1914 FKU1TS OF ONTAK10. 



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GUELPH DISTRICT. 



(Including the high inland Counties of south-western Ontario, i.e., Wellington, 

 Waterloo, north-western section of Perth, south part of Grey, Dufferin, and north- 

 west section of Peel and Halton.) 



Prof. J. W. >CBOW, O.A.C., Guelph. 

 Clapp, Flemish, Seckel, Sheldon, Anjou. 



LAKE ONTARIO DISTRICT. 



(Including the southern portions of the Counties bordering on the Lake Ontario shore 



from Toronto to Trenton.) 



W. H. DEMPSEY, Trenton. 

 Giffard, Clapp, Boussock, Hardy, Bosc, Clairgeau, Lawrence. 



ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY DISTRICT. 



(Including the Valley of the St. Lawrence River from Kingston to the eastern 

 boundary of the Province.) 



HAROLD JONES, Maitland. 

 Flemish (if grown in sod), Ritson (not so hardy in fruit bud as Flemish). 



OTTAWA DISTRICT. 



(Including the Ottawa Valley and the eastern portion of the Province, not elsewhere 

 enumerated, south of latitude 46 deg.) 



W. T. MACOUN, Horticulturist, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 

 Flemish in most favored parts. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



ANSAULT. 



Claimed to be a good general-purpose pear for home uses, but not as yet widely 

 tested. 



OEIGIN: France. 



TREE: An early and abundant bearer. 



FRUIT: size, medium; roundish oblate pyriform; skin, green, yellowing at maturity, 

 mostly covered with russet; stem, % inch to 1 inch long, in a small irregular, often 

 oblique, cavity; calyx, small, open in an abrupt, deep basin. 



FLESH, color, creamy white; texture, tender, fine grained, buttery, juicy; flavor, 

 agreeable, aromatic, very pleasant. 



QUALITY: fair for all purposes. 



VALUE: home market, second class; not grown to any extent. 



SEASON: September. 

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