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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



McINTOSH. [Mcintosh Red). 



A very fine dessert! apple! for early 

 winter use. " [At Ottawa andfalong the 

 St. Lawrence and other places where 

 conditions_are favorable, it is counted 

 one of the: Vjest dessert apples ot^ its 

 season, adapted and yjrofitable tor 

 export, but in"' the' Niagara District^it 

 it not so much grown, owing to scab. 



Origin : with .Tohn Mcintosh. Dun- 

 dela, Ont., in whose orcliard the 

 original tree is still standing (1904). 



Tree : hardy, vigorous ; fairly up- 

 right ; fairly productive ; an annual 

 bearer ; of Fameuse type ; inclined to 

 drop its fruit last of September in 

 Niagara District. 



McIntosh Red. 



Fkdit ; size medium to large ; form roundish ; color, deep crimson in sun, light crimson on 

 shady side, inclined to show broken stripes and yellow dots, often with a heavy blue bloom ; 

 stem one inch in length, stout, set in a vide, and often somewhat irregular cavity, which is 

 green at bottom ; calyx closed in a smooth, regular, rather shallow basin. Cuts given on this 

 page show fruit considerably reduced in size.. 



Flesh : snow white ; tex- 

 ture crisp, tender, very juicy; 

 flavor slightly subacid, aro- 

 matic, perfumed near the 

 skin. 



Qu.^LiTV: dessert first class. 

 \ 



' Value: home market first 

 i class. 



Season ; November to Jan- 

 uary; quite ready for eating 

 by November first. 



Adaptation ; Northern ap- 

 ple districts ; succeeds at 

 Trenton and St. Lawrence 

 stations. 



Section of McIntosh Red. 



