1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 33 



CABASHEA. ( Twenty Ounce Pippin. ) 



Not worth planting in Ontario. Through confusing its name with that of Cayuga Red 

 Streak, often called Twenty Ounce, this apple has been widely planted in our Province. The 

 tree is unproductive and the fruit, although large and fine in appearance, drops early and is 

 poor in quality. 



Origin : unknown. 



Tree : vigorous, spreading, unproductive. 



Fruit: large, rouniish oblate, slightly conical ; .skin yellowish green, shaded dull red on 

 the sunny side ; stem five-eighth of an inch long, stout, in a wide cavity of moderate depth ; 

 calyx open in a wide shallow ba.sin ; core medium. 



Flesh : white, firm, coarse, subacid, only fair for cooking, useless for dessert. 



Value : tested twenty years at Maplehurst, Grimsby, and found unprofitable on account 

 ofjunproductiveness. 



Season : October to December. 



CANADA RED. (Red Cavada of Beach.) 



Origin : unknown ; Beach says it was brought from the neighborhood of Toronto, into 

 Western New York State. 



Trek : a strong grower, productive in some places, while a shy bearer in others, and hence 

 is not recommended. 



Feuit : medium to large, roundish conical ; skin yellow, well splashed and washed with 

 deep, rather dull red ; dots fairly numerous, large, yellow, prominent ; cavity deep, narrow ; 

 stem short, slender ; basin narrow, shallow, slightly wrinkled ; calyx small, partly open. 



Flesh : yellowish, tender, moderately juicy, mildly subacid with a pleasant but not high 

 flavor ; core of medium size. 



Quality; :1 good. ...^ 



Season : mid to late'winter. 



CAYITGA. {Gayiign Red Sfreak, Tu'enty Ounce.) 



ATlarge, fine looking cooking apple for late autumn ; a good market sort ; grown in lim- 

 ited quantities in Ontario. 



Origin : Connecticut. 



Tree : vigorous ; compact ; productive ; an annual bearer ; on large trees, growtli is 

 straggling. 



Fruit: very large, roundish, uneven; skin greenish yellow to yellowish white, with 

 marblings and stripes of red and crimson, and a few large grey dots ; stem three quarters of an 

 inch long, in a deep, slightly russeted cavity ; calyx small, half open in a smooth shallow 

 basin. 



Flesh : yellowisii white, texture coarse grained, tender, moderately juicy ; flavor brisk, 

 subacid, pleasant. 



Quality : dessert poor, cooking good. 



Value : market first-class. 



Season : late autumn to early winter. 



COLVERT. 



A fairly good fall market apple, being large in size and rather attractive in ayyearance, tut 

 of fair quality only. It has been widely planted in Ontario for market. For Idtchen ufe it is 

 much inferior to the Gravenstein. 



Origin : unceitain. 



Tree : very vigorous and very productive. 



Fruit : large, form oblate, slightly conical ; skin greenish yellow, with cheek and faint 

 stripes of dull red ; stem stout, half an inch in length. 



Flesh : color greenish wliite ; texture tender, moderately juicy ; flavor subacid, ordinary. 



Quality : dessert, fair ; cooking, good. 



Value : second-class for market. 



Season : October to November. 



Adaptation : succeeds at Georgian Bay and Bay of ^Quinte stations, and is widely grown in 

 the older apple sections of Ontario. 

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