. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. â HOP*" TICULTURt. Photo by F . T. Shutt. Fig. 2683. Vista in Botanic Garden, with Viburnum Hedge in Foreground. Grounds of Aug. Dupuis, Village des Aulnais, Que. The photo shows an avenue in grounds of Mr. Dupuis, the veteran fruit grower and pioneer in horticulture, being seated on the bench or garden seat in the foreground. Among the other figures are Mr. A. Verreault (in front of the streamer "Horticulture"), superintendent of the grounds, and Mr. W. T. Macoun (next to Mr. Verreault), the wr
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. â HOP*" TICULTURt. Photo by F . T. Shutt. Fig. 2683. Vista in Botanic Garden, with Viburnum Hedge in Foreground. Grounds of Aug. Dupuis, Village des Aulnais, Que. The photo shows an avenue in grounds of Mr. Dupuis, the veteran fruit grower and pioneer in horticulture, being seated on the bench or garden seat in the foreground. Among the other figures are Mr. A. Verreault (in front of the streamer "Horticulture"), superintendent of the grounds, and Mr. W. T. Macoun (next to Mr. Verreault), the writer of this article. The streamers aud flags were dis- played by Mr. Dupuis in honor of the visit of the officers of the Experimental Farm. and Golden Drop, which had been kept in a cool and dry building, were packed on No- vember 10th, and on December 1st they were still in good condition and sold well. The plum season begins with Favorite and Mirabelle in the first half of August and ends with Golden Drop and Grand Duke about December 1st. Mr. Dupuis is now experimenting with a large number of varieties of pears, forty-six of which he imported from France, most of them being on dwarf stocks. A large pro- portion of these were fruiting this year, and some of them give promise of being especial- ly adapted to the district along the south shore. Among the most promising were Claude Blanchet and Toukouba, which, al- though not of the best quality, were of good size and appearance. Morello cherries are also successfully grown here, and good crops of these are pro- duced nearly every year. There is a good sized apple orchard here with trees twenty-five or thirty years old, and perhaps more. The hardiest varieties succeed best, but we were surprised to find a Northern Spy tree in fairly vigorous con- dition which was planted more than twenty years ago. Among the varieties which are most reliable here may be mentioned Tetof-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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