1914 



FRUITS OF ONTABIO, 



75 



SEASON: January to May. 



ADAPTATION: sandy or clay loams in Southern and Middle Ontario; found tender at 

 the St. Lawrence Experiment station, and also at the Lake Simcoe station, except where 

 top grafted to hardy stock. 



STUMP. 



An attractive looking fall apple. 



ORIGIN: United States; probably in Monroe County, N.Y. 



TREE: spreading, productive. 



FRUIT: size medium; form oblate conical; color yellowish, splashed and blotched 

 with bright red; stem stout, three-eighths of an inch long, in a narrow, moderately deep, 

 funnel-shaped cavity; calyx half open, set in a shallow, narrow, abrupt basin. 



FLESH: color white; texture crisp, juicy, firm; flavor subacid. 



QUALITY: fair for dessert; good for cooking. 



VALUE: home market, first class; foreign market, second class. 



SEASON: September and October. 



SWAYZIE (Swazie Pomme Orise). 



There is no choicer winter dessert apple for the months of December and January 

 than the Swazie Pomme Grise, especially when kept in a cool, dark cellar, so that its 

 crisp texture and excellent flavor may be preserved. Unfortunately, it is not very pro- 

 ductive, and consequently not profitable. One large tree at Maplehurst, seventy-five 

 years planted, yielded only an average of four barrels each alternate year. It is well 

 worthy of a place in the amateur collection. 



ORIGIN: probably with Col. Swayzie, near Niagara. 



TREE: upright, fairy vigorous and not very productive. 



FBTJIT: small, round, oblate, conical; color deep yellow, well colored with cinnamon 



SWAYZIE. 



SECTION OF SWAYZIE. 



russet and many whitish dots; stem three-quarters of an inch long, set in a deep cavity; 

 calyx closed in a moderately deep, slightly corrugated basin. 



FLESH: white, texture fine grained, tender, crisp, juicy; flavor aromatic, mild sub- 

 acid, pleasant. 



QUALITY: dessert, first class; cooking, third class. 



VALUE: for home market, second class; for foreign market, second class. 



SEASON: December to March. 



ADAPTATION: succeeds in best apple districts. 



