. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 246 REPORT ON THE No. 24 OLDEE. A popular blackcap in Iowa; counted a failure in Michigan; reported upon favor- ably at our Lake Huron %fW Origin : a chance seedling in the garden of Mr. Older, of Independence, Iowa, in 1872. Plant : vigorous; hardy at Ottawa, Guelph and Walkerton ; canes of a trailing nature and need cutting back: endures drouth well; very productive. Bebet : large; color jet black without bloom; texture juicy and moderately firm; flavor pleasant. Quality : good. Season: early to medium. .^^ ^»' Oldek. PHCENIX. Considered
. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 246 REPORT ON THE No. 24 OLDEE. A popular blackcap in Iowa; counted a failure in Michigan; reported upon favor- ably at our Lake Huron %fW Origin : a chance seedling in the garden of Mr. Older, of Independence, Iowa, in 1872. Plant : vigorous; hardy at Ottawa, Guelph and Walkerton ; canes of a trailing nature and need cutting back: endures drouth well; very productive. Bebet : large; color jet black without bloom; texture juicy and moderately firm; flavor pleasant. Quality : good. Season: early to medium. .^^ ^»' Oldek. PHCENIX. Considered a profitable market variety for some growers, but by others reported as only moderately, productive. Origin : United States. Bush: fairly vigorous; hardy; not very productive. Bekkt : large ; red. Quality : very good. Season : medium. RELIANCE. A fairly good early table berry; rather soft for shipment; resembles Turner. Origin: New Jersey; a seedling of the Philadelphia raspberry. Bush: healthy; canes strong and vigorous; very productive. Berry: size medium; color dark red; texture inclined to be soft and juicy; flavor sweetish, ordinary. Quality : dessert and cooking fair. Value : first class for near market; second class for shipping Season : 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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