1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



H7 



D0\V.\P:R. (Uou:ner's Late) 

 A delicious dessert cherry. 

 Origin : Massachusetts. 



Tree: a vigorous, upright grower ; fairly productive; group, Heart. 

 Fkuit ; size large | x .| ; form tieart-ahaped ; stem l.i x U inches loiiii 

 depression ; color bright shiny red, marbled. 



Fi.ESH : creamy white ; texture tt^nder, melting ; flav,:>r rich and sweet. 

 Qu.tLiTY : very good for di'Ssert ; fair for conking. 

 Value ; market second-class. 

 Season : mid .July. 



apex a slight 



DYEHOUSE. 



An early Morello cherry, ripening just in advance of Early Richmond, to which it 

 is quite similar. 



Origin: Central Kentucl^y ; an accidental seedling in the orchard of Mr. Dyehouse. 



Tree: an early and abundant bearer; habit round, spreading head, slender; fairly 

 vigorous; not as hardy as Richmond; class Kentish. 



Fruit : medium size, 9-16 x 11-16 of an inch ; roundish oblate ; apex depressed : 

 stem half inch long, rather stout, set in a large cavity; color light red. 



Flesh: palo yellow; fairly firm; juicy; flavor acid. 



Quality : dessert poor ; cooking first class. 



Season: early July. 



Dyehouse. 



EARLY PURPLE. (Karhj Purpk Guigw.) 



The e;irljest cherry is the Early Purple, a foreign variety known in France as the Early 

 Purple Guigne. The tree is a vigorous, upright grower, and becomes quite produciive as it 

 acquires age. Frequently the birds destroy the fruit before it matures, and if gathered as 

 soon as colored red, it is little more than " skin and bones." The last few days of growth, the 

 fruit fills out wonderfully, and then becomes almost a so-called "black cherry." Not usually 

 profitable. 



Tree: upright, vigorous, healthy ; productive when full grown. 



Fecjit : medium size ; roundish heart-shaped ; skin dark red to jiurple ; stem two inches 

 long in a shallow cavity : suture obscure. 



Flesh ; red to purple ; texture tender, juicy ; flavor sweet and pleasant. 



Quality : dessert good. 



Value : market second class. 



Season ; mid June. 



Adaptation : grown at Maplehurst for thirty years and c|uite hardy ; recommended for 

 trial north of Lake Ontario. 



