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1857:90. 14. Gregg, 1857:47. 15. Ai)i. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 16. Warder. 

 1867:731. 17. Downing. 1872:10 index, app. 18. Leroy, 1873:799. ^ig. 19. 

 Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1876:11. 20. lb., 15:19, 27. 1890. 21. Lyon, 

 Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:298. 22. Taylor, Me. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1892:57. 

 23. Bailey, An. Hort.. 1892:249. 24. Woolverton, Ont. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 

 6:9. 1899. Hgs. 25. Waugh, 17. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:307. 1901. 26. Hansen, 

 6". D. Sta. Bill, 76:96. 1902. 27. Farrand. Mich. Sta. Bui, 205:46. 1903. 

 28. Budd-Hansen. 1903:171. fig. 29. Can. Hort.. 27:51. 1904. fig. 30. 

 Beach and Clark, A\ Y. Sta. Bid., 248:143. 1904. 31. Scriver, Can. Hort., 

 28 -.277. 1905. 



Syxoxyms. Corse's St. Laz^i-ence (8). Montreal (4, 11, 18). Saixt- 

 Laurent (18). St. Lawrexce (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 

 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31). Saint-Lawrence (18). 

 York and Lancaster (17). 



AMien well grown, St. LaAvrence is a large, handsome apple. 

 It is better for dessert than for culinary use but does not excel 

 standard varieties of its season for either purpose. AMiile it 

 does very Avell in some portions of AA'estern Xew York, gen- 

 erally speaking, it reaches a higher degree of perfection in favor- 

 able locations in the St. LaAvrence valley and in the Lake Cham- 

 plain region than in other portions of the state. The crop 

 ripens somewhat unevenly and should have more than one 

 picking in order to secure the fruit in prime condition and pre- 

 vent great loss from dropping. It does not stand heat well 

 before going into storage and goes doAvn quickly. The fruit 

 may not remain on the tree till it is Avell colored, and unless it is 

 Avell colored it fades in the barrel so much as to render it almost 

 A'alueless for market. It A'aries greatly in keeping qualities in 

 different seasons but usually October is its commercial limit in 

 ordinary storage. In cold storage it may be held until Decem- 

 ber (30). The tree is a moderately strong groAver. hardy, gen- 

 erally pretty healthy, moderately long-liA'ed and a reliable 

 cropper yielding good to rather heavy crops biennially. It is 

 not a very good groAver in the nursery. Some groAvers hold 

 that it is desirable to topAvork it upon some more vigorous stock 

 as Xorthern Spy. Although many fruit groAvers regard it as 

 a fairly profitable commercial apple it cannot be recommended 

 for general cultivation. 



