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REPORT OX THE 



No. 33 



EARLY HARVEST. 



The best apple of its season for dessert, 

 but of late years rendered worthless in 

 Ontario by scab, which not only spoils its 

 appearance, but lessens its size and injures 

 its flavor. The Early Harvest and Fall 

 Pippin are the two apples which seem to 

 be least able to resist this terrible fungus, 

 and which most favor its spread. Unless, 

 therefore, the fungus is checked by spray- 

 ing, this apple must be left out of the list 

 of desirable varieties. 



ORIGIN: United States, in cultivation 

 since about 1700 A.D. 



TREE: only medium in vigor, never 

 attaining a large size, old trees averaging from one-half to two-thirds the size of Green- 

 ing trees of the same age; upright and spreading; productive, considering the size of 

 the tree and the fruit. 



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FRUIT: medium round, oblate; skin smooth, bright straw color when ripe, with a few 

 faint dots; stem short, one-half to three-quarters of an inch, in a medium cavity, often 

 russeted; calyx closed in a shallow, slightly wrinkled basin. 



FLESH: white, fine grained, juicy, crisp, tender; flavor rich, sprightly, pleasant sub- 



acid. 



SEASON: late July to early August. 



QUALITY: dessert good; cooking good. 



VALUE: home market first class. 



ADAPTATION: Succeeds in the best apple districts, but is much subject to scab. 



FILLBASKET (Kentish). 



An old English variety of great beauty of appearance and enormous size, often ex- 

 ceeding four inches in diameter. It is not, however, much grown in the commercial 

 orchards of Ontario, being a fall apple, ill adapted to export, unless by cold storage, and 

 of very ordinary quality. 



ORIGIN: England. 



TREE: vigorous, fairly productive, semi-hardy. 



FBUIT: very large, oblate or roundish, slightly ribbed; color smooth, shiny, light 

 green or pale yellow, sometimes almost white, and on sunny side splashed and striped 

 with bright red; stem stout, short, set in a large cavity; calyx closed, set in a large 

 often wrinkled basin. 



FLESH: fine grained, tender and juicy; flavor mild, subacid. 



QUALITY: poor for dessert, good for cooking. 



VALUE: home market second class; foreign market third class. 



SEASON: October to December. 



ADAPTATION: North shore Lakes Ontario and Erie, east shore Lake Huron. 



