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REPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



FLESH: color yellowish white; texture firm, crisp, not very juicy; flavor brisk acid. 

 QUALITY: second rate for cooking; third rate for dessert. 

 VALUE: second class for market purposes. 

 SEASON: March to June. 



HAAS (Fall Queen) 



An old variety which 

 was at one time popular 

 in the colder parts of 

 Ontario apple belt because 

 of the hardiness of the 

 tree, but which has now 

 given place to the 

 Wealthy. 



ORIGIN: St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri. 



TREE: vigorous; habit 

 upright, spreading; an 

 early and an annual 

 bearer, hardy. 



FRUIT : size medium; 

 form oblate conical; skin 

 thin, tough; color yellow, 

 marbled, splashed and 

 striped with crimson, with 

 a few obscure white dots; 



HAAS. 



stem short set in a broad 

 cavity of moderate depth, 

 slightly russeted; calyx 

 half closed in an irregular, 

 wrinkled basin. 



FLESH: white, often 

 stained with red next the 

 skin; texture peculiar, 

 quince like, juicy; flavor 

 subacid, slightly astring- 

 ent. 



QUALITY: dessert poor; 

 cooking fair. 



VALUE: market second 

 or third class. 



SEASON: late autumn. 



SECTION OF HAAS. 



