1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 49 



HYSLOP. 



A well known and widely cultivated variety of hybrid crab. Its dark, rich, red color and 

 its late season make it a valuable variety. 



Tkee : vigorous, of spreading habit. 



Feuit : size medium ; form roundish ovate, obscurely angular ; color a dark rich red, 

 covered with heavy blue bloom, and having many obscure yellowish dots ; stem about one inch 

 and an eighth in length, set in an obtuse, regular cavity. 



Flesh : yellowish, acid. 



Value : very good for culinary uses and for cider. 



Se.^son : September and <")ctober. 



IlY.SL0r. 



.lOXATHAX. 



A first class winter dessert apjjle, of the Spitzenburg type, valuable for the home garden 

 but too small to be planted for market ; succeeds well in some locations. 



Origin : Woodstock, Ne\^" York State. 



Tree : of moderate vigor ; shoots slender, drooping ; should be toji worked on a vigoroug 

 trunk ; inclined to be self sterile, and needs to be planted with other varieties for proper 

 pollination. 



Fruit : size medium, in some localities small ; form longish, truncated conical, regular ; 

 skin colored dark brilliant red in sun, and striped, splashed with lighter red, with numerous 

 small whitish dots ; stern long slender set in a deep acute cavity ; calyx small, closed, in a wide, 

 deep, abrupt basin . 



Flesh : color white ; texture tender and juicy ; flavor subacid, spicy, aromatic, excellent. 

 Quality : dessert best ; cooking good. 

 Value ; special markets first class ; export second class. 

 Se.vson : November to February. 

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