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FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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HYSLOP. 



A well known and widely cultivated variety of hybrid crab. Its dark, rich, red 

 color and its late season make it a valuable variety. 



TREE: vigorous, of spreading habit. 



FRUIT: size medium; form roundish ovate, obscurely angular; color a dark rich red, 

 covered with heavy blue bloom, and having many obscure yellowish dots; stem about 

 one inch and an eighth in length, set in an obtuse, regular cavity. 



FLESH: yellowish, acid. 



VALUE: very good for culinary uses. 



SEASON: September and October. 



HYSLOP. 



JONATHAN. 



A first class winter dessert apple, of the Spitzenburg type, valuable for the home 

 garden, but too small to be planted for market; succeeds well in some locations. 



ORIGIN: Woodstock, New York State. 



TREE: of moderate vigor; shoots slender, drooping; should be top worked on a 

 vigorous trunk; inclined to be self sterile, and needs to be planted with other varieties 

 for proper pollination. 



FRUIT: size medium, in some localities small; form longish, truncated conical, 

 regular; skin colored dark brilliant red in sun, and striped, splashed with lighter red, 

 with numerous small whitish dots; stem long, slender, set in a deep acute cavity; calyx 

 small, closed, in a wide, deep, abrupt basin. 



FLESH: color white; texture tender and juicy; flavor subacid, spicy, aromatic, 

 excellent. 



QUALITY: dessert very good; cooking good. 



VALUE: special markets first class; export second class. 



SEASON: November to February. 



