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SESSIONAL PAPER No- 16 



Crimean Bogdanoff. — One tree set in 1895. Made strong growth. Fruited 1903, 

 9 pecks; and in 1905, 5 pecks. The fruit is ovate, medium to small. Skin yellow, 

 nearly covered with red, striped. Quality poor. Season, November. 



Cross, No. 15 M. — Two trees were set in 1897. They fruited well this season, averag- 

 ing 12 pecks each. Fruit conical, ribbed, medium. Skin yellow. Quality poor, of no 

 special value. 



Danvers. — Synonym, Danver's Winter Sweet. Two trees were set in 1897. The 

 trees are strong iipright growers. Fruit oblong, conical, of medium size. Skin green- 

 ish-yellow, with dull blush. Quality good, sweet. Season, February and March. Bore 

 their first fruit in 1904, when the trees averaged 3 '37 pecks. In 1905, 24 pecks each. 



Derhy. — Two trees were set in 1890. Strong growers. They averaged 10 pecks in 

 1904, and 16 pecks in 1905. The fruit is oblate, of medium size. Skin yellow, some- 

 times slightly striped with red. Quality good. A good cooking and fair dessert variety. 

 Season, January and February. 



Domine. — One tree planted in 1895. Tree a fair grower. Fruited for the first 

 time in 1904, yielding 4 i>eck:s. Few specimens in 1905. Fruit oblate, of medium size. 

 Skin greenish-yellow, partly covered with stripes of light red. Quality good. Season, 

 February and March. 



Duchess. — Synonyms, Oldenburg, Duchess of Oldenburg, New Brunswicker. A 

 well known and popular variety that needs no comment. Two trees set in 1893 aver- 

 aged 7 pecks in 1903, 11 pecks 1904 and 17| pecks in 1905. 



Enormous. — One tree was set in 1897. Made strong growth. Fruited first crop 

 of quantity this season, yielding 10 pedes. Fruit very large, round. Skin yellow; 

 quality fair. A Russian variety. It is fit for cooking by the middle of August, when 

 it can be picked with profit. The fruit is ripe early in September and drops easily. 

 Valuable as a very early cooking sort. 



Fameuse. — Synonym, Snow, Snow Apple. Four trees were set in 1890. These 

 have made strong growth. They bore their first crop of any quantity in 1903, averag- 

 ing 6^ pecks. In 1904 they averaged 11 -62 pecks, and in 1905, 9 -25 pecks. The fruit 

 is oblate, medium. Skin greenish yellow, nearly covered with red and crimson. 

 Quality the very best. Season, November and December. One of the best dessert 

 apples grown. Tree, hardy; fruit very liable to attack of apple scab, which may be 

 kept in check by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. 



Fanny. — -Two trees were set in 1897. These have made fair growth. Fruited last 

 season for the first time. Average yield of tree, 1904, | galls. ; 1905, 2 -88 pecks. Fruit 

 medium to large, round, oblate, conical. Skin dark red and crimson. Quality fair. 

 Season, December and January. A promising variety. 



Gano. — Two trees were planted in 1897 and two in 1898. These have made very 

 strong growth. One of those set in 1897, when carrying about 6 pecks of fruit was 

 struck by a strong wind and broken so badly that it was removed. The other tree 

 yielded 5 pecks in 1903, 13^ pecks in 1904, and 29 pecks in 1905. The fruit is roun(^ 

 conical, medium to large. Skin greenish yellow, covered with dark red. The two trees 

 set in 1898 averaged 3 pecks in 1904 and 2^ pecks in 1905. Tha fruit of these two 

 trees is roundish, oblate and not so evenly coloured as the above, being somewhat more 

 striped. The first set trees more closely resemble the Black Ben Davis, and the latter 

 are more like Gano. The fruit is similar in quality and very closely resembles the w^ell 

 known Ben Davis. These two varieties, however, mature here much better than the 

 Ben Davis. 



Grandmother. — Two trees were set in 1897. The trees are upright and vigorous 

 growers. Fruit oblate, conical, medium to large. Skin greenish white, streaked and 

 splashed with light red. Quality good. Season, September; of Russian origin. Fruited 



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