REPORT OF MR. TUOMAS A. SDARPE 377 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Early May. — Tree a slow grower. Fruit small oblate, skin yellowish green with 

 a slight blush. Flesh, white, crisp, mildly sub-acid, not juicy. Flavour poor. Season 

 August. 



Family. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit of medium size, conical, skin greenish 

 yellow, striped with red and sprinkled with yellowish dots. Flesh white, tender, mod- 

 erately juicy, of a pleasant acid character and good flavour. Season August. 



Jeffcris. — Tree a moderate grower. Fruit of medium size, flattish, conical, Skin 

 yellow, splashed with bright red and many whitish dots. Flesh white, tender, juicy, a 

 mild pleasant acid, with a good flavour. Season September. 



Drujken. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit above medium size, oblate. Skin yellow 

 with a dull red cheek. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, of a mild pleasant acid character with 

 a good flavour. Season September. 



Dove. — Tree a vigorous grower. Fruit of medium size, conical. Skin yellowish 

 white with a few stripes of bright red. Flesh white, firm, juicy, sprightly, with a 

 pleasant flavour. Season September. 



Caroline Augusta. — Tree a vigorous grower. Fruit medium to large in size, oblong, 

 conical, ribbed and irregularly shaped. Skin greenish with splashes of dull red and 

 many gray dots. Flesh white, firm, crisp, juicy, mildly acid, flavour pleasant. Season 

 September. 



Beauty of Kent. — Tree a vigorous gi-ower. Fruit above medium size, roundish, 

 tapering to calyx. Skin greenish yellow with stripes of dull red. Flesh yellowish, 

 crisp, juicy, mildly acid and of good flavour. Season October. 



Delaware Red. — Tree a poor grower. Fi*uit below medium size, flattish. Skin yellow 

 with a red cheek. Flesh white, firm, not juicy, of poor quality, liable to scab. Season 

 October. 



Brabant Bellfloicer. — Tree a strong and spreading grower. Fruit above medium 

 in size oblong conical. Skin j^ellowish white with many gray dots and striped with 

 bright red. Flesh yellowish, firm, juic}', pleasant, mildly acid and of good flavour. 

 Season November. 



Loy. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit of medium size, round flattish, skin green with 

 a dull red cheek. Flesn Avhitish, not juicy, mildly acid. Quality poor and liable to 

 Bcab. Season December. 



Winter Sweet Paradise. — Tree a strong grower. Fruit of medium size, roundish. 

 Skin "-reenish yellow with a dull red cheek. Flesh white, juicy, sweet, fine grained 

 with a pleasant flavour. Season November and December. 



Whitman. — Tree a strong growei'. Fruit above medium size, conical, skin 

 greenish yellow with russet about the stem. Flesh white, firm, not very juicy, sweet ; 

 not of hif'h quality. Season November and December. 



Reiaette Plate de Champagne.- — Tree a vigorous grower. Fruit of medium size, 

 roundish oblate. Skin greenish yellow with a few gray dots. Flesh white, juicy, firm, 

 pleasantly acid with a rich flavour. Season December. 



Reinette Thouin. — Tree a moderate grower. Fruit small conical. Skin greenish 

 white with many gray dots. Flesh white, moderately juicy, firm, mildly acid with a 

 pleasant flavour. Season December. 



Hawthornden d'Hiver. — Tree a Aigorous grower and an early bearer. Fruit of 

 medium size, roundish, a little flattened. Skin greenish yellow with a light blush 

 in the sun. Flesh white crisp, juicy, mildly acid with a pleasant flavour. Season Nov- 

 ember and December. 



Api Xoir. Tree a moderate grower. Fruit small round, flat. Skin veiy dark 

 purple or nearly black. Flesh greenish white, crisp, moderately juicy with a pleasant 

 flavour. Season December. 



