1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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STUMP. 



An attractive looking fall apple, sometimes shown at our Provincial Fair ; considered a 

 fairly profitable variety. 



Origin : United States ; Thomas says in Monroe County, N, Y., while Downing supposes 

 that it originated in the State of Delaware. 



Tree : spreading, productive. 



Fruit: size medium ; form oblate conical ; color yellowish, splashed and blotched, with 

 bright red ; stem stout, f of an inch long, in a narrow, moderately deep, funnel-shaped cavity ; 

 calyx half open, set in a deep wrinkled basin. 



Flesh : color white ; texture crisp, juicy, firm ; flavor subacid. 



Quality ; fair for dessert ; good for cooking. 



Value : home market first class ; foreign market second class. 



Season : September and October. 



SWAYZIE. (Sirazie Pomme Grise, Fomme Cr'n-ecVOr.) 



There is no choicer winter dessert apple for the months of December and January than the 

 Swazie Pomme Grise, especially when kept in a cool, dark cellar, so that its crisp texture and 

 excellent flavor may be preserved. Unfortunately, it is not very piroductive, and, consequently, 

 not profitable. One large tree at Maplehurst, seventy-five years planted, yielded only an aver- 

 age of four barrels each alternate year. It is well worthy of a yjlace in the amateur collection. 



Origin : probably with Col. Swayzie, near Niagara. 



Tree : upright, fairly vigorous and not very productive. 



Fruit : small, round, oblate conical ; color deep yellow, well colored with cinnamon russet 



A 



Swayzie. 



Section of Swayzie. 



and many w'hitish dots ; stem three-quarters of an inch long, set in a deep cavity ; calj'x closed 

 in a moderately deep, slightly corrugated basin. 



Flesh : white, texture fine grained, tender, crisp, juicy ; flavor aromatic, mild sub-acid 

 pleasant. 



Quality : dessert first class : cooking third class. 



Value : for home market second class ; for foreign market second-class. 



Season : December to March. 



Adaptation : succeeds in best apple districts. 



