"'4 PAST AND PRESENT OF Varieties Tested on the Island Alexander______ Baldwin____... Baxter........... Ben Davis ..... Blenheim ...... Red____ Fameu.se_______ Gravenstein . . King........... Mcintosh Red ... Mann.......... ... olilinliurt;_____ Ribston...... Roxlrarv Russet Stark Tolman Sweet... TcHm Trtnaimt___ Season in Use Sept.-Oct ... Jan.-March. Nov.-Feb ... March - May Nov.-March. Dec-March . Sept.-Dec... Sept.-Nov... Oct.-Feb. .. Nov.- March Feb .-May... Jan. - March Aug .-Sept .. Nov.-March. Jan.-May. . Feb.-May .. Dec. - April . Aug.-Sept... TREE 10 (1 10 10 10 8 8 10 7 9 7 10 10 7 7 10 10 10 10 7 10 10 10 9 8 10 5 10 10 s 10 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 S 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 fi 8 10 '.) 8 It 28 21 28 SO :w 27 26 30 17 30 20 22 30 29 FRUIT Quality Scale 1-10 4 fi 5 4 (> fi 10 10 9 10 fi 9 t! 10 fi 4 t\ 9 II 9 fi 7 8 8 10 10 8 8 9 9 S 7 (< (1 8 Value Value 1-10 9 8 9 i \ 9 8 10 10 10 8 <•> 9 10 9 8 (\ 4 6 9 8 8 9 9 8 s 10 10 7 7 9 9 10 8 8 4 t»0ti til* Remarks Subj't to scab. Early bearer... Late bearer. Apart from apples the Island grows most successfully plums, pears, and cher¬ ries of the larger, and strawberries, rasp¬ berries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, and cranberries to any extent, of the smaller fruits. Our season being several weeks la¬ ter than the latest fruit-producing centers of the continent, we are able to send for¬ ward our strawberries when the market is bare, at the end of the season, and secure the highest prices; the fall apples too, which, on account of climatic conditions, suffer much in transit when sent from other places, we are able to place later in Britain and elsewhere, in prime condition. Our Graven¬ stein, equal if not superior in quality to that of the far-famed , for ex¬ ample, poor carrier as it is when shipped 'cross ocean from there, carries perfectly four weeks later from here; and is, there¬ fore, a most desirable variety of fruit for our province to grow. Prince Edward Island , at the door of Britain , with proper shipping facilities, should, as any one can see. stand to cater to the Mritish market— the great market for this product—in ap¬ ples, with great advantage. Very considerable areas of our Island province are now given over to horticulture, and these areas will doubtless extend until the whole province is one continuous or¬ chard. Among those whose plantations are large, we must not fail to mention the im¬ mense orchard of John Robertson , of Inker- man, the Father of Horticulture amongst us. He is not only producing fruit of all the kinds we can grow, but sending out home-grown nursery stock, and manufactur¬ ing the product into all the various articles which the market now demands. Many oth¬ ers have extensive orchards; he is easily the great orchardist of the Island. With horticulture as with many other of the intensive branches of agriculture here, the necessity of the hour is co-operation. The Island is handicapped in many ways,