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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



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STARK. 



The Stark has been 

 tested in a commercial 

 way in Ontario by many 

 growers in the Bay of 

 Quinte District, and is 

 considered a good winter 

 apple for export, being 

 about as profitable as 

 Ben Davis, and some- 

 what better in quality 

 its dull red color is a 

 serious fault. 



Origin : Ohio. 



Tree : a stout vig- 

 orous grower, very pro- 

 ductive each alternate 

 year ; foliage large, dark 

 green, 'somewhat subject 

 to fungus. 



Fruit : large form ; 

 roundish, slightly one- 

 sided, somewhat oblong 

 conical ; skin covered 

 with shades and splashes 

 of light and dark red 



Stark. 



on a greenish yellow 

 ground, thickly sprinkled 

 with brown dots ; stalk 

 one-half inch long, stout, 

 in a small cavity of med- 

 ium depth ; calyx large, 

 half-closed, in a large 

 shallow, plaited basin ; 

 flesh yellowish white; 

 texture a little coarse, 

 firm and moderately 

 juicy ; flavor mild, sub- 

 acid, good. 



Quality : dessert 

 poor ; cooking good. 



Value '. home mar- 

 ket secondyass ; foreign 

 market first class. 



Season : January to 

 Mav. 



Section of Stark. 



