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LOUISE (Princess Louise, Woolverton) 



An apple of great value for the home garden as a choice dessert variety, but probably 

 not sufficiently productive to be profitable in the commercial orchard. 



ORIGIN: at Maplehurst, near Grimsby; a chance seedling of the Snow and first known 

 as Woolverton. Samples were first exhibited by Mr. L. Woolverton at a meeting of the 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Association at Hamilton, where it was given the name Princess 

 Louise, after Her Royal Highness, wife of the then Governor-General, His Excellency 

 the Marquis of Lome. 



TREE: of slender habit; fairly vigorous; hardy; moderately productive. 



FRUIT: roundish, size medium; skin greenish yellow, of bright waxy lustre, with 

 cheek of clear bright carmine; stem stout, three-quarters of an inch long, in a narrow, 

 moderately deep cavity; calyx half open, in a broad, shallow, slightly plaited basin. 



FLESH: pure white; texture tender, fine, somewhat crisp, juicy with rich aromatic 

 flavor. 



QUALITY: dessert very good; cooking fair. 



VALUE: home market, first class. 



SEASON: November to February. 



LONGFIELD. 



A late fall variety, valued chiefly for its hardiness; too small to ~e profitable where 

 better kinds will succeed. 



ORIGIN: Russia. 



TREE: a poor straggling grower; very hardy; very productive, inclined to overbear 

 and requires thinning; an early bearer. 



FRUIT: size small; form roundish conical; skin yellow, with bright red cheek, and 

 a few large yellowish dots; smooth; tender, showing bruises quickly; stem short, set 

 in a deep regular usually slightly russeted cavity; calyx half open in an abrupt, wrinkled 

 basin. 



LONGFIELD. SECTION OF LONGFIELD. 



FLESH: white; texture very tender, juicy; flavor pleasant, subacid. 

 QUALITY: dessert fair; cooking good. 

 VALUE: market third class. 

 SEASON: October and November. 



