. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 46. Red Canada. (XVa) dium to large, shapely, uniform in size and shape, and colored a beautiful fine, deep red, striped with deeper red on a background of j'ellow, the whole surface being conspicuously marked with large fawn-colored dots. The trees, however, signally fail; they are precari- ously hardy, lack in vigor, subject to most of the troubles that apple flesh is heir to, fastidi- ous as to soils, and seldom sure or annual bearers. Red Canada probably originated in New England a hundred or more years ago, and has been most largely plan
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 46. Red Canada. (XVa) dium to large, shapely, uniform in size and shape, and colored a beautiful fine, deep red, striped with deeper red on a background of j'ellow, the whole surface being conspicuously marked with large fawn-colored dots. The trees, however, signally fail; they are precari- ously hardy, lack in vigor, subject to most of the troubles that apple flesh is heir to, fastidi- ous as to soils, and seldom sure or annual bearers. Red Canada probably originated in New England a hundred or more years ago, and has been most largely planted in New England, New York, and Michigan. Tree medium to large, vigorous, upright; branches short, stout, curved, crooked. Leaves broad, thin. Fruit medium to large, uniform in size and shape, round-conic, flattened at the base, s\Tiimetrical and regular, some- times elliptical or obscurely ribbed and with sides a little unequal ; stem slender, pubescent; cavity large, acuminate, deep, wide, often russeted and with radiating green or russet rays, symmetrical, sometimes furrowed; calyx small, closed or partly open, pubescent; basin small, narrow, shallow, abrupt, furrowed and sometimes wrinkled, often oblique; skin tough, smooth toward the cavity, rough about the basin, light yellow overspread with a deep red blush, indistinctly striped with deeper red; dots conspicuous, gray or fawn colored, towards the cavity scattering, large and elongated but towards the apex more numerous and smaller; prevailing effect deep red; calyx-tube elongated-cone-shape; stamens marginal ; core sessile, axile, small; cells symmetrical, closed or slit; core-lines clasping; carpels smooth, round, narrowing toward the apex, mucronate; seeds numerous, large, angular, long, wide, plump, obtuse; tlesh yellow, firm, crisp, fine-grained, tender, juicy, aromatic, rich, agreeably subacid; good to best; October to March. RED JUNE. Fig. 47. Carolina June. Caro- lina R( d. .1 line. Red .June is characterized by
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