1914 



FKUITS OF ONTARIO. 



McMAHON (McMahon White). 



A good sized and rather attractive fall apple, valuable especially for the hardiness 

 of the tree; succeeds well at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa; too tender in 

 flesh to ship well. 



ORIGIN: from seed of Alexander, planted about 1860 by A. L. Hatch, Ithaca, Wiscon- 

 sin. 



TKEE: very hardy; very strong grower; productive. 



FBUIT: size large, uniform; form roundish oblate, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed; 

 skin light yellow, becoming white at full maturity, often with blush of red and white 

 dots; stem short, about half an inch long, stout, in an acute, deep, russeted cavity; calyx 

 half open in a narrow, moderately deep, slightly wrinkled basin. 



FLESH: color white; texture nearly fine, tender, juicy; flavor subacid. 



QUALITY: dessert fair; cooking very good, 



VALUE: home market first class; export third class. 



SEASON: October to January. 



MARTHA. 



A hybrid crab. 



ORIGIN: by Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minnesota. 



TREE: medium size, moderately vigorous, spreading; very hardy; early bearing and 

 a reliable cropper. 



FRUIT: large, oblate, very regular; surface smooth, yellow, almost entirely covered 

 with a beautiful bright red, with a bluish bloom, no stripes or splashes; dots white, con- 

 spicuous; cavity wide, regular; stem long; basin very wide, nearly flat; segments often 

 nearly obsolete, core closed. 



MARTHA. 



SECTION 



MARTHA. 



FLESH: yellowish white, acid. 



QUALITY: one of the best of its class for culinary purposes. 



SEASON: early to mid-September. 



