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EEPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



ST. LAWRENCE. 



The St. Lawrence apple is not now planted in the commercial orchards of Ontario, 

 bordering on Lakes Ontario, Erie or Huron, being inferior to other autumn varieties 



of its season, but it is 

 valued in orchards 

 along the St. Lawrence 

 river, and in parts of 

 the province between 

 latitudes 45 and 46. It 

 is rather subject to scab. 



ORIGIN: 

 Canada. 



Montreal, 



TREE: hardy, vigorous 

 and productive. 



FRUIT: large; form, 

 roundish oblate; color 

 of skin yellowish, with 

 distinct stripes and 

 splashes of carmine; 

 dots obscure; stem five- 

 eighths of an inch long, 

 inserted in a large, deep, 

 regular cavity; calyx 

 closed in a small, deep 

 basin. 



ST. LAWRENCE. 



FLESH: color white, 

 slightly stained ; tex- 

 ture crisp, tender, juicy; 

 flavor vinous, slightly 

 acid. 



QUALITY : dessert 

 good; cooking good. 



VALUE: home market, 

 first class ; foreign mar- 

 ket, second class. 



SEASON : September 

 and October. 



ADAPTATION : hardy 

 generally over the pro- 

 vince, except the ex- 

 treme north. 



SECTION OF ST. LAWRENCE. 



