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No. 33 



TITOVKA (Titus Apple). 



A variety as yet little known or tested in Canada. In season it follows the Duchess. 

 It is a favorite market apple in middle Russia and is found to endure the severest 

 winters. At Grimsby, grown as a top graft it is inclined to drop its fruit about the 

 middle of August, and almost before fully colored. 



ORIGIN : Russia. 



TEEE: very hardy and productive. 



FRUIT: large, oblong to roundish, often flattened at base and apex, somewhat 

 irregular on sides; color yellowish green, almost covered with stripes and shadings of 

 bright red, and light green dots; cavity narrow, deep and irregular; stem about three- 

 quarters of an inch long, stout; basin large, plaited at bottom; calyx nearly closed, 

 segments recurved. 



FLESH: white; texture firm, moderately juicy; flavor brisk, tart. 



QUALITY: dessert, poor; cooking, good. 



VALUE: home market first class. 



SEASON: August and September. 



ADAPTATION: worthy of trial where Wealthy or Duchess succeed. 



TRANSCENDENT. 



An excellent early autumn variety of the hybrid crabs. 



ORIGIN: United States. 



TREE: of moderate slender growth, hardy, somewhat subject to twig blight. 



FRUIT: medium for its class; form roundish oblong, flattened at ends, ribbed; color 

 of skin golden yellow, with crimson cheek and thin whitish bloom; stem one and a 

 quarter inches long, set in an open deep cavity; calyx closed, segments large, set in a 

 hollow slightly corrugated basin; somewhat subject to scab. 



FLESH: color yellowish; texture crisp and moderately firm; flavor acid, slightly 

 astringent, becoming pleasant when fully ripe. 



VALUE: good. 



SEASON: August and September. 



TRANSCENDENT. 



