. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian Horticulturist. 321 CRAIG HURST EXPERIMENT STATION VISITED. N Monday, the 23rd of July, Prof. Hutt, of the Ontario Agricultural College, Official Visitor for the Dept. of Agri- culture, and the writer, who is Sec. of the Board of Control of the Ont. Experiment Stations, visited Mr. G. C. Caston, the experimenter in apples and small fruits at Craighurst, twelve miles north-west of Barrie, in the County of Simcoe. It was a dusty ride along that sandy old Government road to Penetanguishene, but the b
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian Horticulturist. 321 CRAIG HURST EXPERIMENT STATION VISITED. N Monday, the 23rd of July, Prof. Hutt, of the Ontario Agricultural College, Official Visitor for the Dept. of Agri- culture, and the writer, who is Sec. of the Board of Control of the Ont. Experiment Stations, visited Mr. G. C. Caston, the experimenter in apples and small fruits at Craighurst, twelve miles north-west of Barrie, in the County of Simcoe. It was a dusty ride along that sandy old Government road to Penetanguishene, but the beautiful glimpses of distant hills and water in the direction of Collingwood seemed to brighten the way and make it a delightful journey. Mr. Caston received us kindly and entertained us most hospit- ably, for Mrs. Caston is a lady of distinguished parentage, and understands the art of treating her visitors well. Mr. Caston cultivates about fifty acres, besides having a bush of maple trees thirty-five acres in extent, from which he receives quite a revenue in maple syrup. He taps about 500 trees, and this season he made about 200 gallons. Mr. Caston's apple orchard of five or six acres evidences the best of care and cultivation, but the climate is severe at this distance from the lake, and many varieties, quite hardy at Collingwood, fail utterly here. One feature of his place was especially notable, viz., a high board fence, about 14 feet high, all along the north-west side of his apple orchard, forming an admirable windbreak. The most productive variety which grows in Mr. Caston's orchard is the Duchess ; the trees were just loaded to the ground, and the fruit was clear and bright. Had Mr. Caston planted all his orchard of this one variety, there is no doubt he would have made far more money out of it; but his fondness for experimenting led him to planting many other varieties, and in some cases to top graft quite a number of kinds upon a single tree. Mr. Caston has about 7 5
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