Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . Fruit, Large, roundish, sometimes a little flittened, regular, unlesa overgrowngreen, becoming lighter as itripens, often showing a blushwhen well exposed to the sun ;dots light gray, areole, numeroustoward the apex ; stem, seven-eighths of an inch long in asmooth, narrow cavity; calyxpartly closed in a nearly smoothshallow basin. Flesh, White, with a green-ish tint, yellowing as it matures ;texture, fine grained, crisp,juicy, , rich, slightly amo-matic, pleasant, sub-acid. Season, December to Feb-ruary. Quality, Dessert
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . Fruit, Large, roundish, sometimes a little flittened, regular, unlesa overgrowngreen, becoming lighter as itripens, often showing a blushwhen well exposed to the sun ;dots light gray, areole, numeroustoward the apex ; stem, seven-eighths of an inch long in asmooth, narrow cavity; calyxpartly closed in a nearly smoothshallow basin. Flesh, White, with a green-ish tint, yellowing as it matures ;texture, fine grained, crisp,juicy, , rich, slightly amo-matic, pleasant, sub-acid. Season, December to Feb-ruary. Quality, Dessert, medium ;cooking, best ; home and foreignmarkets, good. ADArTATiON. Succeeds every-where, except in northern sec-tions. Section op Grkenin color. FRUITS OF ONTARIO. King. (King of Tompkins County.) Said to have originatei in New Jersey. On acconnl. of its excellent (quality for cooking, itspeculiarly rich aromatic flavor, its beautiful appearance and lar^e size, this apple is taking the highest place in the greatapple markets of the the tree is apoorbearer, and consequentlyunprofitable as an orchardvariety, unless under excep-tional circumstances. Topgrafted on Tolman Sweet, itis said to be more home use it is excelledby no apple. Tree, a vigorous grower,of spreading habit, but notlong-lived. Fruit, large, roundish,uneven ; skin, yellowish,shading ofi from red to darkcrimson ; stem, short andstout, inserted in a wide,deep, somewhat irregularcavity ; calyx closed in abroad, shallow, slightly cor-rugated basin. Flesh, yellowish, white,crisp and juicy, moderatelyfirm ; flavor rich, agreeable,aromatic ; quality , October to Feb-KiNG. ruary in Southern^Ontario ; reported at the S
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