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ORANGE. 



A fairly good dessert variety of hybrid crab. 



ORIGIN: United States. 



TREE: a slow grower; productive. 



FRUIT: size medium; form round, slightly flattened at the ends; color light 

 orange, with minute white dots and russet veins; stem slender, one and a quarter 

 inches in length, set in a deep, open cavity; calyx closed, in a furrowed basin. 



FLESH: color yellowish, yellow veinings; texture a little dry; flavor mild, pleasant, 

 acid. 



SEASON: September to November. 



PATTEN (Patten Greening). 



ORIGIN: Iowa. 



TREE: hardy; moderately vigorous; very productive. 



FRUIT: large oblate; cavity deep, medium width, russeted; stem short; basin deep, 

 medium width; calyx open, large; skin pale yellow with traces of pale green, with a pink 

 blush; dots moderately numerous, pale green, distinct; bloom, slight; skin, moderately 

 thick. 



FLESH: yellow, moderately juicy, tender, coarse; core, small; subacid; pleasant 

 flavor. 



QUALITY: above medium. 



SEASON: October to mid-November. Hardier than Wealthy and useful where that 

 variety will not succeed. (Macoun.) 



PHOENIX. 



A fairly profitable commercial apple in some parts. It is grown in Northumberland 

 County and in other apple sections in the Province, and by some growers is ranked equal 

 to the Baldwin for profit 



ORIGIN: Illinois. 



TREE: healthy and productive. 



FRUIT: medium to large; roundish, sometimes quite one-sided; color greenish yellow 

 ground well covered with deep red, obscurely striped with a darker shade, and having 

 a few small grey dots; russeted about the cavity and green about the basin; stem one 

 half an inch long in a funnel-shaped cavity; calyx half closed. 



FLESH: creamy white, coarse grained, somewhat juicy; flavor mild, acid, pleasant. 



QUALITY: dessert, poor; cooking, good. 



VALUE: first class for export, if shipped early. 



SEASON: December to February. 



PORTER. 



"Fruit above medium, oblong ovate, conical, regular, often ribbed at apex; bright 

 yellow, sometimes a dull blush in the sun; stalk one inch long, slender, cavity rather 

 small; basin narrow; flesh tender, rich, rather acid, of fine flavor. Fair and productive. 

 Early autumn. (American Fruit Culturist.) 



It is desirable for planting for home use or for some .local market, but generally it 

 is not regarded as a profitable commercial variety. 



