1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



47 



HIBERNAL. 



An attractive looking 

 cooking apple, valuable also 

 for hardiness of tree ; one of 

 the best of the Russian 

 apples for our colder dis- 

 tricts. 



Origin : Russia. 



Tbee : vigorous, of strong 

 spreading habit ; healthy ; 

 productive. 



Fruit : size large ; form 

 roundish oblate conical ■ 

 skin yellowish, striped and 

 splashed with red, with 

 small white dots ; stem med- 

 ium length set in a moder- 

 ately deep regular cavity 

 with large patch of russet ; 

 calyx half open in a narrow 

 shallow wrinkled cavity. 



Hibernal. (After S. B. Green) 



Flesh : color yellow- 

 ish ; texture, tender^ 

 crisp, juicy ; flavor as- 

 tringent acid. 



Quality : dessert 

 poor ; cooking good. 



Value : home market 

 in the north, first class. 



Season : 

 to November. 



September 



Section of Hibernal. 



