1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



93 



MONTMORENCY, 



Of all tlie Morello cherries this seems to us the most profitable. The tree is one of the 

 most vigorous in its class, the fruit being large and abundant. This and the Eaily Richmond 



cover the season very well, and are the 

 two leading Kentish varieties for market. 

 In Frame this cherry has many syno- 

 nyms, as, for example, Montmorency, a 

 longue queue, Petit-Gobet, etc. 



Ohigi.v : Montmorency valley in France 

 in middle of 17th centurv. 



Teke : hardy, healthy, fairly vigorous, 

 very jiroductive and an early bearer. 



Fkuit : attaclieil in ones and twos ; size 

 'J long by ^ ijich broad; lorm roundish, 

 almost flattened at apex ; skin bright 

 shiny red, becoming darker at maturity, 

 easily detached from the flesh ; stem li 

 inches long, in a rather large cavity. 



Flesh : pinkish yellow, tender, very 

 juicy, sprightly acid. 



Qu.\LiTV : very good for cooking. 



Y-iLUE : for market first class. 



Season : mid .luly. 

 MoKTMoiiEKCY. Adapt.atiox : general overthe Province. 



MOKELLO 



An old reliable variety for cooking 

 purposes, known in England for nearly 

 three hundred years, and deserving of 

 wider cultivation in Ontario. Downing' 

 thinks the name Morello is from Morns. 

 the Mulberry, from the dark purple color 

 of its juice, which resembles th.nt of the 

 mulberry ; a profitable market variety. 



Tree: habit spreading, slender, hardy 

 and very productive ; vigor medium ; 

 group, Morello. 



Fklit : fairly large, roundish, nearly 

 heart shaped, somewhat flattened on one 

 side, with a slightly traceable suture. 



Skin : red, turning dark red or purple 

 towards maturity ; stalk about IJ inches 

 long, inserted in a shallow cavity ; stone 

 small, slightly cling. 



Flesh : very dark red ; te.xture tender, 

 juicy ; flavor acid, becoming more sub- 

 acid and agreeable the more it matures. 



Quality: dessert very poor, cooking 

 first-class. 



A^alue : home market second class. 

 "^EA«ON : early August. 



-( English Morello. ) 



MoKELLO, 



