1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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SHIAWASSEE {Shiamissec Beaiily. ) 



A fine variety of the 

 Fameuse^type ; much 

 less subject to scab 

 than Fanieuse itself. A 

 fancy variety for des- 

 sert purposes. 



Origin : in Shia- 

 wassee County, Michi- 

 gan, supposed to be a 

 seedling of Fameuse. 



Tree : hardy ; vig- 

 orous ; upright ; pro- 

 duclive alternate vears. 



Fruit : size medium 

 to large ; form decid- 

 edly oblate ; color yel- 

 lowish ground, almost 

 entirely covered with 

 stripes, splashings and 

 mottlings of dark crim- 

 son, and a few large 

 prominent yellowish 



dots ; stem slender, three-quarters of an inch long, set in a broa<l deep cavity ; calyx u-^ually 



closed, in a large deep basin. 



Shiawassee Beauty. 



Fi.ESR : color very 

 white ; texture firm, 

 very crisp, juicy, fine 

 grained ; flavor excel- 

 lent. 



Quality : cooking, 

 fair ; dessert very good. 



Value : home or 

 foreign market promis- 

 ing. 



Season : October to 

 January. 



Adaptation : Can be 

 grown wherever Fam- 

 euse succeeds. 



Section of Shiawassee Beauty. 



