1914 



JbltUlTS OF ONTARIO. 



85 



WHITNEY (Whitney No. 20). 



A hybrid crab, which originated in Illinois and has proved itself valuable in 

 Northern Illinois, in Minnesota, and in some parts of our Canadian Northwest. As 

 long ago as 1894, this apple was in bearing at Prince Albert in Alberta. 



The apple is large for its class; it is a good cooking apple and a fair dessert apple. 



TREE: productive; very hardy. 



WHITNEY. 



SECTION OF WHITNEY. 



FRUIT: medium size; form roundish conical, slightly angular; color dark red, 

 splashed with dark crimson on a yellow ground, with obscure small white dots; stem 

 one inch long set in a flat wrinkled basin; calyx closed in a regular slightly russeted 

 basin. 



FLESH: color yellowish; texture tender, juicy; flavor subacid. 



QUALITY: cooking, very good; dessert, good. 



VALUE: special market, first class. 



SEASON: August to September. 



YORK IMPERIAL. 



A fine export market apple, highly valued in some of the American States, but not 

 yet much grown in Ontario. 



ORIGIN: York County, Pa. 



TREE: a moderate grower, productive. 



FRUIT: medium in size: angular, oblique; color of skin, bright red in shades, stripes 

 and splashes on a yellowish ground; stem half an inch long in a deep funnel-shaped 

 cavity; calyx nearly closed in an irregular deep, slightly plaited basin. 



FLESH: yellowish; texture firm and juicy; flavor subacid, good. 



QUALITY: dessert, fair; cooking, good. 



VALUE: first class for market. 



SEASON: January to March. 



