1914 



EEPOET ON THE FRUITS OP ONTARIO. 



91 



COE. (Coe's Transparent.) 



A good variety for the home garden, but altogether too tender to be popular for 

 the commercial orchard. 



ORIGIN: In Connecticut, with 

 Curtis Coe, of Middleton. 



TREE: Healthy, fairly vigorous, 

 with round spreading head, third rate 

 in productiveness; group, Heart. 



FRUIT: Medium to large; round 

 and regular in form; skin thin, bright 

 shiny amber, nearly covered with rich 

 cornelian, marked with peculiar mottled 

 blotches; stalk one and a half to two 

 inches long, set in a medium wide 

 cavity; suture obscure. 



FLESH: Very pale yellowish tint; 

 texture very soft and tender, juicy; 

 flavor very good, if not left hanging 

 too long. 



QUALITY: Good for dessert. 



VALUE: Second class for home 

 market; fourth class for distant 

 market. 



SEASON: Early July. 



ADAPTATION: South of Lake On- 

 COE. tario. 



DYEHOUSE. 



An early Morello cherry, ripening just in advance of Early Richmond, to which it 

 is quite similar. 



ORIGIN: Central Kentucky; an accidental seedling in the orchard of Mr. Dyehouse. 



TREE: An early and abundant bearer; habit round, spreading head, slender; fairly 

 vigorous; not as hardy as Richmond; class, Kentish. 



FRUIT: Medium size, 946 x H-16 -of an inch; roundish oblate; apex depressed; 

 stem, half an inch long, rather stout, set in a large cavity; color, light red. 



FLESH: Pale yellow; fairly firm; flavor acid. 



QUALITY: Dessert, poor; cooking, first class. 



SEASON: Early July. 



DYEHOUSE. 



