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REPORT ON THE 



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YELLOW BELLFLOWER (Bishop's Pippin of Nova Scotia). 



At one time the 

 Bellflower was plant- 

 ed to some extent in 

 Ontario orchards but 

 the tree has proved 

 itself irregular in its 

 bearing habits, some- 

 times producing 

 magnificent samples, 

 and at other times 

 small and poorly 

 colored fruit, and 

 the fruit is tender 

 and shows v e r y 

 slight bruises, so 

 that we cannot re- 

 commend it as 

 worthy of a place 

 among the most 

 profitable varieties. 



ing towards calyx, 

 some what angular 

 and ribbed ; color 

 pale yellow, often 

 with a beautiful 

 blush on the sunny 

 side and numerous 

 obscure whitish dots; 

 stem slender, one 

 inch long, in a nar- 

 row deep cavity; 

 caly* closed in a 

 small corrugated 

 basin. 



FLESH: color yel- 

 low; texture tender, 

 juicy and crisp; 

 flavor sprightly sub- 

 acid agreeable when 

 eaten in season. 



QUALITY : dessert, 

 good; cooking, good. 



VALUE : home 

 market, first class. 



SEASON: December 

 to February. 



A D APTATION: 

 general, except in 

 extreme northern 

 sections. 



YELLOW BELLFLOWER. 



ORIGIN : 

 ton, N.J. 



Burling- 



TREE: vigorous, 

 forming a roundish, 

 spreading and some- 

 what drooping head; 

 productive alternate 

 years. 



FRUIT: size large, 

 form apparently ob- 



lonc;. because taper- 



SECTION OF YELLOW BELLFLOYVEK 



