1914 



FKUITS OF ONTARIO. 



55) 



MILWAUKEE. 



One of the best hardy winter apples for the commercial orchards in the northern 



belt of apple culture 

 in Ontario ; tested 

 several years at the 

 St. Lawrence station, 

 and reported as one 

 of the most promis- 

 ing winter apples for 

 profit yet tested tor 

 that district; a fairly 

 good shipper, but its 

 lack of color is a 

 serious fault as a 

 market apple. 



ORIGIN: a seedling 

 of Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, by Geo. Jeffrey, 

 Milwaukee, Wiscon- 

 sin. 



MILWAUKEE. 



TREE: growth moderately vigorous; habit spreading; very hardy; very productive; 

 an early bearer; foliage dark green, abundant; shows characteristics of the Duchess. 



FRUIT: large, form oblate, flattened, slightly angular; skin yellowish green blushed 

 and streaked with bright red and crimson on the sunny side; stem slender, one-half inch 

 long in a large, deep, often russeted cavity; calyx half closed in a wide, deep wrinkled 

 basin. 



FLESH : color yel- 

 lowish white ; tex- 

 ture tender, crisp, 

 juicy; flavor acid. 



QUALITY : dessert 

 fair; cooking very 

 good. 



VALUE : for near 

 markets first class. 



SEASON : December 

 to March. 



SECTION OF MILWAUKEE. 



