APPLES SUITED TO COLD CLIMATES.
-Experiments* with trce-Jr.uits have been conducted l>y the-Canadian Experiment I'arms ever since 1887 with the object of finding out whnt-varieties, if any, can bo successfully Rrqwu in the. colder districts of the north-western provinces. , Tho first year* in' which these experiments wore conducted soul-of a wild Siberian era!) apple (pyriis baccata) was imported Fγ-ohi Kussia. This crab was pollenised with pollen from the hardier varieties of apples grown in Eastern Canada. Many hundreds of seedlings were o)> tnihoil* but only a few of these .are of sufficient merit to deserve a trial in Western Canada. One of tho best seedlings is the Alberta. Tho tree is a strons grower and an abundant bearer. The fruit*-is a grconish-yollow, with a bright red cluck and the quality is fair to ccotl. Other promising varieties are- tho Bow, Charles, Columbia, Dlsa, and Jewel. . ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1210, 19 August 1911, Page 8
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145APPLES SUITED TO COLD CLIMATES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1210, 19 August 1911, Page 8
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