1914 FKUITS OF ONTAEIO. 31 



BOIKEN. 



Tested at our Simcoe station since 1896 and esteemed worthy as a commercial apple. 



ORIGIN: tree imported from Prussia by Prof. Budd; named after Dike-Warden Boike, 

 of Germany. 



TREE: a fair grower; habit willowy, like Golden Russet; an early and abundant 

 bearer. 



FRUIT: size medium; form oblate conical; skin smooth, yellow with red cheek and 

 many minute white dots; stem long in a wide, deep cavity; calyx in a wide, wrinkled 

 basin of moderate depth. 



FLESH: color white; texture firm, juicy, fine grained; flavor sprightly, refreshing, 

 subacid. 



QUALITY: dessert fair; very good for cooking. 



VALUE: thought well of at Lake Simcoe Station for market. 



SEASON : November to February. 



BOTTLE GREENING. 



An apple grown in some parts of Ontario for home uses, for which its excellent 

 quality makes it very desirable; it is not recommended for the commercial orchard, 

 because the fruit is rather tender for shipment to distant markets. 



ORIGIN: according to Chas. Downing, this variety was found near the border line 

 between Vermont and New York State, and takes its name from a hollow in the original 

 tree, where workmen were accustomed to keeping their bottle. 



TREE: vigorous, productive. 



FRUIT: medium to large; form oblate, slightly conical; color yellowish with bright 

 red on one side, a thin bloom and a few light dots; stem half an inch long in a deep, 

 funnel-form cavity; calyx nearly closed, in a moderately deep, often slightly furrowed 

 basin. 



FLESH: greenish white; texture fine, tender, juicy, almost melting; flavor subacid. 



QUALITY: dessert, good; very good for cooking. 



VALUE: home market, first class; foreign market, second class. 



SEASON: November to February. 



BROCKVILLE (Brockville Beauty). 



A seedling ot Fameuse, which is as yet grown only to a limited extent in the eastern 

 part of the Province. This fruit is inclined to run small as the trees overload. 



ORIGIN: near Brockville, Ontario. 



TREE: hardy, moderately vigorous; bears heavily every alternate year. 



FRUIT: form conical; size medium to small; skin white, almost covered with bright 

 red. 



FLESH: color white; texture crisp, tender, breaking; flavor brisk acid. 



QUALITY: dessert and cooking good. 



SEASON: late August to mid-September. 



CABASHEA (Twenty Ounce Pippin). 



Not worth planting in Ontario. Through confusing its name with that of Cayuga 

 Red Streak, often called Twenty Ounce, this apple has been widely planted in our Pro- 

 vince. The tree is unproductive and the fruit, although large and fine in appearance, 

 drops early and is poor in quality. 



ORIGIN: unknown. 



