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1857:90. 14. Grcij£r. 1857:47. 15. ./;;;. Pom. Soc. Cat.. 1862, 16. Warder, 

 1867:731. 17. Downint^, 1872:10 index, app. 18. Leroy, 1873:799. fig. 19. 

 Montreal Hurt. Soc. Rf^f., 1876:11. 20. lb., 15:19, 27. 1890. 21. Lyon, 

 Mich. Ilort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:298. 22. Taylor, Me. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1892:57. 

 23. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:249. 24. Woolverton, Ont. Pr. Stas. An. Rpt., 

 6:9. 1899. figs. 25. Wangh, ]'t. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:307. 1901. 26. Hansen, 

 6". D. Sta. BuL, 76:96. 1902. 27. Farrand, Mich. Sla. Bui, 205:46. 1903. 

 28. Budd-Hansen, 1903:171. fig. 29. Can. Hort., 27:51. 1904. fig. 30. 

 Beach and Clark, .V. Y. Sta. Bid., 248:143. 1904. 31. Scriver, Can. Hort., 

 28 -.277. 1905. 



Synonyms. Corse's St. Laurence (8). Montreal (4, 11, 18). Saint- 

 Laurent (18). St. Lawrence (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 

 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31). Saint-Lawrence (18). 

 York and Lancaster (17). 



When well grown, St. Lawrence is a large, handsome apple. 

 It is better for dessert than for culinary use but does not excel 

 standard varieties of its season for either purpose. AMiile it 

 does very well in some portions of Western New York, gen- 

 erally speaking, it reaches a higher degree of perfection in favor- 

 able locations in the St. Lawrence valley and in the Lake Cham- 

 plain region than in other portions of the state. The crop 

 ripens somewhat unevenly and should have more than one 

 picking in order to secure the fruit in prime condition and pre- 

 vent great loss from dropping. It does not stand heat well 

 before going into storage and goes down quickly. The fruit 

 may not remain on the tree till it is well colored, and unless it is 

 well colored it fades in the barrel so much as to render it almost 

 .valueless for market. It varies greatly in keeping qualities in 

 different seasons but usually October is its commercial limit in 

 ordinary storage. In cold storage it may be held until Decem- 

 ber (30). The tree is a moderately strong grower, hardv, gen- 

 erally pretty healthy, moderately long-lived and a reliable 

 cropper yielding good to rather heavy crops biennially. It is 

 not a very good grower in the nursery. Some growers hold 

 that it is desirable to topwork it upon some more vigorous stock 

 as Northern Spy. Although many fruit growers regard it as 

 a fairly profitable commercial apple it cannot be recommended 

 for general cultivation. 

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