1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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harvested the skin is green, but during the winter it takes, .on the coloring above descrih>ed, 

 making it very attractive ; stem stout, three-quarters of an, inch long, set in a, deep, uneven 

 cavity : calyx half closed, segments erect, in a moderately deep, shghtly plaited [basin, having 

 five distinct prominences ; core large, open, sessile. 



Flesh ; color yellowish!; texture tender, firm, becoming toward springjinoderately :juicy ; 

 flavor pleasant, subacid. 



Quality : dessert or cooking, fair to good. 



Value : promising for export. 



Season ; November to March, 



Adaptation : succeeds remarkably well in the County of Simcoe and at othei' favored points 

 in the north. 



SCOTT WINTER. 



In the province of Quebec this is 

 considered the best late winter cook- 

 ing apple, the tree [being very hardy 

 and the fruit a long keeper ; useful for 

 tbe'northerly limits of apple culture. 



Origin : On the Scott farm, New- 

 port, ^Vermont. Introduced bj' Dr. 

 Hoskins, of Newport. 



Thee : vigorous ; habit upright ; 

 productive, an early bearer. 



Fruit : size small to medium ; 

 form roundish oblate, slightly conical; 

 skin yellow,' [washed, striped and 

 splashed with red ; stem short set in a 

 regular, deep, russeted cavity ; calyx 

 closed in^a' narrow abrupt, wavy basin. 



Scott Wintek. 



Flesh ; color yellow ; texture 

 fine grained, crisp, juicy ; flavor 

 pleasant, sprightly acid. 



Quality : dessert fair ; cooking ', 

 good. 



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Value : fruit rather small, for \^ 

 market except under high cultivation. \ 



Season : late winter. 



Section of Scott Winter. 



