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REPORT ON THE 



No. 2i 



FAMEUSE. 

 {Snow, Pomme de Neige). 



The most highlj' valued of all table apples, and but for one fault the Pameuse would be the 

 most profitable of all, especially in Eastern Ontario, where it attains its highest perfection. 

 The fault is that it is quite subject to the apple scab, so that in some places the fruit is 

 entirely worthless. 



Okigin : Provinceof Quebec, pro- 

 bably from seeds brought from 

 France ; it is often called Snow, 

 from the color of its flesh, and its 

 proper name signifies a famous 

 apple. 



Teee : moderately vigorous ; 

 moderately piroductive ; hardy. 



Fruit : medium size, roundish ; 

 skin, light green, striped and 

 shaded with two shades of red, 

 often nearly covered with deep 

 red ; stalk slender, half an inch 

 long, in a small deep cavity , calyx 

 email, segments often recurved, set 

 in a shallow, slightly plaited basin. 



Fameuse. 



Flesh : snow white ; texture 

 tender, very fine grained, breaking, 

 juicy ; flavor, aromatic. 



Quality : dessert first-class ; 

 cooking fair. 



Value : first class for all mar- 

 kets, when perfect in form and free 

 from spots. 



Season : October to December, 



Adaptation : general, but spe- 

 cially adapted to eastern portion of 

 the Province. 



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Sectio.n' of Fameuse. 



