1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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VICAR (Vicar of Winkfield of Hogg; Cure of Leroy). 



A French pear considerably grown in Ontario as a winter pear, but it does not reach 

 its best perfection in our climate and does not deserve a place in our orchards. - 



OKIGIN: found wild near Clion, France, by M. Leroy, curate of Villiers-en-Brenne, in 

 the year 1760; distributed in France under sixteen different names; introduced into 

 England by the Rev. W. L. Rham, vicar of Winkfield, in Berkshire, hence its English 

 name. 



TREE: vigorous, but somewhat susceptible to blight; very productive. 



FRUIT: large; form long pyriform, one-sided; skin green, seldom tinged with brown 

 on the sunny side, and marked with small brown dots; stem usually one and a half 

 inches long, fleshy at base, and inserted obliquely without a cavity; calyx open, with 

 large segments, set in a shallow basin. 



FLESH: greenish white; texture firm, not very juicy as grown in Ontario; flavor 

 fair, if well ripened. 



QUALITY: dessert very poor; cooking fair. 



VALUE: home and foreign market second class. 



SEASON: early winter. 



WILDER. 



A valuable early market pear, being beautiful in appearance, of fair size and very 

 good" flavor; probably the best of its season, but inclined to rot at the core if left hang- 

 ing on the tree. 



WILDER. 



ORIGIN: chance seedling on south shore of Lake Erie. 



TREE: vigorous, very productive, and an early bearer when grafted on the quince. 



FRUIT: fair to large in size; form ovate, obtuse pyriform, sometimes shouldered 

 at stem; color greenish-yellow, with deep red cheek and numerous gray dots; stem stout, 

 three-quarters to one inch in length; calyx open. 



FLESH: white; texture tender, fine grained; flavor sweet, aromatic and very pleasant. 



QUALITY: dessert very good. 



VALUE: home market first class. 



SEASON: August. 



