REPORT ON THE No. 3 



TREE: vigorous, spreading, unproductive. 



FRUIT: large, roundish oblate, slightly conical; skin yellowish green, shaded di 

 red on the sunny side; stem five-eighths of an inch long, stout, in a wide cavity 

 moderate depth; calyx open in a wide shallow basin; core medium. 



FLESH: white, firm, coarse, subacid, only fair for cooking, useless for dessert. 



VALUE: tested twenty years at Maplehurst, Grimsby, and found unprofitable ( 

 account of unproductiveness. 



SEASON: October to December. 



CANADA RED. 



ORIGIN: unknown; Beach says it was brought from the neighborhood of Toront 

 into Western New York State. 



TREE: a strong grower, productive in some places, while a shy bearer in others, ar 

 Kence is not recommended. 



FRUIT: medium to large; irregular oblate; skin yellow, well splashed and waslu 

 with deep, rather dull red; dots fairly numerous, large, yellow, prominent; cavity dee 

 narrow; stem short, slender; basin narrow, shallow, slightly wrinkled; calyx smal 

 closed. 



FLESH: yellowish, tender, moderately juicy, mildly subacid with a pleasant but n< 

 nigh flavor; core of medium size. 



QUALITY: good. 



SEASON: mid to late winter. 



COLVERT. 



A fairly good fall market apple, being large in size and rather attractive in appea: 

 ance but of fair quality only. It has been widely planted in Ontario for market. Fo 

 kitchen use it is much inferior to the Gravenstein. 



ORIGIN: uncertain. 



TREE: vigorous and very productive. 



FRUIT: large, form oblate, slightly conical; skin greenish yellow, with cheek an 

 faint stripes of dull red; stem stout, half an inch in length. 



FLESH: color yellowish white; texture tender, moderately juicy; flavor subacic 

 ordinary. 



QUALITY: dessert fair, cooking good. 



VALUE: second class for market. 



SEASON: October to December. 



ADAPTATION: succeeds at Georgian Bay and Bay of Quinte stations, and is widel 

 grown in the older apple sections of Ontario. 



CAYUGA (Cayuga Red Streak). 



A large, fine-looking cooking apple for late autumn; a good market sort; grown ir 

 limited quantities in Ontario. 



ORIGIN: Connecticut. 



TREE: vigorous; compact; productive; an annual bearer; on large trees, growth is 

 straggling. 



FRUIT: very large, roundish, uneven; skin greenish yellow to yellowish white, witl 

 marblings and stripes of red and crimson, and a few large grey dots; stem three-quarters 

 of an inch long, in a deep, slightly russeted cavity; calyx small, half open in a shallow 

 broadly furrowed basin. 



FLESH: yellowish white, texture coarse grained, tender, moderately juicy; flavoi 

 brisk, subacid, pleasant. 



QUALITY: dessert fair, cooking good. 



VALUE: market first class. 



SEASON: lato autumn to early winter. 



