1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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LONGFIELD. 



A late fall variety, valued chiefly for its hardiness ; tno small to be profitable where better 

 kinds will succeed. 



Origin ; Russia. 



TiiEE: a poor straggling grower ; very hardy; very productive, inclined to overbear and 

 requires thinning ; an early bearer. 



Fruit: size small ; form roundish conical ; skin yellow, with bright red cheek, and a few 

 large yellowish dots ; smooth ; tender, showing bruises quickly ; stem short, set in a deep reg- 

 ular cavity ; colyx half open in an abrupt, wrinkled basin. 



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LONGFIELD. 



Section' of Loxgfield. 



Flesh : very white ; texture very tender, juicy ; flavor pleasant, subacid. 

 Qu-'iLiTv: dessert fair ; cooking good. 

 Value : market third class. 

 Season : October and November. 



