. Fruits for the cold north [microform] : report on Russian fruits : by Charles Gibb, Abbotsford, Quebec : with notes on Russian apples imported in 1870 by Department of Agriculture. Fruit; Apples; Fruits; Pomme. 30 enquiry, we are tokl, ia the common Jiergainot, and that there are large old trees of it in exposed situations near there. We also saw lar?e healthy trees of it in the Warsaw gardens. It is an autumn pear of very much finer quality than that grown on the Volga, although the tree has not been tested in as severe climates, nor does it show the same hardy, wild character. Note.—W
. Fruits for the cold north [microform] : report on Russian fruits : by Charles Gibb, Abbotsford, Quebec : with notes on Russian apples imported in 1870 by Department of Agriculture. Fruit; Apples; Fruits; Pomme. 30 enquiry, we are tokl, ia the common Jiergainot, and that there are large old trees of it in exposed situations near there. We also saw lar?e healthy trees of it in the Warsaw gardens. It is an autumn pear of very much finer quality than that grown on the Volga, although the tree has not been tested in as severe climates, nor does it show the same hardy, wild character. Note.—Whether any of tht^ Bergamots I describe are the same as those sent out by Dr. Kegel I cannot say. The Ht. )urg and Moscow collections are growing side by Bide at Ames, and light will be thrown upon their identity or otherwise. Bessemianka, if I remember correctly, appeared true to name, from several different sources. Tonkbvietka is apt to be true to name, liothe Bergamotte and Bergamotte Rouge, from different parties in Warsaw, proved not alike at Ames. Also the Russian pears fruiting in the Pomological Gardens at Warsaw, do not altogether agree with my notes from Moscow. I fear a good deal of confusion in this matter. Sapieganka.—This is the Bergamotte ronde d'et6, introduced, I believe, from Italy, about the 15th century, and named after a Polish nobleman. There are a good many trees of it about Warsaw. I am told that in one garden not far from the city, there are 185 old trees, of which the largest are two feet in diameter of trunk. At Vilna, where the climate is more .severe than Warsaw, we saw ten or twelve old trees about one foot in diameter and one two feet. At Riga, some say " as hardy as an oak," others say pretty hardy. At Voronosh, Mr. Fischer spoke strongly of its hardiness there, although I have foi'gotten if we saw any trees there. At Orel it has not proved hardy. The verdict generally is a hardy tree and a long-lived healthy tree and a goo
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