1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



51 



Lady. 



LADY. 



A beautiful little apple for the amateur's collection, 

 and very highly valued where known for a dessert apple, 

 having a pleasant flavor and great beauty. In Europe 

 the apple is known as Api, but in America it has become 

 known as tlie I^adj' apple. Some say it wa.s so called be- 

 cause from its small size and beautiful color, it seemed 

 just suited to a lady's mouth. 



Origin : France. 



Tree : upright habit and bears fruit in clusters, 

 vigorous only fairly hardy and productive. 



Fruit : very small, fiat oblate. Color green, turning 

 to yellow, half covered with a rich red cheek, and many 

 tiny dots which are more numerous towards the apex. 

 Stem slender, half an inch long, set in a deep regular 

 cavit}'. Calyx closed in a small wrinkled basin. 



Flksh : greenish white ; texture fine grained, crisp 

 and juicy ; flavor pleasant. 



Quality : dessert, best ; cooking too small to be of 

 any value. 



Season : December to May. 



Adafi'ation : successfully grown as far north as the 

 Bay of Quinte station. 



Section of Lady'. 



LA VICTOIRE. 



This variety has not, so far, proved very productive, but is a handsome apple, and on 

 account of its season and hardiness will probably prove useful in the north. 



Origin : nea"- Grenville, Que. Probably a seeding of Fameuse. 



Tree : hardy and a strong moderately spreading grower. 



Fruit : above medium size, oblate, regular ; skin greenish yellow, almost covered with 

 crimson ; dots fairly numerous, gray, distinct ; canity of medium depth and width, slightly 

 russeted ; stem short and stout ; basin of medium depth and width, almost smooth • calvx 

 open and medium in size. 



Flesh ; white, tinged with red, rather coarse, moderately juicy, mildly subacid, with a 

 pleasant flavor ; core small. 



Quality- : good. 



Season ; Midwinter, (ifacoun). 



