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FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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HOWELL. 



A good export pear for southern Ontario. Its vigor of tree, regularity of bearing, 

 clear skin, and good size and quality make it a desirable variety for the commercial 

 orchard. 



ORIGIN: New Haven, Conn. 

 Named after the originator, Thomas 

 Howell. 



TREE: upright, healthy and 

 vigorous, an early bearer, pro- 

 ductive. 



FRUIT: large, obovate pyriform; 

 skin, yellowish green, waxen red- 

 dish dots on sunny side, russet 

 dots in shade; stem, 1% inches 

 long, set on an acute base, with- 

 out cavity, sometimes lipped; 

 calyx, partly open in a deep rus- 

 seted basin; core, small; seeds, 

 few, small. 



HOWET.L. 



FLESH: creamy white 

 juicy, melting, granrlar 

 near the core; flavor, 

 agreeable, vinous; n 

 little tart. 



VALUE: first class for 

 all markets. 



SEASON: mid Sep- 

 tember to mid October. 



SECTION OF HOWELL. 



