Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 . | in either diameter ; form, oblate, obtuse pyriform ; skin,light green, often tinged and mottled with bright red on sunny side, yellowing somewhat atmaturity ; stalk, 1^ inches to 1| inches in length, set in a narrow cavity, of which one side isoften much higher than the other ; calyx, partly open, in a shallow corrugated basin. Flesh, white, yellowish at core ; texture, fine, melting, juicy ; flavor, sweet, vinous, agree-able. Season, August 20 to 30. Quality, first rate for dessert, good for cooking. Value, home market, seco
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1898 . | in either diameter ; form, oblate, obtuse pyriform ; skin,light green, often tinged and mottled with bright red on sunny side, yellowing somewhat atmaturity ; stalk, 1^ inches to 1| inches in length, set in a narrow cavity, of which one side isoften much higher than the other ; calyx, partly open, in a shallow corrugated basin. Flesh, white, yellowish at core ; texture, fine, melting, juicy ; flavor, sweet, vinous, agree-able. Season, August 20 to 30. Quality, first rate for dessert, good for cooking. Value, home market, second rate. 68 FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS. ROSTIEZER A small unattractive looking pear, of very high quality. It is the best of its season inquality for dessert purposes, and should have a place in the home garden. What the Seckel isin October, this pear is in August. Packed in small packages and labelled extra qualitydessert pears, the writer was able to sell them at a fancy price, but usually the pear sells farbelow its value on account of its ordinary /
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