Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . Section of How ll. Origin, New Haven, Conn. Named after theoriginator, Thomas HoweJl. Tree, upright, healthy and vigorous, an earlybearer, productive. Fruit, large, obovate pyriform ; skin, yellow-ish green, wa«;en, reddish dots on sunny side,russet dots in shade ; stem one and three-(juarter inches long ; no cavity, sometimes]i]>ped ; calyx partly open in a deep russetedbasin ; core small ; seeds few, small. Flesh, creamy white, juicy, melting, granu-lar near the core ; flavor agreeable vinous ; alittle tart. Season, middle
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . Section of How ll. Origin, New Haven, Conn. Named after theoriginator, Thomas HoweJl. Tree, upright, healthy and vigorous, an earlybearer, productive. Fruit, large, obovate pyriform ; skin, yellow-ish green, wa«;en, reddish dots on sunny side,russet dots in shade ; stem one and three-(juarter inches long ; no cavity, sometimes]i]>ped ; calyx partly open in a deep russetedbasin ; core small ; seeds few, small. Flesh, creamy white, juicy, melting, granu-lar near the core ; flavor agreeable vinous ; alittle tart. Season, middle September to middle ofOctober. Tested twenty-tive years at Maplehurst, Howell (Reduced). 24 FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS OF ONTARIO KiN(i Sessing. A worthless variety for either home use or market, because it always decays at the^core,while still apparently sound.
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