good cropper, freestone, 
Ripens early in March, 
Salwey. 
Fruit medivm to large, round: skin yel 
low, fine red in sun: flesh fine yellow, firm 
and juicy; splendid canning, drying or 
market peach; carries well, a heavy crop- 
per : freestone. 
Ripens early in March. 
Lucerne forthe Hillsides. 
‘Tt is rather asignificant fact that 
those who object most strongly to lucerne, 
on the ground that it interfeares with 
rotation, are, in not a few cases, men who 
grow two or three crops of grain in suc- 
cession from the same field. Lucerne is 
not recommended to displace clover. 
Clover should be grown on all the culti- 
vated land in short rotations, bringing it 
in at least once every four years. The 
lucerne should bo considered an extra 
supply of fodder, and should usually be 
grown on the rough, hilly lands, unprofi- 
table to cultivate. Being a nitrogen- 
gatherer, it rather improves the land it 
grows on, especially if a little ashes, and 
possibly bone-meal. are used on the 
lucerne piece from time to time. When 
that land is ploughed out of lucerne it 
will be more productive than when origi- 
nally seeded down. Meantime, the 
manure made by the stock that con- 
sumed the hay will have gone to enrich 
other parts of the farm. We know no 
other means of building up a hilly farm 
that will compare with the plan of seed- 
ing the hillsides to lucerne and feeding 
the hay or green crop to stock. Lucerne 
for steep hillsides is one of the best 
ideas that have ever been introduced into 
agriculture.”— “ The Farmer’s Advocate” 
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