The Canadian Horticulturist. 13 



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Persons sending in samples of New Fruits to the Editor for notice are requested to include 



at least three specimens Great care should be taken to prevent them 



from bruising in transit. 



THE AUNT SALLY APPLE. 



Sir, — I had a call to-day from Mr. Slaight, Inspector of Mines for Ontario, and a fruit 

 grower on the Lake Erie shore. I showed him some specimens of a local apple known by 

 the jaunty name of " Aunt Sally," saying that I thought of sending you a sample. He told 

 me by all means to do so, as it was a fine, crisp, juicy apple. This apple is highly esteemed 

 in this locality as a fine cooker and a very fair keeper. It is grown by Mr. Wm. Bailey 

 and two or three others in this neighborhood, being propagated by grafts from the original 

 tree which is supposed to have been a seedling grown by Mr. McGee (whose wife's name 

 was " Sally '•'). Mr. Bailey can easily get the same price for this fruit as for his Fameuse 

 apples of which he always grows some fine specimens. I will be glad to hear what you 

 think of the one sent by same mail, which is neither the largest nor smallest but a fair 

 medium specimen. — W. H. Wylie, Carleton Place, Ontario. 



Fig. 3. — The Aunt Sally Apple. 



The apple is rather an attractive one, with its light yellow skin, tinted 

 with red on one side. It is a little small to be a valuable cooking apple, 

 but as a desert apple it might become a favorite. 



Description. — Size, below medium ; form, roundish oblate ; stem, short 

 in an even coirf of average size ; calyx, nearly closed in a moderate sized 

 slightly wrinkled basin ; skin, light yellow with small brown dots and a light 

 crimson cheek with spots of dark crimson ; flesh, creamy white, finegrained, 

 tender, crisp, somewhat juicy, and of a brisk, slightly aromatic, very agree- 

 able flavor ; very good to best ; season, February. 



