100 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



core medium size ; subacid, pleasant flavour ; quality good ; season, September and 

 perbaps later. Tx'ee in a friend's garden. Seedling very thrifty, hardy, and a wonder- 

 ful bearer, always loaded. Says they will keep nearly as long as Wealthy. A large 

 handsome apple, which may prove an acquisition, coming between Duchess and Wealthy. 



No. 224. — Seedling apple from J. P. Cockburn, Gravenhurst, Ont : — Fruit round- 

 ish, regular ; size medium to above ; cavity deep, moderately open ; stem short, stout ; 

 basin medium depth and width, smooth ; calyx open ; colour yellow, well splashed and 

 streaked with bright purplish red ; dots few, bluish, indistinct ; skin moderately thick, 

 tender ; flesh yellowish, tinged with red ; core rather large ; briskly subacid ; quality 

 above medium ; season just after Duchess. Very similar to Duchess in outward appear- 

 ance, but flesh is firmer and not so tender. Core is also more open than Duchess. Said 

 to have sprung up from root of Duchess tree. 



No. 225. — Seedling apple from Thos. Beall, Lindsay, Ont. : — Fruit roundish, ob- 

 tusely conical, angular, large ; cavity deep, medium width ; stem short, stout ; basin, 

 deep, open, smooth ; calyx open ; colour yellow, washed with orange and purplish red, 

 mostly on sunny side ; dots obscure ; skin, moderately thick, tender ; flesh yellow, 

 tender, juicy ; core medium size ; subacid, rich, pleasant flavour ; quality very good ; 

 season, evidently late September and early October. Tree said to be growing in Lindsay. 



Bearing five or six years. This apple is quite promising and well worthy of being 

 given a thorough test. 



No. 226. — Seedling apple from Thos. Beall, Lindsay, Ont. : — Fruit oblate, somewhat 

 angular, large ; cavity deep, open ; stem short or very short, moderately stout ; basin 

 medium depth and width, smooth ; calyx closed ; colour pale green, splashed and 

 streaked with purplish red on sunny side ; dots fairly numerous, pale, indistinct ; skin 

 thin, tender ; flesh yellow, tender, melting, moderately juicy ; core medium ; subacid, 

 not high flavoured ; quality good ; season evidently October. Tree grown fifty miles 

 north of Lindsay. This should make an excellent cooking apple, but is not high enough 

 in flavour to make a good dessert fruit. 



No. 227. — No. 1 from C. L. Stephens, Orillia, Ont. : — Fruit roundish, conical, above 

 medium size ; cavity medium depth and width ; stem medium length, stout ; basin 

 medium depth and width, almost smooth ; calyx open ; colour yellowish green, well 

 splashed and washed with deep red ; dots fairly numerous, pale, indistinct ; skin mod- 

 erately thick, moderately tough ; flesh white, slightly tinged with red, tender, fairly 

 juicy ; core medium ; subacid, pleasant flavour, Fameuse-like ; quality good ; season 

 October probably. Evidently a seedling of Fameuse. Same season as Wealthy, no 

 better in quality. 



No. 228. — Seedling apple from Mr. Marr, Simcoe, Ont. : — Fruit roundish, very 

 large ; cavity deep, open ; stem short, stout ; basin deep, open, slightly wrinkled ; 

 calyx open ; colour pale, greenish yellow with a bronzy pink blush ; dots obscure ; 

 skin thick, moderately tender; flesh yellowish, juicy, rather coarse; core medium; 

 subacid ; quality above medium ; season evidently early October. Tree said to be a 

 seedling grown by Mr. Marr, Simcoe, Ont. A big apple, but too coarse for dessert and 

 not a late enough keeper to be valuable. 



No. 229. — Seedling apple from F. Birch, Wode House, Ont. : — Fruit roundish, 

 medium size ; cavity medium depth and width, russetted ; stem short, moderately 

 stout ; basin medium depth and width, smooth ; calyx open ; pale green with a bronzy 

 or dull red blush ; dots fairly numerous, gray, distinct ; skin moderately thick, tough ; 

 flesh white, fairly juicy ; core medium size ; mildly subacid, pleasant ; quality good ; 

 season early winter. Tree said to be a seedling of Fameuse. Flesh is suggestive of 

 Fameuse, but apple is not worth propagating as compared with the Mcintosh Red or 

 Fameuse. 



No. 235. — No. 1, from J. Ballantyne, Ottawa East, Ont. : — Fruit conical, round- 

 ish, angular, very large ; cavity deep, open, russetted ; stem slender ; basin deep, 

 medium width, wrinkled ; calyx open ; colour, greenish yellow, well washed and splashed 

 with dark red ; dots obscure ; skin moderately thick, rather tender ; flesh white, ten- 



