1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 55 



.McMAHON. [McMahon White). 



A good sized and rather attractive fall apple, valuable especially for the hardiness of the 

 tree ; succeeds well at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa ; too tender in flesh to ship 

 well. 



Origin : from seed of Alexander, planted about 1860 by A. L. Hatch, Ithaca, Wisconsin, 



Tkee : very hardy ; very strong grower ; productive. 



Fruit : size large, uniform ; form roundish oblate, slightly conical, obscurely ribbed : skin 

 light yellow, becoming white at full maturity, often with blush of red and large white dots ; 

 stem short, about halt an inch long, stout, in an acute, deep, rueseted cavity ; calyx half open 

 in a narrow, moderately deep, slightly wrinkled basin. 



Flesh : color white ; texture coarse grained, tender, juicy ; flavor subacid. 



Quality : dessert fair ; cooking very good. 



Value : home market first class ; export third class. 



Season ; October to December. 



MAIDEN BLUSH. 



A valuable apple for the amateur because of its extreme beauty, but not considered a very 

 profitable market variety by Ontario fruit growers. 



Origin : New Jersey. 



Tree ; moderately vigorous grower, and fairly productive. 



Fruit: size medium to large; form oblate, very regular, but slightly one-sided; color 

 lemon yellow with beautiful crimson blush ; stem three quarters of an inch long, set in a 

 moderately deep, wide cavity ; calyx closed, in a shallow, slightly wrinkled basin. 



Flesh : color white ; texture fine, tender ; flavor pleasant ; subacid. 



Quality ; dessert, fair ; cooking, good. 



Season : September and October. 



