295 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



tipple, large for a crab, acute; dots few, white, distinct; skin moderately thick, tender; 

 flesh yellowish, crisp, breaking, juicy; core medium; flavour briskly subacid, pleasant, 

 sprightly; quality good; season November to January. General Notes: Resembles 

 Northern Spy considerably in colour, flesh and flavour. Promising. 



Martin (Pioneer x Ontario). — Fruit below medium 2\ by 2| inches; form round- 

 ish; cavity narrow, medium depth, russeted; stem medium length, slender; basin 

 medium depth and width to shallow almost smooth; calyx open; colour pale yellow 

 washed with pinkish red; predominant colour pinkish red; seeds medium for an apple, 

 acuminate; dots obscure; skin moderately thick, tender; flesh yellow, crisp, tender, 

 juicy; core medium size, open; flavour subacid, pleasant; quality good; season 

 October to mid-December. 



Ruth (Pyrus prunifolia x Pewaukee). — Fruit small for an apple, but as large as 

 Martha crab apple, If by If inches to If by If inches; form roundish conical; cavity 

 open, medium depth; stem long, slender; basin deep, medium width, wrinkled; calyx 

 open; colour yellow well covered with deep crimson; predominant colour deep crimson; 

 dots moderately numerous, white, distinct; skin, thin, tender; flesh yellow, stained 

 with red, tender juicy; core above medium; flavour subacid, pleasant, no astringency; 

 quality good; season October to November. 



Trail (Northern Queen x Rideau). — Fruit large for a crab, a little larger than 

 Martha; form oblate, almost roundish; cavity medium depth and width; stem v.ery 

 long, slender; basin open deep nearly smooth; calyx closed; colour pale yellow 

 splashed and washed with orange red and crimson; predominant colour orange red; 

 seeds below medium, acute; dots few, indistinct; bloom slight, pinkish, firm; skin 

 thin, tender; flesh yellowish, crisp breaking; core medium; flavour subacid, sprightly, 

 very pleasant; quality good to very good; season late August. 



Wapella (Dean x Ontario). — Fruit below medium for an apple, very large for a 

 crab 2\ by 2\ inches; form roundish to oblong, ribbed; cavity medium depth and 

 width; stem medium length, slender to moderately stout; basin open, deep, wrinkled; 

 calyx partly open, or closed; colour yellow washed with red; predominant colour red; 

 seeds medium size for an apple, obtuse; dots very few, indistinct; bloom pinkish, 

 thin; skin moderately thick, moderately tender; flavour briskly subacid, pleasant; 

 core medium; flesh yellowish with traces of red, crisp, breaking, juicy; quality above 

 medium; season late December, probably to March or April. 



PLUM SEEDLINGS. 



The successful culture of the European or domestica plums is confined mainly 

 to the warmest parts of Canada or where the winters are tempered by large bodies 

 of water. The two native American species, Prunus nigra and Prunus americana, 

 on the other hand, can be grown successfully where the winters are very severe. 

 Many good varieties of these have been introduced and further improvement is being 

 made. What is needed are early varieties of good quality for those parts where the 

 growing season is short, and varieties with thinner skins for all parts. They should 

 also, if possible, have good shipping qualities. At the Central Experimental Farm, 

 a considerable number of good seedlings have been originated and some of the best 

 have been named. The following five varieties were named in 1912. Four of these 

 are seedlings of other Experimental Farm seedlings and are thought to be better than 

 the parents. None of these is early enough for the prairie provinces, where only the 

 earliest should be tried. 



Corona (Caro seedling). — Large; oval; lopsided; cavity medium size, shallow; 

 euture slightly depressed, lopsided; apex knobbed, irregular ; greenish-yellow overspread 

 with bright red; predominant colour red; dots indistinct; bloom moderate; skin thick, 

 tough, slightly bitter, flesh yollow to greenish-yellow, firm, juicy meaty; sweet, 



