Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . Early Purple. Tree, upright, vigorous, healthy, productive wheu full grown. Fruit, medium size, roundish heart-shaped ; skin dark red to purple ; stem two incheslong in a shallow cavity ; suture obscure. Flesh, red to purple ; texture tender, juicy ; flavor sweet and pleasant. Season, June 13th to 25th, south of Lake Ontario. Quality, dessert, good. Value, market, 2nd rate. Adaptation. Grown at Grimsby for thirty years and quite hardy ; fairly hardy in Maineand Michigan ; recommended for trial north of Lake Ontario. 3 33 62 Victoria. Sessional
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . Early Purple. Tree, upright, vigorous, healthy, productive wheu full grown. Fruit, medium size, roundish heart-shaped ; skin dark red to purple ; stem two incheslong in a shallow cavity ; suture obscure. Flesh, red to purple ; texture tender, juicy ; flavor sweet and pleasant. Season, June 13th to 25th, south of Lake Ontario. Quality, dessert, good. Value, market, 2nd rate. Adaptation. Grown at Grimsby for thirty years and quite hardy ; fairly hardy in Maineand Michigan ; recommended for trial north of Lake Ontario. 3 33 62 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 21). A 189^ GOVERNOR WOOD. This variety has proved itself a most satisfactory cherry for both dessert and market pur-poses. It is a very productive variety, and, though somewhat tender in flesh, is not nearly sosubject to ravages by birds as Early Purple or Black Tartarian. Originated by Prof. Kirtlandof Cleveland, Ohio, Governor Wood. Tree, upright, spreading, healthy, vigorous and hardy wherever the peach , medium to large, roundish-heartshaped ; skin, light, yellow, shaded with light todeep red : stem li inches long in a broad deep cavity ; suture, distinct on one , yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet, aromatic and , June 16th to June 25th. Quality, dessert, 1st rate ; home market, very good ; distant market, , market, 1st to 2nd Wherever the peach succeeds. 84 62 Victoria. Sessional Papers (.No. 21). A. 189 9 HORTENSE. {Reine Hortense.)One of the finest flavored of cooking cherries, and one which deserves the first place in thehome garden, it is not as productive as the May Duke, but from its habit of fruiting singly is less subject to rot than that excellent variety. Origin, France, in 1832, by M. Larose,Neuilly ; first fruited in 1838. Tree, of Duke habit, a vigorous and hand-some grower and fairly productive ; Duke. Fruit, large to v
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