1914 



FEUITS OF ONTARIO. 



65 



PRIMATE. 



A fine dessert 

 apple for the home 

 garden ; too tender 

 for distant shipment. 



ORIGIN: uncertain, 

 p r o b ably Western 

 New York. 



TREE: 

 vigorous, 

 rical, very 

 tive. 



hardy, 



symmet- 



produc- 



SECTION OF PRIMATE. 



FRUIT: medium to 

 above medium; form 

 oblate conical; skin 

 light yellow, with 

 crimson blush on 

 sunny side; stem 

 about one inch long 

 inserted in a large 



deep furrowed cav- 

 ity; calyx closed in 

 an abrupt, moder- 

 ately deep, somewhat 

 corrugated basin. 



FLESH: color 

 white; texture ten- 

 der, juicy, with a 

 very pleasant, sub- 

 acid flavor. 



QUALITY : 

 very good ; 

 good. 



dessert 

 cooking 



VALUE: home 

 market first class; 

 foreign market 

 second class. 



SEASON: August 

 and September. 



ADAPTATION : suc- 

 ceeds in best apple 

 districts. 



5 F.O. 



PRIMATE. 



