1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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ABUNDANCE, 

 One of the best of the Japan plums for the home garden. It is early in season, being 

 ripe about the middle of August, but matures unevenly. To get its best flavor it should 

 be picked while still firm, and ripened indoors like a Bartlett pear ; it vcill colorl beautifully, 

 become very juicy, and the flavor will be sweet and rich. 



Origin : one of Luther Burbank's importations from Japan in 1884. BF^^^^iS 



Tree : vigorous ; productive, a six year old tree, at our Lake Huron fruit station,' bear- 

 ing six 12-quart baskets of fruit in 1901 ; habit upright. 



ABU^'D.^^'CE. 



Fkuit : size medium to large ; form roundish, narrowing toward the apex ; color bright 

 red on a yellowish ground with numerous led dots ; stalk strong, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow, deep cavity ; suture shallow, distinct ; apex pointed ;." pit oval ; a 

 partial cling. 



Flesh : color yellow ; texture tender, very juicy ; flavor sweet and delicious. 



Quality ; dessert fair ; cooking poor. 



Value : market, second class. 



Season : mid August. 



ARCH DUKE. 



A good market variety. 



Origin: imported from England, by S. D. Willard, Seneca, N. Y. 



Tree: Domestica. 



Fruit: size large; form oval, necked; stem medium, stout; cavity deep, medium; 

 color dark blue with many russet dots ; bloom bluish, heavy ; suture more than half 

 round. 



Flesh: yellowish; cling; texture meaty, juicy; flavor subacid, pleasant. 



Qu.ALiTT : cooking very good. 



Value : first class in some localities. 



Season : late. 



ARCTIC. 



The tree is hardy and the fruit is of some value where the better varieties do not 

 succeed. It is very productive, but too small to bring the best prices in the market, 

 especially in View of its ordinary quality. 



Origin : Maine. 



Tree : hardy ; fairly vigorous ; productive ; trees at our Lake Huron station, eight 

 years planted, yielded from six to eight baskets each. 



Fruit : size small, form oval ; color very dark purple, with thin blue bloom : suture 

 traceable ; stem slender, three quarters of an inch long, set in a small cavity. 



Flesh : color yellowish green ; texture firm, moderately juicy ; flavor moderatelv 

 weet ; free stone. 



Quality : dessert useless ; cooking good. 



Value : market second to third class. 



Season : mid August to early September in southern parts of the Province, and early 

 September in more northerly plum districts. 



