1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



57 



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MAN^ 



The Mann apple is not very highly recommended for extended orchard planting in Ontario, 



because of its rather unat- 

 tractive green color in, 

 shipping season. The tree 

 has the merit of being 

 a productive variety 

 and an early bearer, but 

 the fruit is inclined to drop 

 early, and to be small, 

 when not thinned. 



Origin : New York State, 

 a chance seedling intro- 

 duced by Dr.'^Mann, after 

 whom it was named by the 

 Western New York Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Tree :, hardy, moderate- 

 ly vigorous, spreading,'with 



slender^branches ; an early 

 and regular bearer, inclined 

 to overload. 



Fruit; of large size 

 when thinned and well 

 cultivated, form roundish, 

 oblate, regular ; skin dull 

 Mann. green, yellowing at matur- 



ity, nearly covered with light green dots ; stalk half an inch long in a large slightly russeted 

 cavity ; calyx closed in a large plaited basin. 



Section of Manx. 



FLEsn : yellowish, moderately firm, juicy, agreeable, subacid. 

 Quality : dessert poor ; cooking good. 



Value : first class for home or foreign market, but the best prices 

 for the fniit, owing to its unattractive color. 

 Season : .January to April. 



are not alwavs obtained 



