1914 



FKUITS OF ONTARIO. 



39 



FALLAWATER. 



FALLAWATER. 



A large apple, 

 of even size and 

 fine appearance, 

 which is grown 

 for market quite 

 extensively in 

 P e n n sylvania, 

 Ohio, and in 

 some of the 

 Western States, 

 and to some ex- 

 tent in Ontario. 

 Were it more 

 uniformly pro- 

 ductive, we 

 could recom- 

 mend it as a 

 profitable com- 

 mercial variety. 



ORIGIN: Penn- 

 sylvania. 



TREE: a vigor- 

 ous grower; 

 fairly produc- 

 tive. 



FRUIT: size 

 large to very 

 large; form 

 round, regular, 

 smooth; color 



pea green, shaded 

 on sunny side with 

 brownish red cheek, 

 dots sparse, large 

 light green ; stem 

 half an inch long, 

 stout, set in a nar- 

 row, m o d e r a tely 

 deep cavity; calyx 

 small, nearly 

 closed, set in a 

 shallow wrinkled 

 basin. 



FLESH : greenish 

 white; texture fine- 

 grained, firm, 

 moderately juicy; 

 flavor mild subacid, 

 fair. 



QUALITY: fair for 

 cooking. 



VALUE: home and 

 foreign market 

 only fair. 



SEASON : Decem- 

 ber to March. 



SECTION OF FALLAWATER. 



ADAPTATION: successfully grown at the Bay of Quinte station and all parts of the 

 Province farther south; also in the Lake Huron district, but in some localities it 

 to be short-lived. 



