. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . Section ot Wagenei. YELLOW BELLFLOWER.(Bishops Pippin of Nova Scotia.)A favorite commercial apple in the United States, especially ivs grown on the sandy noils ofNew Jersey; a i)opular variety in the Ihilailelphia market. At onetime the Hellflower wiu* plante«lto some extent in Ontario orchards, but the tree has proved itself irregular in its In-aring ,sometimes producing magnificent samples, and at other small and poorly color»d the fruit is tender and shows very slight bruises, so that we cannot recommend it as worthyof a p
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . Section ot Wagenei. YELLOW BELLFLOWER.(Bishops Pippin of Nova Scotia.)A favorite commercial apple in the United States, especially ivs grown on the sandy noils ofNew Jersey; a i)opular variety in the Ihilailelphia market. At onetime the Hellflower wiu* plante«lto some extent in Ontario orchards, but the tree has proved itself irregular in its In-aring ,sometimes producing magnificent samples, and at other small and poorly color»d the fruit is tender and shows very slight bruises, so that we cannot recommend it as worthyof a place among the most profitable F. E. S. 18 THE REPORT OF THE No. 17. Yellow Bellflower. Flesh : Color yel-low ; texture tender,juicy and crisp ; flavorsprightly sub-acid,agreeable when eatenin season. Season: Decemberto February. Quality: Dessertgood; cooking good. Value: market,good ; might be calledfirst class, only thatthe skin sliows bruiseseasily. Origin : Burlington, N. J. Tree : V i g o r o u s,forming a roundish,spreading and somewhatdrooping head ; produc-tive alternate years. Fruit: size large,SixSi inches; forma pp a re n 11 y oblong,becauf^e papering to-wards calyx, somewhatangular and ribbed;color pale yellow, oftenwith a beautiful blushon the sunny side andnumerous obscure whit-ish dots; stem slender,one inch long, in anarrow deep cavity;calyx closed in a smallcorrugated basin.
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