1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 153 



MARGUERITE (Pctiie Marguerite.) 



Among the desirable varieties of dessert pears for the home garden we would certainly 

 include the Petite Marguerite, a pear of the highest quality for table use. At Mapleliurst the 

 tree has proved itself an abundant bearer and a good grower. The fruit is not large, but as size 

 is not an object in a dessert pear, this is not a fault. Its season is immediately after the Giffard 

 and just before the Clapp and the Tyson. As a market pear it is hardly to be commended, 

 because of its small size and color; and it will be a long time before we can convince the 

 average dealer that size and color are not the chief considerations in a fruit. 



Oricjin : Angers, France, in nurseries of Andre LeRoy. 



Tree : second rate in vigor, and first rate in prodactiveness : succeeds as either standard 

 or dwarf, but more vigorous as a standard. 



Fruit : small size to medium ; form oblate, obtuse pyriform ; skin light green, often 

 tinged and mottled with bright red on sunny side, yellowing somewhat at maturity ; stalk li 

 inches to IJ inches in length, set in a narrow cavity, of which one side is often much higher 

 than the other ; calyx partly open, in a shallow corrugated basin. 



Flesh : white, yellowish at core ; texture fine, melting, juicy ; flavor sweet, vinous, 

 agreeable. 



Quality : very good for dessert, good for cooking. 



Value : home market, second class. 



Sea.son : August. 



OSBAND {Oshand's Summer.) 



Widely grown in [North America. A good dessert pear for home garden, but the fruit 

 is small and the tree is too scant a bearer to be profitable. 



Origin : Wayne County, New York State. 



Tree : a moderately upright grower, healthy, fairly productive, an early bearer. 



FHUiTrleize small; form obovate, slightly pyriform, regular; color yellowish green, 

 turning quite yellow at maturity, with a brownish red cheek and numerous small green 

 and brown dots; stem J of an inch long, set in a small, abrupt cavity; calyx half open, 

 in a broad, slighth' depressed basin; core small; seeds small. 



Flesh : color white ; texture fine-grained, juicy ; flavor perfumed, sweet, rich and 

 pleasant. 



Quality : dessert very good ; cooking fair. 



Value : home market second class ; distant market fourth claee. 



Season ; August. 



