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MORELLO. (English Morello.) 



An old reliable variety for cooking 

 purposes, known in England for nearly 

 three hundred years, and deserving of 

 wider cultivation in Ontario. Downing 

 thinks the name Morello is from Morus, 

 the Mulberry, from the dark purple 

 color of its juice, which resembles that 

 of the mulberry; a profitable market 

 variety. 



TREE: habit, spreading, slender, 

 hardy and very productive; vigor, 

 medium; group, Morello. 



FRUIT: fairly large, roundish, nearly 

 heart shaped, somewhat flattened on 

 one side, with a slightly traceable 

 suture. 



SKIN: red, turning dark red or 

 purple towards maturity; stalk, about 

 15 inches long, inserted in a shallow 

 cavity; stone, small, slightly cling. 



FLESH: very dark red; texture, ten- 

 der, juicy; flavor, acid, becoming more 

 siub-acid and agreeable the more it 

 matures. 



QUALITY: dessert, very poor, cook- 

 ing, first-class. 



VALUE: home market, first class. 

 SEASON: early August. 



MORELLO. 



NAPOLEON. (Napoleon Bigarreau, Royal Anne of California.) 



A valuable variety of foreign origin. Perhaps the most productive variety known, 

 yielding fruit of the very largest size which is in good demand, and, therefore, one of 

 the most desirable for the commercial orchard. It has one serious fault, namely, it is 

 very subject to the riot, especially in wet seasons, and sometimes the whole crop of this 

 variety is ruined by it. 



TREE: upright, spreading, vigorous, hardy on the south shore of Lake Ontario; very 

 productive. 



FRUIT: very large, oblong heart shaped; skin, yellow ground, light In shade, rich 

 red cheek in the sun, sometimes mottled; stem, H inches long; suture plainly 

 traceable. 



FLESH: yellowish white, very firm, meaty, fairly juicy; flavor, good; texture much 

 esteemed for canning because it looks well in the jars and bears cooking well. 



QUALITY: dessert, medium. 

 VALUE: market first class. 

 SEASON: early July. 



