. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 48 OHIO NONPAREIL ONTARIO bloom; dots light, sometimes mingled with flecks of russet; prevailing color dark red dulled by the bloom; calyx-tube small, narrow, funnel-form ; stamens median; core small, abaxile with hollow cylinder at the axis; cells symmetrical, open or closed; core-lines clasping; carpels smooth, distinctly concave, elliptical, obtusely emarginate, mucronate; seeds numerous, variable, small, obtuse; flesh white, tender, fine-grained, juicy, sweet, crisp ; good ; November to March. OHIO NONPAREIL. Nonpareil. Red Bcllflower. Th
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 48 OHIO NONPAREIL ONTARIO bloom; dots light, sometimes mingled with flecks of russet; prevailing color dark red dulled by the bloom; calyx-tube small, narrow, funnel-form ; stamens median; core small, abaxile with hollow cylinder at the axis; cells symmetrical, open or closed; core-lines clasping; carpels smooth, distinctly concave, elliptical, obtusely emarginate, mucronate; seeds numerous, variable, small, obtuse; flesh white, tender, fine-grained, juicy, sweet, crisp ; good ; November to March. OHIO NONPAREIL. Nonpareil. Red Bcllflower. This sort, once very popular in the Middle West, is now to be found only in old orchards. The tree is seldom satisfactory. It originated near Massillon, Ohio, and was first described in 1848. Tree medium in size, spreading. Fruit medium to large, round-oblate, often obscurely ribbed; stem short and thick; cavity large, acute, deep, symmetrical, rus- seted, the russet sometimes spreading over the base; calyx closed or slightly open; lobes narrow, acute; basin small, medium in depth, wide, abrupt, symmetri- cal ; skin yellow overspread with bright red, mottled and irregularly striped and splashed with carmine; dots numerous, small, areolar with russet center; calyx-tube short, conical; stamens basal; core small, abaxile; cells symmetrical, closed or open ; core-lines meeting ; carpels round, flat, tufted; seeds medium in size, long, plump, acute, tufted ; flesh yellow, flmi. fine, crisp, tender, juicy, agreeably subacid, aromatic ; good to very good; October and No\ember. OKABENA. The fruits of Okabena are not attractive enough in appearance, nor good enough in quality for the great apple regions of the country, but the hardiness of the tree makes it a desirable variety for the northern part of the Great Plains. Okabena originated in 1871 near Worthington, Minnesota, from a seed of Oldenburg supposed to have been fer- tilized by Wealthy. The variety was intro- duced by the Jewell N
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