. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. ELTON. An excellent dessert cherry for the garden, but too soft and too much in- clined to rot, to be worthy of a place in the commercial orchard. Origin: England. Tree : a vigorous grower ; upright in habit; quite productive. Fruit : medium to laige; color pale yellow with red bhisli ; stem two long set in a deep cavity. Flesh: light yellow; texture deli- cate, tender, moderately juicy; flavor sweet, vinous, delicious. Ouality : dessei't good ; cooking fair. Value: fair, but like most whit° cherries, not popular in the market, be- cause inclined


. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. ELTON. An excellent dessert cherry for the garden, but too soft and too much in- clined to rot, to be worthy of a place in the commercial orchard. Origin: England. Tree : a vigorous grower ; upright in habit; quite productive. Fruit : medium to laige; color pale yellow with red bhisli ; stem two long set in a deep cavity. Flesh: light yellow; texture deli- cate, tender, moderately juicy; flavor sweet, vinous, delicious. Ouality : dessei't good ; cooking fair. Value: fair, but like most whit° cherries, not popular in the market, be- cause inclined to show the slightest bruises. Season: earlv Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : printed by L. K. Cameron


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