1914 



FEU ITS OK OXTAK10. 



SCARLET PIPPIN. 



SCARLET PIPPIX. 



FLESH: pure white, texture 

 tender, fine, crisp, breaking 

 juicy, with a subacid flavor. 



QUALITY: dessert, best; cook- 

 ing, good. 



VALUE: special market, first 

 class. 



SEASON: October to February; 

 at its best in October and Novem- 

 ber. 



A fancy dessert apple 

 which is esteemed profit- 

 able to grow for market 

 along the River St. Law- 

 rence and Ottawa Valley. 



ORIGIN: near Brockville 

 in Leeds County. A chance 

 seedling. 



TREE: upright in habit; 

 hardy; vigorous and very 

 productive ; inclined to 

 overbear. 



FRUIT: medium size 

 roundish oblate ; skin, 

 waxy white, streaked; 

 splashed or almost entirely 

 covered with bright scarlet 

 covering; stem stout, one- 

 half to three-quarters of an 

 inch long in a narrow, 

 moderately deep cavity ; 

 calyx closed in a narrow, 

 very shallow basin. 



SECTION OF SCARLET PIPPIX. 



SALOME. 



A Western apple which promises to be of some value in the Province of Ontario. 

 The hardiness of the tree, the clean bright color of the fruit and its long keeping quality 

 seem to combine in its favor as a commercial variety, especially in the colder sections. 



ORIGIN: Ottawa, Illinois; propagated by E. C. Hathaway. 



TREE: hardy, productive, a slow grower, an early and an annual bearer. 



FRUIT: size medium; form roundish, conical, somewhat angular or lopsided; color 

 bright red with stripes of darker red and numerous small grey dots on a yellowish 



