1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



175 



RITSON. 



A delicious dessert pear, which is worthy of 

 a place in every fruit garden; it is not sur- 

 passed for canning or for pickling, having an 

 aroma and peculiarly agreeable flavor. 



ORIGIN: Oshawa, Ontario, with Mr. Welling- 

 ton. In response to our inquiry, Mr. W. E. 

 Wellington writes: "It was my grandmother, 

 Mrs. John Ritson, who planted the seeds from 

 a pear which had been sent her from Boston. 

 The tree has always stood on my grandfather's 

 homestead as long as I can remember." 



TREE: strong, healthy, upright grower. The 

 original tree is now of immense size, probably 

 over 30 feet high, and about one hundred years 

 old. An annual bearer of nice, evenly formed 

 fruit. 



RITSOX. 



FRUIT: size medium, form obovate, pyriform, 

 usually one-sided; color of skin yellow, heavily 

 shaded with golden russet, and numerous 

 minute dots of a darker russet; stem one-inch 

 long, often inserted in a fleshy protuberance, 

 and at a slight inclination; calyx open wide in 

 a very shallow, regular basin. 



FLESH: creamy white; texture fine, tender, 

 buttery, juicy; flavor, sweet, delicately per- 

 fumed. 



QUALITY: dessert very good to best; cooking 

 very good. 



VALUE: market promising for a special trade. 

 SEASON: October. 



SECTION OF RITSON. 



