Ilje (anadian f|orticolt(irist 



Volume XXVII 



FEBRUARY, 1904 



THE ST. LAWRENCE APPLE 



Number 2 



THE St. Lawrence apple is not planted 

 in the commercial orchards of On- 

 tario bordering on lakes Ontario, Erie or 

 Huron, being inferior to other autumn varie- 

 ties of its season, but it is valued in orchards 

 along the St. Lawrence river, and in parts of 

 the province between latitudes 45 and 46. 

 In the Niagara district it is considerably af- 

 fected by scab and by codling moth. 



Origin : United States, 



Tree: Hardy, vigorous and productive. 



Fruit : Large, often 2% x3^ ; form, 

 roundish oblate ; color of skin, yellowish, 

 with distinct stripes and splashes of car- 

 mine ; dots, obscure ; stem, ^ of an inch 

 long, inserted in a large deep regular cavity : 

 calyx, closed in a small deep basin. 



Flesh : Color, white, slightly stained : 

 texture, crisp, tender, juicy; flavor, vinous, 

 slightly acid. 



Season : September and October. 



Quality : Dessert, good ; cooking, very 

 good. 



Value rHome market, very good ; foreign 

 market, good. 



Adaptation : Double starred at our 

 Georgian Bay station ; single starred at Bur- 

 lington and Lake Huron stations. 



Ottawa District: Mr. R. B. Whyte 

 writes : I have not had much personal ex- 

 perience with the St. Lawrence apple. I 



long ago cut out my only tree as unprofit- 

 able, and that has been the general experi- 

 ence in this district. It is fairly hardy, and 

 when we do get them they are very fine 

 specimens, but unfortunately it is a very shy 

 bearer. 



The Lake Huron District: Mr. A. E. 

 Sherrington writes : The St. Lawrence tree 

 is vigorous and hardy here. The fruit is 

 large, and fine for dessert, but too soft for 

 shipping and subject to scab ; therefore I 

 cannot recommend it as a market apple. 



Ba^t Central District : Mr. Elmer Lick, 

 Oshawa, writes : The St. Lawrence is a 

 fine dessert apple when free from scab. It 

 is not suited for shipment to distant markets, 

 but is fine for home use. To secure clean 

 fruit is requires thorough spraying. It will 

 never be a commercial apple in this section, 

 because we have other varieties superior in 

 many \^ys, which will succeed as well. 



The St. Lawrence District: Mr, Harold 

 Jones, of Maitland, writes : The St. Law- 

 rence apple reaches its highest perfection in 

 the St. Lawrence valley. The tree is hardy 

 and vigorous, and early and abundant bear- 

 er, and the fruit is in season the first three 

 weeks of September. This apple finds ready 

 sale as a table apple and as a show apple for 

 fruit stands, but it is not tart enough to be 

 in demand as a cooking apple. 



