 | Canada - 1857 - 32 pages
...luxuriance, and ripen to perfection in the open air, without the slightest artificial aid. The island 18 of Montreal is distinguished everywhere for the fine...September. Pumpkins and squashes attain gigantic dimensions ; they have exceeded 250 pounds in weight in the neighbourhood of Toronto. Indian corn, hops, and tobacco... | |
 | Catherine Parr Strickland Traill - Canada - 1860 - 244 pages
...Canadian shores of Lake Erie, the grape and peach grow with luxuriance, and ripen to perfection in the open air, without the slightest artificial aid....September. Pumpkins and squashes attain gigantic dimensions ; they have exceeded 300 pounds in weight in the neighbourhood of Toronto. Indian corn, hops, and tobacco,... | |
 | Alexander Monro - Canada - 1864 - 358 pages
...progress. " Over the whole of Canada," says the Official Information fenIntending Emigrants, 1864, " the melon and tomato acquire large dimensions, and...September. Pumpkins and squashes attain gigantic dimensions ; they have exceeded 300 pounds in weight in the neighborhood of Toronto. Indian corn, hops and tobacco... | |
 | Alexander Carlisle Buchanan - Canada - 1864 - 86 pages
...apples attain a peculiar degree of excellence, those of the Island of Montreal being especially famed. The Island of Orleans, below Quebec, is equally celebrated for its plums. CANADA WEST. In a country of such vnst extent as Upper Canada, the climate varies materially. Throughout... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - Canada - 1865 - 388 pages
...Canadian shores of Lake Erie, the grape and peach grow with luxuriance, and ripen to perfection in the open air, without the slightest artificial aid....Pumpkins and squashes attain gigantic dimensions; they have exceeded 300 pounds in weight in the neighbourhood of Toronto. Indian corn, hops, and tobacco,... | |
 | Heinrich Bos I. Brutzer - 1865 - 682 pages
...open air, without the slightest artificial aid. The island of Montreal is distinguished every where for the fine quality of its apples , and the island...September. Pumpkins and squashes attain gigantic dimensions ; they have exceeded 300 pounds in weight in the neighbourhood of Toronto. Indian corn, hops, and tobacco... | |
 | J. DISTURNELI - 1867 - 344 pages
...Canadian shores of Lake Erie, the grape and peach grow with luxuriance, and ripen to perfection in the open air, without the slightest artificial aid....dimensions, and ripen fully in the open air, the seeds beingplanted in the soil towards the latter end of April, and the fruit gathered in September. Pumpkins... | |
 | Québec (Province) - Québec (Province) - 1870 - 170 pages
...and annual means of temperature. The Island of Montreal is everywhere distinguished for the excellent quality of its apples ; and the Island of Orleans,...below Quebec, is equally celebrated for its plums. The melon and tomato acquire large dimensions, and ripen fully with us in the open air. Indian corn,... | |
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Montreal is distinguished everywhere for the fine quality of its apples, and the island of Orleans, below Quebec, is equally celebrated for its plums. Over the whole of Canada the melon and tomato acquire large dimensions, and ripen fully in the open... 