. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian Horticulturist. 269 A VISIT TO THE LEAMINGTON EXPERIMENT STATION. N Friday, the 15th of June, Professor Hutt and the writer visited our Experiment Station in Essex Co. Leamington is prettily situated on the shore of Lake Erie, but rather inconvenient of access by rail. The soil in that vicinity is mostly light sand, and well adapted to the cultivation of the peach, but the peach growing section is very limited. The farm of Mr. W. W. Hillborn is situated in the heart of this favored locality, and i
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian Horticulturist. 269 A VISIT TO THE LEAMINGTON EXPERIMENT STATION. N Friday, the 15th of June, Professor Hutt and the writer visited our Experiment Station in Essex Co. Leamington is prettily situated on the shore of Lake Erie, but rather inconvenient of access by rail. The soil in that vicinity is mostly light sand, and well adapted to the cultivation of the peach, but the peach growing section is very limited. The farm of Mr. W. W. Hillborn is situated in the heart of this favored locality, and is being almost entirely devoted to the cultivation of the peach and strawberry. Of the latter he has about six acres in full bearing, and has already tested more than one hundred varieties. Of the kind now in cultivation, he prefers for market purposes, Bubach 24, Williams, Wilson, Saunders and Woolverton. As an early berry, Mr. Hillborn prefers the Beder Wood to Michel's Early, because it is just as early and much more productive, and for a late berry the Parker Earle, which is about as productive as Bubach 5, and is a fine showy berry. The plants have peculiar habit of growth, not spreading as much as other berries, but keeping well in hills. For a table berry the Governor Hoard is good, having an extra fine flavor. The Middlefield is not a good market berry. The foliage is very healthy and beautiful, but does not endure drouth very well. One sample of this variety that we picked measured one and five-eights inches in length by one and three-quarters in breadth. But Mr. Hillborn's great specialty is in the cultivation of the peach. He has already planted about sixty acres of this fruit, and is to plant out about fifty acres more in the spring of 1895. When planted, his will be the largest peach orchard in Canada. He has laid out his orchard in a systematical way, in the manner of the streets of a town. The large drives or streets are thirty feet in width, and the blocks conta
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