1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 61 



OKANGE. 



A fairly good dessert variety of hyljrid crab. 



Origin : United States. 



Tree : a slow grower, productive. 



Fruit : size medium ; form round, slightly flattened at the ends ; color light orange, 

 with minute white dots and russet veins ; seem slender, one and a quarter inches in length set 

 in a deep open cavity ; calyx closed, in a furrowed basiu. 



Flesh : color yellowish, yellow veinings ; texture a little dry ; flavor mild, pleasant, acid 



Season : September, 



PATTEN. [Palten areeidng.) 

 Origin : Iowa. 

 Thee: hardy; moderately vigorous ; very productive. 



Fkuit : large oblate ; cavity deep, medium width, russeted ; stem short ; basin deep, 

 medium width ; calyx open, large ; skin pale yellow with traces of pale green, with a pink 

 blush ; dots moderately numerous, pale green, distinct ; bloom, slight ; skin, moderately thick. 



Flesh : yellow, moderately juicy, tender, coarse : core, small ; subacid ; pleasant flavor 



Quality: above medium. 



Season : October to mid-November. Hardier than Wealthy and useful where that variety 

 will not succeed. {Macoun.) 



PHOENIX. 



A fairly profitable commercial apple in some parts. It is grown in Northumberland 

 county and in other apple sections in the Province, and by some growers is ranked equal 

 to the Baldwin for profit. 



Origin : Illinois. 



Tree : healthy and productive. 



Fruit : medium to large ; roundish, sometimes quite one-sided ; color greenish yellow 

 ground well covered with deep red, obscurely striped with a darker shade, and having a few 

 small grey dots ; russeted about the cavity and green about the basin ; stem one half an inch 

 long in a funnel shaped cavity ; calyx half closed. 



Fle.sh : creamy-white, coarsegrained, somewhat juicy ; flavor mild, acid, pleasant. 



Quality : dessert, poor, cooking, good. 



Value : first class for export, if shipped early. 



Season : December to February. 



PORTER. 



" Fruitabove medium, oVjlong ovate , conical, regular, often ribbed at apex ; bright vellow, 

 sometimes a dull blush in the sun ; stalk one inch long, slender, cavity rather small ; basin 

 narrow; flesh tend er, rich, rather acid, of fine flavor. Fair and productive. Early autumn. 



[American Fruit Culturisi.) 



