1905 



REPORT ON THE FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



163 



TYSON. 



A fine pear yielding enormous crops of medium .^ized fruit, very good for dessert or cook- 

 ing ; but too near the season of the Bartlett to be profitable for market. 



Origin : a seedling found in a hedge on the farm of Jonathan Tyson, near Philadelphia. 



Tree': vigorous; upright; very productive. 



Fruit: size medium; form acute pyritorm ; color green, turning yellow when fully ripe, 

 russet about basin, cheek crimson, dots brown, numerous ; stem 1} inches long more or less, 

 fleshy at base ; calyx open. 



Tyson. 



Flesh : color white ; texture tender, buttery, fine grained, juicy ; flavor sweet, aromatic, 

 excellent. 



Qu.^LiTY : dessert very good ; cooking very good. 



Value : home market second class. 



Season : August. 



