THE ONTARIO APPLE AND ITS ORIGINATOR. 



Fig. IKSil. — The Ontario Ati-le. 



made between the Vinifera of Europe 

 and the .^istivah's of this Continent, 

 producing among others the Othello, 

 Cornucopia, Autuchon, Brant and Can- 

 ada, varieties much esteemed in France, 

 but not so well adapted to this climate. 

 He also experimented with raspberries, 

 peas and other plants, but his crosses of 

 the apple have been of more value to us 

 than any other of the fruits; one of which, 

 the Ontario, is already counted as one of 

 the first-class Canadian 

 commercial varieties for 

 export purposes. Its 

 merits are its early and 

 and abundant bearing, 

 the even size of the 

 fruit, and its excelleni 

 quality, all of which 

 might be expected from 

 its parentage, viz. : 

 Wagener, crossed with 

 Spy. At our Bay of 

 Quinte Station it has 

 been tested for many 

 years, and found to give 

 abundant crops of fine 

 fruit, hut in the vicinity 



of Peterboro,and sections 

 north of that point, it can 

 scarcely be said to be 

 hardy. 



The tree is moderately 

 vigorous, and an early 

 bearer ; and the fruit is 

 large, often much larger 

 than our engraving which 

 is from a photograph of 

 an average sized speci- 

 men. 



For a more detailed 

 description of this apple, 

 we refer our readers to 

 the report of the Experi- 

 ment Stations of Ontario, 

 just published by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture 

 at Toronto. 

 This report is unique, in as much 

 as it is undertaking a work never 

 before attempted by any experiment 

 station, viz. : An illustrated work des- 

 cribing in a permanent form the fruits 

 of the country. When completed 

 this work will be of the greatest value 

 to Canadian fruit growers 



