1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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WINTER NELIS, 



An old variety of excellent quality, which has long occupied a high place as a winter 

 dessert pear to succeed the Lawrence; scarcely large enough nor attractive enough to 

 be highly recommended for the commercial orchard. 



ORIGIN: raised by Jean Charles Nelis, of Malines, in Belgium; introduced into Eng- 

 land in 1818. 



TREE: a spreading, straggling, stocky grower; should be top worked; hardy; an 

 early bearer; very productive. 



WINTER NELIS. 



FRUIT: size small to medium; form roundish obovate, short pyriform; color of skin 

 dull green, becoming yellowish green with dots and patches of brown russet; stalk about 

 one and a quarter inches long, curved, set in a narrow cavity; calyx open, with erect 

 segments, in a shallow, somewhat plaited basin. 



FLESH: color yellowish white; texture fine grained, buttery, juicy; flavor rich, 

 sugary, vinous, aromatic. 



QUALITY: dessert very good to best; cooking good. 

 VALUE: market second class. 



SEASON: early to mid-winter. 



