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REPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



STARK. 



The Stark has been 

 tested in a commercial 

 way in Ontario by many 

 growers in the Bay of 

 Quinte District, and is 

 considered a good win- 

 ter apple for export, 

 being about as profit- 

 able as Ben Davis, and 

 somewhat better in 

 quality; its dull red 

 color is a serious fault. 



ORIGIN: Ohio. 



TREE: a stout vigor- 

 ous grower, very pro- 

 ductive each alternate 

 year; foliage large, dark 

 green, somewhat sub- 

 ject to fungus. 



FRUIT: large form; 

 roundish, slightly one- 

 sided, somewhat oblong 

 conical; skin covered 

 with shades and 



STARK. 



splashes of light and 

 dark red on a greenish 

 yellow ground, thickly 

 sprinkled with brown 

 dots ; stalk one - half 

 inch long, stout, in a 

 small cavity of medium 

 depth ; calyx large, half- 

 closed, in a large shal- 

 low, plaited basin; flesh 

 yellowish white ; tex- 

 ture a little coarse, firm 

 and moderately juicy; 

 flavor mild, subacid, 

 good. 



QUALITY: dessert, 

 poor; cooking, good. 



VALUE: second class. 



SEASON : January to 

 May. 



SECTION OF STARK. 



