1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



133 



BRANDYWINE. 



A good general dessert pear, bat not much grown for market in Ontario, being go nearly of 

 the same season as Bartlett. 



Origin ; chance seedling found on the banks of the Brandywine river, Delaware County, 

 Pennsylvania. The original tree fruited for the first time in 1820. 



Tree: vigorous ; upright ; fairly productive ; succeeds best on the quince. 



Fruit : size medium ; form conic pyriform ; color of skin greenish-yellow, with blush on 

 the sunny side and dotted and sprinkled with russet ; stem .f to Ij inches long, fleshy at in- 

 sertion, which is surrounded by folds ; calyx open in a smooth, shallow basin. 



Flesh : color white ; texture tender, melting, very juicy ; flavor sweet, vinous, aromatic. 



GiUALiTY : dessert very good. 



Value : market fecond class. 



Season ; early September. 



BUFFUM. 



Formerly this pear was much in favor as a profitable orchard variety, because of its 

 productiveness and the wonderful hardiness and vitality of the tree, but of late years it is much 

 less in favor with pear growers on account of its small size aud ordinary quality. Some trees 

 of this varietv at Maplehurst, forty years planted, have never shown the slightest tendency to 

 blight, and have attained a great height, more resembling Lombardy poplars than pear trees. 



Origin : Rhode Island, i 



Tree : remarkable for its vigorous, symmetrical, erect habit of giowth ; it is regularly and 

 fairly productive, but, unless gathered early, the fruit drops badly ; not subject to blight. 



Fruit; medium size, obovate, slight oblong ; skin rough, yellow at maturity, with bright 

 or dull red or russet on sunny side ; dots small, brown ; stalk J inch long in a small cavity; 

 segments of calyx small, in a small plaited basin. 



Flesh : color, yellowish white ; texture, crisp, not fine, not juicy; flavor, sweet and pleasant. 



QcALiTY ; dessert fair ; cooking fair. 



Value : home and distant markets second class. 



Season : September. 



Adaptation : stated to be hardy in Bruce and Huron counties ; slightly tender in North 

 Ontario f:ounty. 



CHAMBERS. 



The Chambers pear has been grown at 

 Maplehurst for about ten years on dwarf stock 

 and commends itself as a fine market variety the 

 beginning of August, for it is of a good quahty, 

 fairly large, and the tree is productive. 



Origin : brought from Maryland to Ken- 

 tucky by Judge Wm. Chambers. 



Tree : moderately vigorous, very hardy, 

 productive. 



Fruit : of medium size ; form obtuse, obo- 

 vate, pvriform ; color pea green, turning yellow 

 when fully mature, with numerous brown and 

 green dots, and reddish brown cheek on sunny 

 side ; stalk stout, 1 inch long, set on an angle 

 in a flat cavitv, often one shoulder prominent ; 

 calyx small, iialf-open ; seeds few. 



Flesh : white ; texture tender, fairly juicy ; 

 flavor aromatic, sweet and pleasant. 



Quality : good. 



Value ; for near marketifirst class. 



SEA.SON : early August. 



Chambers. 



