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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



A fancy dessert apple 

 which is esteemed profitable 

 to grow for market along the 

 River St. Lawrence. 



OniGiN : near Brockville 

 in Leeds County. A chance 

 seedling. 



Tree : upright in habit ; 

 hardy ; vigorous and very 

 productive ; inclined to over- 

 bear. 



Fruit : roundish oblate ; 

 skin, waxy white, streaked ; 

 splashed or almost entirely 

 covered with bright scarlet 

 covering ; stem stout, one- 

 half to three-quarters of an 

 inch long in a narrow, mod- 

 erately deep cavity ; calyx 

 closed in a narrow, very 

 shallow basin. 



SCARLET PIPPIN. 



Scarlet Pippin. 



Flesh : pure white ; texture ten- 

 der, fine, crisp, breaking, juicy, 

 with a subacid fiavor. 



Quality : dessert, best ; 

 good. 



cooking. 



Value : 

 class. 



epecial market, first 



Season : October to February ; at 

 its best in October and November. 



Section of Scarlet Pippin. 



SALOME. 



A new Western apple which promises to be of some value in the Province of Ontario. The 

 hardiness of the tree, the clean bright color of the fruit and its long keeping quality seem to 

 combine in its favor as a commercial variety, especially in the colder sections. 



Origin : E. C. Hathaway, Ottawa, Illinois. 



Tree: hardy, productive, a slow grower, an early and an annual bearer. 



Fruit : size medium ; form roundish, conical, somewhat angular or lopsided ; color bright 

 red with stripes of darker red and numerous small grey dots on a yellowish ground ; when 



5a F. 0. 



