1914 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 151 



BRANDYWINE. 



A good general dessert pear, but not much grown for market in Ontario, being so 

 nearly of the same season as Bartlett. 



ORIGIN: chance seedling found on the banks of the Brandywine River, Delaware 

 County, Pennsylvania. The original tree fruited for the first time in 1820. 



TREE: vigorous; upright; fairly productive; succeeds best on the quince. 



FRUIT: size, medium; form, conic pyriform; color of skin, greenish-yellow, with 

 blush on the sunny side, arid dotted and sprinkled with russet; stem, % to l l / 2 inches 

 long, fleshy at insertion which is surrounded by folds; calyx, open in a smooth, shallow 

 basin. 



FLESH: color, white; texture, tender, melting, very juicy; flavor, sweet, vinous, 

 aromatic. 



QUALITY: dessert, very good. 



VALUE: market, second class. 



SEASON: early September. 



BUFFUM. 



Formerly this pear was much in favor as a profitable orchard variety, because of 

 its productiveness and the wonderful hardiness and vitality of the tree, but of late 

 years it is much less in favor with pear growers on account of its small size and or- 

 dinary quality. Some trees of this variety at Maplehurst, forty years planted, have 

 never shown the slightest tendency to blight, and have attained a great height, more 

 resembling Lombardy poplars than pear trees. 



ORIGIN: Rhode Island. 



TREE: remarkable for its vigorous, symmetrical, erect habit of growth; it is regu- 

 larly and fairly productive, but, unless gathered early, the fruit drops badly; not subject 

 to blight. 



FRUIT: medium size, obovate, slight oblong; skin, rough, yellow at maturity, with 

 bright or dull red or russet on sunny side; dots, small, brown; stalk, % inch long in a 

 small cavity; segments of calyx small, in a small plaited basin. 



FLESH: color, yellowish-white; texture^ crisp, not fine, not juicy; flavor, sweet and 

 pleasant. 



QUALITY: dessert, fair; cooking, fair. 



VALUE: home and distant markets, second class. 



SEASON: September. 



ADAPTATION: stated to be hardy in Bruce and Huron Counties; slightly tender in 

 North Ontario County. 



CHAMBERS. 



The Chambers pear has been grown at 

 Maplehurst for about ten years on dwarf 

 stock, and commends itself as a fine market 

 variety the beginning of August, for it is of 

 a good quality, fairly large, and the tree is 

 productive. 



ORIGIN: brought from Maryland to Ken- 

 tucky by Judge Wm. Chambers. 



TREE: moderately vigorous, very hardy, 

 productive. 



FRUIT: of medium size; form, obtuse, 

 obovate, pyriform; color, pea green, turning- 

 yellow, when fully mature, with numerous 

 brown and green dots, and reddish-brown 

 cheek on sunny side; stalk, stout, 1 inch 

 long, set on an angle in a flat cavity, oftei> 

 one shoulder prominent; calyx, small, half- 

 open; seeds, few. 



FLESH: white; texture, tender, fairly 

 juicy; flavor, aromatic, sweet and plrasant. 



QUALITY: good. 



VALUE: for near market, first class. 

 CHAMBERS. SEASON: early August. 



