REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 3S3 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 ^ 



Boston Marrow. Vines vigorous growers and moderately productive; fruit 14 

 to 18 inches long, of fair quality and a fair winter keeper. 



Orange Marrow. Vines strong growers and productive; squash of medium size, 

 tliick fleshed and of fine flavour. 



Mammoth Green. Vines very strong growers and squash very large. 



Hubbard, Golden Hubbard, and Warted Hubbard are pretty much the same in 

 character of growth and are all excellent table squash, being dry and very sweet. 

 They are good winter keepers. 



Golden Bronze. Vines vigorous and productive; squash of medium size, very 

 thick fleshed, and when cooked the flesh is dry, sweet and of very fine flavour. 



Delicious. Vine very productive; squash of medium size, very thick fleshed, and 

 when cooked, of very superior table quality. This also is a good keeper. 



APPLES. 



The spring was unfavourable in this district for the apples, as well as all the other 

 large fruits which blossom about the same time, as there were continued cold, showery 

 days and on several occasions the temperature went down very nearly to, and on one 

 occasion did reach the freezing point. Fortunately these weather conditions were not 

 very general, and the frost only struck patches here and there. 



The following varieties fruited this year, and there are among them sevexal winter 

 varieties which give promise of being valuable. 



1. William Gladstone. — Tree a strong grower. Fruit of medium size, oval, some- 

 what conical; stem of medium length; cavity deep and narrow; calyx small, open, 

 basin narrow, shallow and somewhat ribbed; skin clear yellow, almost covered with 

 dull deep red. Flesh whitish, not juicy, mildly sub-acid with a pleasant flavour. 

 Season last of July. 



2. Throne. — Tree a strong vigorous grower. Fruit large, oblong, conicaL. ribbed; 

 stem short; cavity narrow and deep; calyx moderately large, closed, basin narrow, 

 deep, and ribbed; skin dull yellow; flesh whitish, juicy, firm, mildly acid. "Water- 

 cores on the tree before it is ripe. Season August. 



3. Summer Golden Pippin. — Tree a slow grower. Fruit small, roundish, flattened; 

 stem long, slender; cavity narrofr and moderately deep; calyx small, closed; basin 

 wide and shallow; skin clear golden yellow, with sometimes a little orange red in 

 the sun; flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, with a very pleasant flavour, mildly 

 acid ; vci*y good, but too small. Season all of August. 



4. Anisette. — Very similar in character of tree growth and fruit, to Duchess of 

 Oldcnburgh. 



5. Dwyer. — Tree a poor grower and a very moderate producer. Fruit only medium 

 in size, roundish; stem of mcdiiun length; cavity medium in depth, roimd ; calyx 

 email, closed; basin moderately deep and wide, wrinkled; skin greenish yellow with 

 a few dark specks; flesh whitish, tend^,", juicy, a mild pleasant acid, with a fine 

 flavour. Season September. 



U. Scliahach Alma. — Tree a moderate grower. Fruit large, oblong conical, taper- 

 ing sharply to the eye; stem short; cavity narrow, moderately deep, round, russetcd 

 about the stem; skin yellow, nearly overspread with light palfe red; flesh wliitish, firm, 

 fine-grained, juicy, a mild, pleasant acid. Season October and first half of November. 



7. Rolland. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit large, roundish, flattened at stem and 

 eye; stem of medium length; cavity wide and deep; calyx large, closed; basin moder- 

 ately large, and wide; skin yellow with a few splashes of red on the sunny ^ide; flesh 

 white, firm, crisp, juicy, with a mild pleasant flavour; sub-acid. Season October to 

 December. 



